On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 11:58 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > Vivek J. Patankar wrote: > > Ed Greshko wrote: > >> BTW, I've heard that the suicide rate in India has risen sharply since > >> the dawn of outsourcing.... :-) > > > > Never heard that one before. On the contrary, things are getting better > > here. I only read about farmers committing suicide due to failed crops > > in the papers. > > Actually...I've never heard of it before...thus the ":-)" as it was a bit of > humor. It is probably more like a lot of folks walking around in Bangalore, > or in the pubs, exchanging stories about the lack of computer literacy in > the "western world". ---- no - the death rates climb when GWB brings democracy to a country. When American jobs go to India, it's American suicide rates that climb. Craig
