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| sally |
Posted
on 11-Feb-03 02:46 PM
Another cute email ...
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What is globalization? Below is probably the best example of globalization.
Question: What is the height of globalization?
Answer: Princess Diana's death
Question: Why?
Answer:
An English princess with an
Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a
French tunnel, driving a
German car with a
Dutch engine, driven by a
Belgian who was high on
Scottish whiskey, followed closely by
Italian paparazzi, on
Japanese motorcycles, treated by an
American doctor, using
Brazilian medicines!
And this is sent to you by a
Canadian, using
Bill Gates' technology
which he got from the
Japanese. And you are probably reading this on
one of the IBM clones that use
Philippine-made chips, and
Korean made monitors, assembled by
Bangladeshi workers in a
Singapore plant, transported by lorries driven by
Indians, hijacked by
Indonesians and finally sold to you by a
Chinese!
That's globalization!!!
(And let me add you're reading it on a Nepali web site ...)
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| Adirondack |
Posted
on 11-Feb-03 02:56 PM
lmao!!
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| suva chintak |
Posted
on 11-Feb-03 03:07 PM
That was a good one Sally!
If the intensification of the global mixing up or messing up is globalization, then this better be the thing!
I had been thinking along slightly different lines, but the same theme:
Saudi Arabian nationals blow up the World Trade Towers using Boeing planes running on Nigerian oil,
America obliterates the Taleban and much of Afghanistan,
the prisioners (or 'illegal enemy combatants', as Ashcroft styles them) are incarcerated in Cuba,
A mega pipeline is built through Afghanistan,
and finally Bush finds the culprit,
So off we march to Baghdad
With the Brits in tow!!
In this case of globalization, what is the common unifying thread? Oil!
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 11-Feb-03 03:15 PM
But Ofcourse!.... Oily Rhetoric!
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| isolated freak |
Posted
on 11-Feb-03 08:29 PM
Thanks sally for sharing that wonderful piece with us.
But on a serious note: Gl;obalziation is not a new phenomenon. The history of Globalziation goes as far as to 5000 years, when Jericho emerged as one of the first nation states by modern definitions. What about the Silk Road, wasn't it a form of Globalization? The only difference is, these days, with the development in technology and other things, the pace is faster.. otherwise, Globalization started from the time of the Neanderthals, hoina ra?
mero bichar ho... sathi harooko k cha? sunau na.
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| mack |
Posted
on 11-Feb-03 10:57 PM
really? canadian? mmhhh
cool
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| prempujari |
Posted
on 12-Feb-03 01:42 PM
Sally,
"Aaaaanch" to the one who send you this on e-mail.
Ani "Aaaaanch" to you for posting it....
Kyaa di raa....Aaaaanch!!!
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