A cavalier approach to quotations (cont.)

[Elena Gapova]

Paul,

Your colleague may have  a point as far as capitalists or, rather,
"capitalism" (pursuit of economic efficiency), are concerned. The reason
for which Mexicans go to Texas, Poles and Lithuanians go to GB and Tadjiks
go to Moscow is pay differential, or different cost of labour in different
parts of the globe. All these people are "interesting" for capitalists
because they can be paid less (and often treated as less human).

Elena Gapova




On 3 June 2014 03:02, Paul B. Gallagher <paulbg at pbg-translations.com> wrote:

> John Dunn wrote:
>
>  Those who have spent the week wondering about the problem of imprecise
>> quotation that was raised by Paul Gallagher may find a partial
>> explanation in the first story here:
>>
>> <http://www.snob.ru/selected/entry/34899 >
>>
>> The other stories are worth reading too.
>>
>
> Hmmm....
>
> The story of the professional Tajik would be funny if it weren't so sad.
>
> I have a colleague who will blame all this on the Western imperialists,
> er, capitalists, who are preventing Tsar Vladimir from restoring the former
> Soviet glory. But that's an argument for another time and place.
>
> --
> War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
> --
> Paul B. Gallagher
> pbg translations, inc.
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>
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