Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]le 30.11.2000 16:20, Alan Hull à hull@telia.com a écrit : > It has also been said that because the Portuguese workers are trained > by Germans, the product they make is indistinguishable from the genuine > article. That is a piece of politically correct BS. To illustrate the > fallacy of this argument select eleven fit men at random. Tell them > that they are about to become the worlds best soccer team. Send them > away to Brazil for intensive training for many years. Then play them > against any professional soccer team. They will lose because there is > such a thing as natural born ability which no amount of training can > surpass. Natural ability works at all levels, interlectual as well as > manual dexterity. Its genetic. It's genetic? Are you serious? To my knowledge nobody selects people at random for work or any other activity. Normally you are selected for a task. When I get an assignment it is because of my skills in photography, not because of my nationality, or my genes, or my racial background. When I hire an assistant or an accountant it's because of their skills - nothing else. Tarek - --------------------------------------------------------- Tarek Charara L'expo continue sur/The exhibition continues at http://www.orients-unis.net