On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:57:51 -0500, T Jr Hardman
wrote:
>Dave Frightens Me wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:54:38 -0500, T Jr Hardman
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Dave Frightens Me wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:08:01 -0500, T Jr Hardman
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>That's frankly bizarre. The Maryland resort Ocean City has a large
>>>>>hospitality industry which is effectively staffed by H-1B/H-2B workers,
>>>>>mostly vacationing students from Eastern Europe. Romanians, Poles,
>>>>>Ukrainians, etc., are well represented. They come here and work long
>>>>>hours for pay far less than the average American would require for that
>>>>>sort of work, get little benefits, and somehow manage to return home at
>>>>>the end of the summer with the sort of savings on hand that one could
>>>>>get in their homelands only with the best private-sector jobs.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Utter rubbish. Nothing of the sort happens.
>>>
>>>See the _Washington Post Magazine_ article of sometime last summer,
>>>which I paraphrased. The phenomenon is also well-documented elsewhere.
Is the above what you were "holding forth"?
>>>
>>>I did make a mistake, ordinarily they work over the summer on the J1 visa:
>>>
>>>http://atbinternetgroup.com/studentguide/
>>>
>>>(Consider yourself called an ignorant .wit.)
>>
>>
>> May I quote you in saying:
>>
>> ". you.
>>
>> Pointing me at a library, without any summary or argument, does not
>> constitute a case.
>>
>> Hold forth upon your point, sir, or be considered to have had none."
>
>I did hold forth upon my point, and you snipped it, and appear to be
>implying that I had none.
You did nothing of the sort. You quoted nothing specific and resorted
to calling me an "ignorant .wit". I haven't resorted to
reciprocating, you may have noticed.
>You did, however, leave in the evidence of me providing a cite to back
>up my claim. How polite of you.
I am not polite, and don't care to be.
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