LyzTyphone:Just a little question, should we, like in Deutsch and Chinese board, do this in a single thread, instead of spilling the "thread of the day" all over the (already populous) English board?

I don't know, does it make any difference? The posts pop up in the RSS feed in the same way, and maybe it's better to have a separate thread for each word so that people can add comments/corrections about that specific word within the thread. Otherwise, it could get into bit of a muddle, couldn't it?

Chainy:

LyzTyphone:Just a little question, should we, like in Deutsch and Chinese board, do this in a single thread, instead of spilling the "thread of the day" all over the (already populous) English board?

I don't know, does it make any difference? The posts pop up in the RSS feed in the same way, and maybe it's better to have a separate thread for each word so that people can add comments/corrections about that specific word within the thread. Otherwise, it could get into bit of a muddle, couldn't it?

I definitely think having all the words in one place is the way to go. It works for all the other languages who have word of the day threads.

Here's the English forum's thread: http://en.lernu.net/komunikado/forumo/temo.php?t...

I don't know, does it make any difference? The posts pop up in the RSS feed in the same way, and maybe it's better to have a separate thread for each word so that people can add comments/corrections about that specific word within the thread. Otherwise, it could get into bit of a muddle, couldn't it?

Hmm..I will have to agree that seperate thread encourages people to leave comment and discussion and everything... So...?

Some truth about Foxconn affair from within (being Taiwanese who lives in mainland). The working condition at Foxconn factories is said to be very stressful and lacking in usual human communication among the employees. The fact that it pays well (compared to other corporations) still attracts plenty of workers, but it may just be that some could not stand the condition any more...

The real problem in this, I think, is that is shows us a (pseudo-)Communist regime can in no way substitute for real workers' movement. In China, every workers' union is in fact just a branch of the CPC. The corporations just have to maintain a good "relationship" with the gov and they are safe from strikes or whatever, so they can basically feel free to abuse their workers to get more $. China NEEDS to have REAL labor movement!

Oh and the latest news is tht Foxconn has increased the salary of its employees and decided to shut down part of its factories and transfer them to other countries (including countries with an abundant labor force those are Indonesia and Vietnam)

LyzTyphone:including countries with an abundant labor force those are Indonesia and Vietnam)

Thanks Lyz for the news update!
I can imagine both would be happy to have more economic growth, but I wonder if this alleviates the problems for the workers. Hopefully, the entire situation smooths over.

ceigered:
(perhaps a bigger flaw to the whole plan is that we let politicians run our countries).

Bingo, ceigered. You have just hit the nail on the head. What the entire world needs is far fewer politicians and many more statesmen. The difference, IMHO, is that politicians are mainly lawyers, but statesmen come from a more diverse array of occupations. Politicians, especially if they have been in office for a while, tend to live in bubbles. They simple don't understand how the world works so they fall back on wishful thinking (idiology). Statesmen, coming from the business world, the military, the medical and other professions, have more of a grasp on reality, more of a tendency to see the world as it really is.

It is for this reason that there is a real battle going on in the U.S. today. Our "Great One" who occupies the White House and his equally nutty cronies have no clue as to what is going on in the world and the damage they are inflicting on all of us, not just the U.S. They are in so far over their heads that it would take a very powerful sonar set to locate them. Our mid-term elections in November are going to be very revealing.

lavagulo:Our "Great One" who occupies the White House and his equally nutty cronies have no clue as to what is going on in the world and the damage they are inflicting on all of us, not just the U.S. They are in so far over their heads that it would take a very powerful sonar set to locate them. Our mid-term elections in November are going to be very revealing.

Oh, I thought they were doing OK to be perfectly honest . (not that I even know who the other people who could be running the shop are, but I assume that the economic crisis and problems with the wars were always going to be unavoidable given the extremely free market system and good ol' Bush)

I'm generally not entirely sure about statesmen either - after all you can still get bad statesmen despite however many years experience they have under their belt (I guess a true statesman is good though, e.g. one who is morally in high regard, not just experienced and appealing, I'm guessing thats what you mean).

I think the biggest problems with politics as a whole is that the public very rarely get put first, because it might mean a leader is putting their job on the line (or the budget) - and that's generally because the public and the politicians have a sort of communication void between them so neither can understand what the other is doing or wants. But then, even if you give the citizens of a country a more hands on role in running it, it's likely some minorities are gonna lose out or that the country will act only it its own interests (and be a threat to others). How to address the apathy and lack of understanding is mind boggling though, but I hope by the time I'm an old fart (and hopefully a master at Esperanto ) it'll be easier to figure out.

But essentially, I reckon the current flaws in the logic of running a country are:
- it's assumed that credibility is more important than the job
- it's assumed that the government is meant to do what the people want, even if the people are wrong (we all want to have access to our own personal nukes! )
- it's assumed that nationalism is a good thing (for you, who cares about your neighbours!)
- and it's lastly assumed that non-peaceful options are allowed against normal humans (someone should non-violently slap Cain for that one!)

EDIT: actually, a good scuffle is fine, but when someone loses an eye, gets tortured or killed, someone should be handed a red card

Oŝo-Jabe:

Chainy:

LyzTyphone:Just a little question, should we, like in Deutsch and Chinese board, do this in a single thread, instead of spilling the "thread of the day" all over the (already populous) English board?

I don't know, does it make any difference? The posts pop up in the RSS feed in the same way, and maybe it's better to have a separate thread for each word so that people can add comments/corrections about that specific word within the thread. Otherwise, it could get into bit of a muddle, couldn't it?

I definitely think having all the words in one place is the way to go. It works for all the other languages who have word of the day threads.

Here's the English forum's thread: http://en.lernu.net/komunikado/forumo/temo.php?t...

I'm just happy that Chainy is doing this at all, and I do appreciate and thank him for his efforts.

Given the choice, I think my vote would be for the single thread rather than a new post each day. Either way, I do hope posting of the word of the day with an English translation continues.