Reply #2: It's not the Indians

[Dogmudgeon]

They are not to blame for jobs being sent to India -- not by any stretch of the imagination. I can't blame anyone who wants to work at a high-paying job, even if it's a job taken from me by proxy. (Yes, I did lose a job to a worker in India.)

The culprits are the geniuses who think they'll make more money by sending jobs overseas by the thousands. They forget that by depressing the income of any segment of the work force, they're jeopardizing their markets, their nation, and their prosperity.

In addition, what's going to happen if/when Pakistan starts rattling the nuclear saber at India? Pervez Musharraf is hanging on by a thread as it is.

Offshoring as it's now practiced is a dangerous game. It has nothing to do with international commerce -- it's a means to concentrate profits, not generate wealth. And I fear for us all when the consequences have to be faced.

Indian DUers, I rejoice in your success. But keep firmly in mind that Americans are being traumatized by a small bunch of business numbskulls, and that the major backlash will not be in the form of racism. It will be in the form of a crippled IT and technical market. And if relations between India and Pakistan get bad, you'll be treated with even less respect than we were.

--bkl