Comments on: You people do the hard work for me. http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200405/you-people-do-the-hard-work-for-me/ Where I torture reality till it confesses the truth Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:19:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gautam Bastian http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200405/you-people-do-the-hard-work-for-me/#comment-196 Gautam Bastian Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://server97.snhdns.com/~ravik/wp/?p=46#comment-196 Economically it could be seen as signalling. If a person gives up their native citizenship, and volutarily becomes an Indian citizen, he/she signals that they have some extraordinary love of India. A person who really loves India, maybe more than the first person, but has not bothered getting citizenship is not making enough of an effort and is thus disqualified. This is the argument used to explain why people with more education get higher wages, even if less educated people are more competent. The guys with the MBA or the PhD have signalled that they are capable of long hours of hard work. Economically it could be seen as signalling. If a person gives up their native citizenship, and volutarily becomes an Indian citizen, he/she signals that they have some extraordinary love of India. A person who really loves India, maybe more than the first person, but has not bothered getting citizenship is not making enough of an effort and is thus disqualified.

This is the argument used to explain why people with more education get higher wages, even if less educated people are more competent. The guys with the MBA or the PhD have signalled that they are capable of long hours of hard work.

]]> By: Yazad http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200405/you-people-do-the-hard-work-for-me/#comment-197 Yazad Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://server97.snhdns.com/~ravik/wp/?p=46#comment-197 I hate to do <a href="http://www.yazadjal.com/mt/archives/000317.html">this</a> to you, but it had to be done. I hate to do this to you, but it had to be done.

]]> By: Ravages http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200405/you-people-do-the-hard-work-for-me/#comment-198 Ravages Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://server97.snhdns.com/~ravik/wp/?p=46#comment-198 On a tangent, was there ever an incidence where (other than conquests, or s some sort of merger between two kingdoms (a maraige of convenience?) )an alien lead a kingdom/country? On a tangent, was there ever an incidence where (other than conquests, or s some sort of merger between two kingdoms (a maraige of convenience?) )an alien lead a kingdom/country?

]]> By: Ravikiran Rao http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200405/you-people-do-the-hard-work-for-me/#comment-199 Ravikiran Rao Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://server97.snhdns.com/~ravik/wp/?p=46#comment-199 Yazad, Yazad, May I remind you of a wonderful line from "Yes Prime Minister"? "Aggressive questions are like fast bowling. Unless it is deadly accurate, you can use the pace in your favour." Yazad, Yazad,
May I remind you of a wonderful line from “Yes Prime Minister”?
“Aggressive questions are like fast bowling. Unless it is deadly accurate, you can use the pace in your favour.”

]]> By: Jivha http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200405/you-people-do-the-hard-work-for-me/#comment-200 Jivha Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://server97.snhdns.com/~ravik/wp/?p=46#comment-200 Ravikiran, I would tend to agree with Yazad when he uses the slippery slope fallacy on this post of yours. Your hypothesis that <i>"the law is constraining the rights of the citizens to elect whom they want"</i> can quite easily be taken down the slope to <i>"the law is constraining the rights of the citizens to <b>do anything</b> they want"</i> as almost each law(not just those related to elections and foreigners) will prevent some citizen from doing something s/he wants. So your question really is, paraphrasing Yazad, <i>"why have laws"</i>? Ravikiran, I would tend to agree with Yazad when he uses the slippery slope fallacy on this post of yours.

Your hypothesis that “the law is constraining the rights of the citizens to elect whom they want” can quite easily be taken down the slope to “the law is constraining the rights of the citizens to do anything they want” as almost each law(not just those related to elections and foreigners) will prevent some citizen from doing something s/he wants.

So your question really is, paraphrasing Yazad, “why have laws”?

]]> By: gaurav http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200405/you-people-do-the-hard-work-for-me/#comment-201 gaurav Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://server97.snhdns.com/~ravik/wp/?p=46#comment-201 Come on Ravikiran, did not expect this from you. The elementary fallacy of Slippery Slope? Come on Ravikiran, did not expect this from you. The elementary fallacy of Slippery Slope?

]]> By: Gautam http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200405/you-people-do-the-hard-work-for-me/#comment-202 Gautam Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://server97.snhdns.com/~ravik/wp/?p=46#comment-202 Ravages, have a look at this post on my blog: An Italian and Two Frenchmen (http://www.freerindia.com/gautam/archives/000066.html) Ravages, have a look at this post on my blog:
An Italian and Two Frenchmen (http://www.freerindia.com/gautam/archives/000066.html)

]]> By: Gautam http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200405/you-people-do-the-hard-work-for-me/#comment-203 Gautam Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://server97.snhdns.com/~ravik/wp/?p=46#comment-203 [PS: Ravi, I hope you don't consider this spam :D] [PS: Ravi, I hope you don't consider this spam :D]

]]> By: AnarCapLib http://www.ravikiran.com/blog/classic/200405/you-people-do-the-hard-work-for-me/#comment-204 AnarCapLib Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://server97.snhdns.com/~ravik/wp/?p=46#comment-204 <strong>Sonia Gandhi for PM, her Indian citizenship and the rule of law</strong> or Sliding down a slippery slope and clambering back up Ravikiran asks Why have the citizenship requirement at all? Why not simply have anyone stand for elections in India and become Prime Minister if they and their party win? Indians... Sonia Gandhi for PM, her Indian citizenship and the rule of law

or Sliding down a slippery slope and clambering back up Ravikiran asks Why have the citizenship requirement at all? Why not simply have anyone stand for elections in India and become Prime Minister if they and their party win? Indians…

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