Comments on: America Can Do Better http://techliberation.com/2006/04/12/america-can-do-better/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: theo http://techliberation.com/2006/04/12/america-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-44820 theo Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:43:27 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/04/12/america-can-do-better/#comment-44820 <p>If my bank were routinely lying to me about the contents of my bank account, I'd have a problem with that.<br></p> <p><br>The dominant call center policy seems to be "lie about ethnic origin and location as much as possible." Outsourcing corporations encourage, or are at the very least indifferent to, this threadbare deception.<br></p> <p><br>There's no evidence that the market is taking care of the problem. Some intervention seems justifiable, and this is a pretty minimal regulation. I don't see why anyone who isn't a paid-for corporate Republican or a techno-glibertarian would find it offensive.<br></p> If my bank were routinely lying to me about the contents of my bank account, I’d have a problem with that.


The dominant call center policy seems to be “lie about ethnic origin and location as much as possible.” Outsourcing corporations encourage, or are at the very least indifferent to, this threadbare deception.


There’s no evidence that the market is taking care of the problem. Some intervention seems justifiable, and this is a pretty minimal regulation. I don’t see why anyone who isn’t a paid-for corporate Republican or a techno-glibertarian would find it offensive.

]]> By: theo http://techliberation.com/2006/04/12/america-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-33112 theo Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:43:27 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/04/12/america-can-do-better/#comment-33112 <p>If my bank were routinely lying to me about the contents of my bank account, I'd have a problem with that.</p> <p> The dominant call center policy seems to be "lie about ethnic origin and location as much as possible." Outsourcing corporations encourage, or are at the very least indifferent to, this threadbare deception. <p> There's no evidence that the market is taking care of the problem. Some intervention seems justifiable, and this is a pretty minimal regulation. I don't see why anyone who isn't a paid-for corporate Republican or a techno-glibertarian would find it offensive. </p></p> If my bank were routinely lying to me about the contents of my bank account, I’d have a problem with that.

The dominant call center policy seems to be “lie about ethnic origin and location as much as possible.” Outsourcing corporations encourage, or are at the very least indifferent to, this threadbare deception.

There’s no evidence that the market is taking care of the problem. Some intervention seems justifiable, and this is a pretty minimal regulation. I don’t see why anyone who isn’t a paid-for corporate Republican or a techno-glibertarian would find it offensive.

]]> By: Disputo http://techliberation.com/2006/04/12/america-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-44819 Disputo Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:53:38 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/04/12/america-can-do-better/#comment-44819 <p>This is probably in response to all the corps that tried to fool US consumers into thinking that a rep in Bangalore was actually in Austin.<br><br>I don't see what is wrong with enforcing honest product labeling.</p> This is probably in response to all the corps that tried to fool US consumers into thinking that a rep in Bangalore was actually in Austin.

I don’t see what is wrong with enforcing honest product labeling.

]]> By: Disputo http://techliberation.com/2006/04/12/america-can-do-better/comment-page-1/#comment-33111 Disputo Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:53:38 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2006/04/12/america-can-do-better/#comment-33111 <p>This is probably in response to all the corps that tried to fool US consumers into thinking that a rep in Bangalore was actually in Austin.</p> <p>I don't see what is wrong with enforcing honest product labeling.</p> This is probably in response to all the corps that tried to fool US consumers into thinking that a rep in Bangalore was actually in Austin.

I don’t see what is wrong with enforcing honest product labeling.

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