Wednesday, July 13, 2005

21st century warfare

You really should look at the latest posting on Intel Dump.

Here's a quote from the author's conclusion:

“Keeping up starts with the realization that, if we believe we’re the center of the world, and that all roads lead to English and western culture, we’re not going to get to be on top for long. Mandarin Chinese is the second most-spoken language on the internet. Does anyone really believe that it’s going to stay second for long? And what language will it be after Mandarin? Let’s get ahead and stop playing catch-up.”

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A 20 year old twit parroting claptrap from a freshmen class she took last semester.

Al DeVito said...

Although I'm considered an elder citizen, to whom,in my youth, one was expected to defer, my experience has been that good ideas and responsible opinions can come from persons of all ages.

She may be repeating something she learned, but that does not make her thoughts claptrap.