"Going Forward..."

[sasguru]

It's actually a ribbon, in the colours of a Palestinian flag.

Why? To show my support against the occupiers of their land...

Have you heard of the spoils of war?
Israel won that land fairly in a war launched by its enemies to exterminate it.

The 'Occupied Territories' refers to land lost by Israel's Arab neighbors, and gained by Israel, in the Six-Day War of 1967. They include Judaea and Samaria (previously occupied by Jordan, and now known as the 'West Bank'), the Golan Heights (previously occupied by Syria), and the Gaza Strip (previously occupied by Egypt). Interestingly, while these territories were conquered by Jordan, Syria and Egypt in 1948 to the time they were gained by Israel, the territories were not refered to as 'occupied' by the international community. Furthermore, the people living in those territories before 1967 were not called 'Palestinians' as they are today; they were called Jordanians and Egyptians.

HTH

More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Palestine

 

[Mich the Tester]

It is one of my pet theories that projects go wrong because no-one can really understand each other over all of the pseudo-bollox that they shovel.

I can vouch for that. Too many bloody internal clientco acronyms as well, and nobody has the sense to ask 'what does that mean?'

 

[Zippy]

And why is everything called ‘SOLUTIONS’?

F**king ‘Hygiene Solutions’, ‘Transport Solutions’, ‘Catering Solutions’, ‘Document Management Solutions’, ‘Environmental Solutions’etc.

STOP IT !

There is a shop round here that sells kitchen equipment (tools, casserole dishes, aprons etc). Their advertising material refers to them as Whisk Cooking Solutions

 

[TykeMerc]

It always amazes me the amount of times I sit in meetings and have to listen to normally intelligent adult human beings degrade themselves by spouting this sort of tulip. Normally as will when they are in front of their line managers etc.

It is one of my pet theories that projects go wrong because no-one can really understand each other over all of the pseudo-bollox that they shovel.

Fair point and one that I can agree with since I've seen it myself many times.

 

[original PM]

I can vouch for that. Too many bloody internal clientco acronyms as well, and nobody has the sense to ask 'what does that mean?'

thats because then people may see they are not part of the gang and not talk to them or let them play football at lunchtime.

and steal their dinner money

pointless azz kissing permies!

 

[denver2k]

Once, a long time ago in permieland, I was called into the a meeting room by my boss and I was made redundant. His first words to me in that meeting were...









"Going forward".

Going forward for him.....but "Going backward" for you

 

[TykeMerc]

It's actually a ribbon, in the colours of a Palestinian flag.

Why? To show my support against the occupiers of their land...

Ok how long is it ok to call the residents of one country or another invaders rather than natives?

Every continent (barring Antarctica) and every country that I can think of has been invaded and occupied at some point (or repeatedly) over history, there has to be a point at which people accept that it's a done deal and just get on with life rather than perpetuate the hatred.

 

[denver2k]

While we're at it.....Oxford compiled list of 10 most annoying words and "At the end of the day " was on top, but an awful lot of people said "Going forward" deserve to be in that list(which wasnt there unfortunately).

 

[AZZIK]

Have you heard of the spoils of war?
Israel won that land fairly in a war launched by its enemies to exterminate it.

The 'Occupied Territories' refers to land lost by Israel's Arab neighbors, and gained by Israel, in the Six-Day War of 1967. They include Judaea and Samaria (previously occupied by Jordan, and now known as the 'West Bank'), the Golan Heights (previously occupied by Syria), and the Gaza Strip (previously occupied by Egypt). Interestingly, while these territories were conquered by Jordan, Syria and Egypt in 1948 to the time they were gained by Israel, the territories were not refered to as 'occupied' by the international community. Furthermore, the people living in those territories before 1967 were not called 'Palestinians' as they are today; they were called Jordanians and Egyptians.

HTH

More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Palestine

I would expect this from somone with a lack of true understanding, and from someone who confides in wikipedia...

 

[sasguru]

Ok how long is it ok to call the residents of one country or another invaders rather than natives?

Every continent (barring Antarctica) and every country that I can think of has been invaded and occupied at some point (or repeatedly) over history, there has to be a point at which people accept that it's a done deal and just get on with life rather than perpetuate the hatred.

Actually my point is that "Palestinians" didn't exist before the 6 day war and that the other Arab states did not have any interest in helping the people of "Palestine" or creating a Palestinian state when they were in charge of the "Palestinian" lands.
"Palestine" is a compeletely made up concept dating from the late 60s.

In any case how can you negotiate with someone who says "my whole aim is to wipe you off the planet"?