[nycphp-talk] Never heard that term: Viet Nam of programming
tedd
tedd at sperling.com
Wed Jan 24 21:27:08 EST 2007
At 3:42 PM -0500 1/24/07, Kenneth Downs wrote:
>tedd wrote:
>>Interesting characterization -- Obviously, it's not Vietnam, but
>>instead those who served in Vietnam that are the object of that
>>characterization. Are Vietnam Vets commonly thought of as "getting
>>hooked on it and start dreaming big dreams and nothing gets done"?
>>Just wondering why Vietnam Vets are thought of in such terms.
>
>No, actually the characterization is generally understood to be
>aimed at the politicians and policy makers who got into an
>"unwinnable" situation. The analogy to ORM is that it is a
>strategy that cannot achieve its goals because of some fundamental
>mis-understanding of the reality of the situation.
Ahhh... thanks for the explanation. I agree.
I hope you can understand that the metaphor can be taken more ways that one.
Cheers,
tedd
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