The recent effort by the cheap-assed Board of Directors to "raise our level of exposure" here at FTI has taken another twist. A member of our Board directed the MIS staff (a subsection of the FTI IT Department, the most reviled department here at FTI) to study and make an analysis of our readership to glean some statistics for further review.
One trend found is our steadily increasing viewing by foreign readers outside of the US, particularly Southeast Asia. As evidenced by our Flag Counter feature on the side of this blog, one can easily ascertain the location of viewers. The Board member inquired into the ease and effort needed to translate our site into the native languages of those readers.
At the risk of further damaging the perception of the US and Americans, in particular, I cannot understand the desire to inflict further humiliation on the residents of these areas any further. These people do not need to get to know about our slack-jawed staff. Why further damage US interests in this part of the world?
I understand that civil punishment in this part of the world is usually of a public nature to discourage others from engaging in the offending behavior. The offending party is paraded through the street for display to foster shame and embarrassment. Should this type of event ever involve our staff, the results would be counter-productive: the only emotions generated would be sympathy and pity. The people would know who is suffering daily. Me.
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