Kandou: A Man Without A Star

You might have heard this, but I thought it is worth sharing again. This is an interview question asked from 300 men, applying for a job in a non-profit organization.

You are driving your car in a middle of a freezing cold night. Your car has only ONE seat left. You approach a bus stop, and eye three individuals waiting for the next bus. There is an old woman, who is obviously suffering from the cold. There is one of your old old friends, who actually did you a big favor a while ago, and third comes a girl, one of the types with whom you would imagine to be in your dreams.

What would you do?

Out of 300 men, only one had the right answer, and got the job offer. I wanted to compare it to our class of MBA's! if you have heard it before and/or know the right answer, please keep it to yourself for now. This is for people with no previous knowledge of the situation.

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These days another was has broken out in Middle East. This time Israelis are aggressively bombarding Lebanon’s infrastructural facilities, such as bridges, freeways, tunnels, power generation plans, airports and so forth. Now this is a multi-dimensional issue. On one hand, Israel is claming to do so upon its desire to promote security of its citizens who reside along the border of southern Lebanon. These people are claimed to be target of frequent missiles and rockets shot by Hezbollah into Israel's territory. By referring to UN's Resolution 1559, Lebanon must have cleared the southern part of the country from Hezbollah Militia, and maintain its control be sending Lebanon National Army to the region to serve as peace keepers. 6 years after that, Lebanon was unable to disarm Hezbollah and maintain its control over the southern borders. The question is, has Israel responded positively to all UN resolutions in the past? This is a logical question to ask. On the moral side, does a few missiles, with limited accuracy and destruction power justify such an aggressive offense against the infrastructures that are claimed to be used by Hezbollah?

Even if such harsh retaliation has some points of logic, the targets are so beyond innocence caught in the differences of Israelis and Hezbollah Guerrillas. One back by USA, and the other supported, financially and logistically by pro-Islamic forces in the region. In between, there is the nation of Lebanon who is paying the worst of it. Its facilities destroyed, its army dominated by militias, its people under the fear of air offences, and its kids living in the miserable unwanted war. Why should "they" pay for this??

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