This is not as flippant as it may sound , but an important issue for business , technology and even geopolitics .
这个问题并没有表面上看起来那么轻率，而是一个重要的商业、技术甚至是地缘政治问题。
Mr cassano was even blunter , telling investors in august 2007 that " without being flippant " the company could not envisage a scenario that would " see us losing $ 1 in any of those transactions " .
