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Originally posted by Agamemnon@Feb 9 2005, 05:29 PM
Well, thats sort of why I brought up the concsience issue.
If you knew a guy who was a real bas**rd... say... he raped someone, but he sells DVD's real cheap, cheaper than anyone else... would you buy from him? Wouldn't you have an issue with that, even though the value of the DVD's are completely separate from the negative acts this person has committed?
I suppose its seen in the same light. If you don't agree with the practise itself, then why support an indirectly related product, _purely_ based on price?
Like I said, if you don't believe that corporate exploitation of cheap labour in the 3rd world is 'bad', then you dont' have a problem, Wal-Mart away. I'm not here to pass judgement, you do what's good for you, and I'll do the same.
Seeing things a different way isn't a crime, it just comes down to what matters most to you, saving 30 cents or feeling good about your choice. Clearly the poster who avoids Wal-Mart 'feels good' about their choice. I don't see the problem. Do you?
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Nonsense. Transplant is right.
Are you comparing a rapist to a multinational company? Are you kidding me? Do you realize that Nike is giving their workers better offer than anyone else on earth? Not me, not you, not any other company are offering those workers more money and better working conditions. Yet you slay Nike for what they do – offering those poor peoples the best alterative they realistically have.
It is true that from our point of view they might be offering more. But the thing that is allowing them to keep wages low is lack of competition, i.e. lack of other companies doing business in SE Asia. But I can imagine you will scream bloody murder if more western companies were to invest in SE Asia (see the public outcry when it comes to outsourcing). Talk about hypocrisy.