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Nonsense, you're wrong.
If you'd bothered to read the thread, you'd see where I say that I didn't try to portray exploited labourers as rape victims, but rather was trying to explain the reasons why one might boycott a company, even if it didn't 'directly' benefit the labourers. If you don't want to see the point, then you can't.
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Yes I bothered to read the thread and you explained nothing. Workers in factories who are there voluntarily are not victims. Boycotting their company makes them worse off. If you don't want to see the point, then you can't.
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Wow, I don't think I've ever seen someone come out as strongly in favour of international exploitation of human beings as you. Nike gives a better offer than anyone else on earth? Until I see a shred of evidence supporting that, I'll assume its a massive mistatement, shooting from the hip.
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Nowhere have you proved those laborers are being exploited. Second, no one gives them better working environment than the factory they currently work for does. Otherwise they would quit and work for someone else. Why don’t you boycott companies which don’t invest in poor countries at all and don’t pay laborers 10 dollars per hour? Nobody pays those laborers more than their current company (i.e. Nike) yet you slay Nike. Why?
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This paragraph doesn't make sense, or is worded poorly.
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OK I confess I kind of messed this one up. So let me rephrase it.
It is true that from our point of view multinational companies should be offering more money and better working conditions to their workers. But the reason why they can keep wages low is lack of competition. That means lack of other companies doing business in poor countries. Outsourcing increases competition in those areas. Therefore it will increase wages as well. So if you want to improve lives of working poor in those countries, you should be in favor of outsourcing. Yet a vast majority of people who declare they care about those poor laborers are against outsourcing, purely for their own benefit. Talk about hypocrisy. Better now?