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wah · 01-23-2003, 03:11 PM

Wow, I hope I don't sound so much like option when I get all hissy about stuff.

Probably do though. I can't wait until we have enough bandwidth that we can just record voice diatribes instead of having to write them out. So much subtley is lost, and then there's the spelling...

Anyway, I think more and more rich, white folks (like me) are trying to be ethical in their consumption of consumer goods. While it might be better for 'Ech', my hypothetical asian exploited worker, to make $.25 a day working in inhumane conditions than it would be working for $.07 a day on a farm. It would be much nicer for me, and for him, to know that he was making a decent local wage and had some say in his working environment. If a company can build a reputation with this in mind, I think they would be rewarded in the marketplace, although they might have problems achieving monstrous economies of scale.

Industrialization can be a bastard, it certainly was in this country, and whatver we can do to help is, IMHO, worthwhile.

But whatever. Going back to the original posting though...

tacitus is a troll, and generally admits as much.

Woo-hoo, three warblog bans...and counting.

01-23-2003, 03:11 PM	#51
wah Vivacious Vivisectionist Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 36	Wow, I hope I don't sound so much like option when I get all hissy about stuff. Probably do though. I can't wait until we have enough bandwidth that we can just record voice diatribes instead of having to write them out. So much subtley is lost, and then there's the spelling... Anyway, I think more and more rich, white folks (like me) are trying to be ethical in their consumption of consumer goods. While it might be better for 'Ech', my hypothetical asian exploited worker, to make $.25 a day working in inhumane conditions than it would be working for $.07 a day on a farm. It would be much nicer for me, and for him, to know that he was making a decent local wage and had some say in his working environment. If a company can build a reputation with this in mind, I think they would be rewarded in the marketplace, although they might have problems achieving monstrous economies of scale. Industrialization can be a bastard, it certainly was in this country, and whatver we can do to help is, IMHO, worthwhile. But whatever. Going back to the original posting though... tacitus is a troll, and generally admits as much. Woo-hoo, three warblog bans...and counting.