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  1. Re:Slave Labor? Hogwash! by utexaspunk · · Score: 1 · on Tech Firms Defend Moving Jobs Overseas

    true- and honestly, i have no idea what really goes on. i just can't help but think that we get all this cheap crap at someone else's expense. someone's gotta be getting hurt. the majority of the exploitation probably goes on in more remote, less visible places than shanghai. there are lots of sites that document this. try here

  2. Re:Anal Retentive: Re:Pornography is *evil*? by davesag · · Score: 1 · on Rules for Teenage Internet Access?
    The poster is pointing out that Saddam et al (and I include Bush, Blair, The Queen of England and her whole filthy family et al here) are not 'evil' in the hollywood sense, as in they are not sitting there monty burns like tapping their fingertips together breathing 'eeexcellent' every time they unleash one of their many well documented horrors. No, they do what they do with a real sense that what they are doing, however misguided and wrong, is, if not for the greater good, at least for their own good.

    However, according to the dictionary, "Evil" is 1. the quality of being morally bad or wrong; 2. that which causes harm or misfortune. Definition 1 gives people plenty of scope as morality is subjective. Definition 2 however makes it plain that SH is evil, OBL is evil, GWB is evil, the IRA are evil, Blair is evil, Capitalism is evil, the war on (drugs|terror) is evil etc. You and I are also evil from time to time.

    Pornography, in its modern sense, while not evil per se, is an evil, exploitative industry where real and lasting harm is often perpetuated against people who, for reasons of ignorance, manipulability, or plain poverty, find themselves in the hands of some very evil men. By funding it through the purchase of pornographic material, you become evil. Much as you become evil by buying Nike shoes, or McDonalds 'burgers' and thus funding the evil that they do. You make the choice to fund these evils, and thus become evil yourself. misery loves the company.

    my (euro)0.017 (love that sliding dollar)

  3. Re:The money goes toward advertising. by cicho · · Score: 1 · on Nike Denied First Amendment Defense
    So is the comparison invalid because Jordan is a pro, and they are unskilled workers? Or because he's an athlete, and they won't be doing sports anytime soon? Or because he's an American and they're, well, gooks?

    Or is it because Jordan, the average American he is, needs to pay his chauffeur and his bodyguards and the Indonesians only need some chow?

  4. Re:The money goes toward advertising. by cicho · · Score: 1 · on Nike Denied First Amendment Defense
    So is the comparison invalid because Jordan is a pro, and they are unskilled workers? Or because he's an athlete, and they won't be doing sports anytime soon? Or because he's an American and they're, well, gooks?

    Or is it because Jordan, the average American he is, needs to pay his chauffeur and his bodyguards and the Indonesians only need some chow?

  5. NikeWatch by danny · · Score: 2 · on Nike Denied First Amendment Defense
    The development agency I do volunteer work for, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad, runs a NikeWatch campaign monitoring Nike in Indonesia.

    Danny.

  6. Re:Globalization is bad, We did not vote for it. by Anton+Anatopopov · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Multinationals And Globalism
    Whilst not claiming to be an expert on libertarian 'philosophy', I do know coercion when I see it. A simple search of the internet reveals several instances. One of which I reproduce here for your enlightenment.

    Use of Indonesian soldiers to provide "security" at the Nikomas Factory in Indonesia
    Members of the Indonesian army are frequently employed as "security" in factories in Indonesia during periods of industrial unrest to prevent industrial action. In September 1999 a US student delegation observed Indonesian soldiers stationed at the Nikomas factory at a time when wage negotiations were being conducted. Following the publicity the issue received the soldiers were replaced by non-military security (police and security guards) who were playing an appropriate role. Subsequently however, during peaceful strike action by workers at PT Nikomas, police from Brimob (an armed police brigade) equipped with guns entered the factory and together with factory security guards and hired civilians they threatened and provoked workers. We repeat our call for Nike to ensure that Indonesia's armed forces are never called in to prevent or interfere with peaceful industrial action.

    You go on to say: and, a little note: they hate us because we're the rich, good-looking kid on the playground who is smart enough not to give his lunch away everyday to the kids who are too stupid to find their own money.

    Again, I feel I must correct you: they hate us because we are a genocidal nation of gun-crazy psychopaths and lunatics.

  7. more info by danny · · Score: 2 · on Drug Companies Put Profits Over Lives
    More information about this case (and the broader issue of drug costs) is available from Oxfam, which is running a "Cut the Cost" campaign.
  8. Also check out by danny · · Score: 2 · on Nike: Just Don't Do It
    The Australian-based NikeWatch campaign. (Which I do web support for.)

    This provides some solid information.

    Danny.

  9. other resources by danny · · Score: 2 · on Bootstrapping Cambodia
    Community Aid Abroad (the Australia aid organisation I do volunteer work for) has some info about Cambodia, including a brief piece on building schools.

    Danny.

  10. other resources by danny · · Score: 2 · on Bootstrapping Cambodia
    Community Aid Abroad (the Australia aid organisation I do volunteer work for) has some info about Cambodia, including a brief piece on building schools.

    Danny.

  11. other resources by danny · · Score: 2 · on Bootstrapping Cambodia
    Community Aid Abroad (the Australia aid organisation I do volunteer work for) has some info about Cambodia, including a brief piece on building schools.

    Danny.

  12. related articles by danny · · Score: 1 · on Social Changes & Internet Access In The Third World
    When I was in Pakistan, at Peshawar Uni, each department had individual modems, and I was told they weren't allowed to get satellite access because internal security couldn't monitor it...

    I'm involved with attempts to get development NGOs to take a stronger interest in information and communication technologies. Some web pages that might be of interest:

    Danny.