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Microsoft Mice Made in Chinese Youth Sweatshops?
An anonymous reader writes "The National Labor Committee offers an in-depth look into working conditions in Chinese sweatshops producing hardware (mice, etc.) for Microsoft, complete with pictures. Apparently, so called 'work study students,' 16 and 17 years of age, work 15-hour shifts, six and seven days a week, for around 65 cents per hour. Microsoft said it is taking the claims seriously and has 'commenced an investigation.'"
Speaking of suck-asses - the wikileaks didn't show the "murder of civilians". Those "civilians" in the first portion of the video fired on American troops. The gunship was called in to neutralize the attackers. How was the gunship to know that there were CIVILIAN REPORTERS embedded in the enemy unit? Firing on the van? I can't justify that as easily. But, couch warriors doing the Monday morning quarterback routine are failures, plain and simple.
Oh - this is where you throw in the children. Look at the video again. At no point are you able to identify a child, until the soldier comes into view carrying a child to transportation. Children weren't fired on, per se. The fact is, some lame brain Darwin Award recipients brought the children into a battle zone.
Murder? Maybe. The people who had custody of the children might be guilty of murder, depending on the court you tried them in.
That's beside the point. Those people have been tried already, in hell. Hope they like their sentences!!
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It's "sight" for crying out loud! *sigh*