Slavery in the simplest definition is "DO or DIE". These people have no choice but to work in these factories. They either do the work, or die of starvation. You may want to look at it with a different shade of lenses, but to me it's the same thing. If you're physically forced to work or you get beaten, then that's called imprisonment.
Slavery in this country never went away, it was just hidden from view. Humans have had slavery for 10's of thousands of years, and will continue on. It's impossible to supply all the goods we consume without slavery.
You can't sell iPad's for $500 and make a profit without hiring cheap slave labors. It's obvious why Apple hires Chinese laborers. We treat inmates in this country better than China treats their workers!
Most of your clothes is made by slaved children, processed foods is made by slaved Mexicans, and electronics is made by slaved Asians. And when I mean SLAVE, it really is slavery! These people have no choice but to work in these places.
I've noticed that the more storage you have, the more junk you fill it with. At my work, we have SANs with several Terabytes of storage, mostly filled with junk. When you have millions of useless files, it becomes a tedious task to search, and backup data. In the early days, there was a lot more cleanup of stored data, and only important files were kept on disks.
So I guess all these workers are just happy with their lives, and all is good at Foxconn. Gee, we don't hear a peep from the Mexicans working in slaughter houses here in the U.S., they must be doing well also. I guess no news must be good news.
I agree, China has such a huge population that they have become slaved robots for manufacturers. Since the Chinese people can find work elsewhere they are forced to work at these plants, and we here in the U.S. have the Gaul to say, " don't complain, Foxconn is treating you better than other places".
Sure they didn't do this thinking about bunnies and birds but they're thinking of these things as good for business because they're good for the world.
Name ONE thing these companies (Apple, Walmart, Exon Mobile) have done that's good for the world!
I guess it's easy to sit there in the comfort of your home and say, "I don't believe it unless I see evidence and facts", while 1.5 Billion people are forced into slave labor. So long as these companies can keep you ignorant, you have no problems with them.
Well Mr. Know it all, I'm sure you've never been to North Korea either, does that mean we shouldn't assume anything bad happens their? (and by the way, I've been to the DMZ). I'm sure you've never been to Syria either, should we believe that all is peachy their too? People like you are the reason this world is going to Hell, because you're more interested in getting your new toys, and less concerned about how its made. I'm sure the T-Shirt on your back was made by slaved children too, but who cares, because we can't prove it.
So I guess if one company treats their slaves a little better than another place, it's OK. Apple doesn't care about the environment, they only care about profits. That's why they keep rolling out new iPad's every year! Use up all our natural resources, pollute the environment, all for what? So you can hold that shiny new iPad 3 that has higher resolution than your previous iPad? I think some of us are just upset with the bigger picture, that's just my 2 cents.
Based on my intuition. If you had a choice to work at Foxconn in China, or a Factory in Silicon Valley, and not know the working conditions of either place, which would you choose? Just because I've never been to China, doesn't mean I'm completely naive about what goes on their.
I remember purchasing Motherboards to build Desktops, and Foxconn was considered to be the cheap brand. I guess that accounts for all the cheap labor. I wouldn't believe anything Mr. Woo has to say.
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We all know that there is some partial nudity in Biology Class, so might as well go across the board and ban half of what the schools teach!
Slavery in the simplest definition is "DO or DIE". These people have no choice but to work in these factories. They either do the work, or die of starvation. You may want to look at it with a different shade of lenses, but to me it's the same thing. If you're physically forced to work or you get beaten, then that's called imprisonment.
Slavery in this country never went away, it was just hidden from view. Humans have had slavery for 10's of thousands of years, and will continue on. It's impossible to supply all the goods we consume without slavery.
Inmates in this country get better treatment than most of those workers.
You can't sell iPad's for $500 and make a profit without hiring cheap slave labors. It's obvious why Apple hires Chinese laborers. We treat inmates in this country better than China treats their workers!
Most of your clothes is made by slaved children, processed foods is made by slaved Mexicans, and electronics is made by slaved Asians. And when I mean SLAVE, it really is slavery! These people have no choice but to work in these places.
I've noticed that the more storage you have, the more junk you fill it with. At my work, we have SANs with several Terabytes of storage, mostly filled with junk. When you have millions of useless files, it becomes a tedious task to search, and backup data. In the early days, there was a lot more cleanup of stored data, and only important files were kept on disks.
You need to find a better translator, because I have no clue what you just said.
"I'm completely operational, and all my circuits are functioning perfectly"
So I guess all these workers are just happy with their lives, and all is good at Foxconn. Gee, we don't hear a peep from the Mexicans working in slaughter houses here in the U.S., they must be doing well also. I guess no news must be good news.
I agree, China has such a huge population that they have become slaved robots for manufacturers. Since the Chinese people can find work elsewhere they are forced to work at these plants, and we here in the U.S. have the Gaul to say, " don't complain, Foxconn is treating you better than other places".
So in the meantime we bury our head in the sand because it's not our problem. That's what we've done for years, so how well has that been working out?
Well I'm sure most of us have never been to China, so why are we all here talking about it?
Sure they didn't do this thinking about bunnies and birds but they're thinking of these things as good for business because they're good for the world.
Name ONE thing these companies (Apple, Walmart, Exon Mobile) have done that's good for the world!
I guess it's easy to sit there in the comfort of your home and say, "I don't believe it unless I see evidence and facts", while 1.5 Billion people are forced into slave labor. So long as these companies can keep you ignorant, you have no problems with them.
Well Mr. Know it all, I'm sure you've never been to North Korea either, does that mean we shouldn't assume anything bad happens their? (and by the way, I've been to the DMZ). I'm sure you've never been to Syria either, should we believe that all is peachy their too? People like you are the reason this world is going to Hell, because you're more interested in getting your new toys, and less concerned about how its made. I'm sure the T-Shirt on your back was made by slaved children too, but who cares, because we can't prove it.
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So I guess if one company treats their slaves a little better than another place, it's OK. Apple doesn't care about the environment, they only care about profits. That's why they keep rolling out new iPad's every year! Use up all our natural resources, pollute the environment, all for what? So you can hold that shiny new iPad 3 that has higher resolution than your previous iPad? I think some of us are just upset with the bigger picture, that's just my 2 cents.
Based on my intuition. If you had a choice to work at Foxconn in China, or a Factory in Silicon Valley, and not know the working conditions of either place, which would you choose? Just because I've never been to China, doesn't mean I'm completely naive about what goes on their.
My GUT feeling tells me this, as I'm sure it does for most people. I don't have to see a RAT to know that one exists.
I'm sure most factories in China are Hell Holes! They have less standards then Mexico.
I remember purchasing Motherboards to build Desktops, and Foxconn was considered to be the cheap brand. I guess that accounts for all the cheap labor. I wouldn't believe anything Mr. Woo has to say.
Lies covered by Truths, covered by Lies. In the end, no one knows what to believe, so we all ignore it.
So if my DNA is better than others, does that mean I'm worth more? Do I get better luck with the ladies?
More like a pocket knife.