[sdiy] SMD experiences

David G Dixon dixon at mail.ubc.ca
Wed Sep 14 22:45:23 CEST 2011


> No, but we're all responsible consumers (right?) so we want 
> to make sure that our money isn't funding stuff that we don't 
> approve of, like unsafe working practices for the 
> under-fives, or regimes with hideous human rights records, 
> or,...etc etc etc.
> 
> Whether China is good or bad, and whether trading with China 
> makes it better or worse is your judgement call. But I would 
> ask you to think about it rather than merely choosing based 
> on lowest price. A lot of shit is justified by "economic arguments".

Have you read the labels inside your clothes, lately?  If you really applied
this principle in earnest, you'd probably have to go naked!  :)




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