DeSwiss
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Tue Sep-06-11 01:08 AM
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Ship Breaking in Bangladesh |
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Posted on DU: September 06, 2011
By DU Member: DeSwiss
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aquart
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Tue Sep-06-11 01:17 AM
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1. Any particular reason for quoting obvious idiots? |
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Tue Sep-06-11 01:26 AM
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2. This guy is amazed...check out India & Pakistan... |
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its called the breakers for a reason & it breaks men & ships.
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Tue Sep-06-11 02:20 AM
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3. Excellent. The working conditions here in the US in the 19th century |
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were unbelievable bad, and world trade with no enforcement of labor standards could mean that deadly working conditions return here.
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Sen. Walter Sobchak
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Tue Sep-06-11 03:11 AM
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4. The problem is very few ships go directly from their Western operator to the breakers |
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With the exception of lake freighters that don't really have a secondary market very few ships go directly from a western operator to the scrapper. And needless to say the Government of Liberia has taken an immense interest in this issue...
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WhoIsNumberNone
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Mon Sep-19-11 12:18 AM
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5. That's pretty horrifying |
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And if we want the jobs to come back to America, these are the kind of conditions we can expect if the Koch brothers and the Chamber of Commerce get their way.
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