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Mon Oct-04-10 12:18 PM
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You can't call something "free trade" if slave labor is involved in any way. |
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Mon Oct-04-10 12:23 PM
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1. This got unrecced. Guess we have some slavery fans here. |
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Mon Oct-04-10 12:24 PM
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I can name them. All I have to do is consult my RedX Toilet List.
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Mon Oct-04-10 12:32 PM
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6. Well we certainly have some resentful people who don't WANT to think about the real cost |
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of their iPhones, designer clothes, and plasma TVs.
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Mon Oct-04-10 05:46 PM
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10. Way more than one would expect on a "Democratic" board. K&R. |
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Mon Oct-04-10 07:35 PM
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12. K & R.......Free trade ain't "free" that's for sure. n/t |
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Mon Oct-04-10 12:23 PM
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2. Well, hell, these same people call a plutocracy a "democracy," |
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...so I wouldn't put any other kind of Newspeak past 'em....
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Mon Oct-04-10 12:28 PM
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4. Can you quote any examples where slave labour is involved ? |
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Your concept of free trade in the USA may differ from ours in the UK. Some details here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fairtrade_Foundation
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Mon Oct-04-10 12:44 PM
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7. Free trade and fair trade are two very different things. |
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Free trade is the corporatist policy that fair trade is meant to address.
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Mon Oct-04-10 05:59 PM
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11. Slave labor sounds free to me. Free labor, that is. |
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But who cares, "free trade" is a corporatist's concoction. Just like selling us "global economy". It is really only good for them if we believe it. The only thing that matters to me is "fair trade".
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