17th January 2004, 10:44 AM
Yes, people sure will appreciate the extremely low-paying, dead-end, mostly part-time jobs that Wal-Mart offers, for sure...
And as for DJ if you don't want to care there's nothing I can say...
Well, except for this. So you have national pride but not pride in other things? What's so different? It's fine to love America but weird or shortsighted to love Nintendo or the Red Sox? Huh?
And as for sweatshops... it's hardly just a Wal-Mart thing, or something you can avoid. All kinds of stuff comes from South Asian sweatshops and we don't know what is what... there is no way to know. Well, except that the cheaper it is the more likely it is, I think... (for things like clothes anyway) the only way to really know is to inspect the factories, and most of these companies announce inspections well in advance so the place can be cleaned up for the visit, and then go back to normal afterwards... as I said it's not in the companies best interest (to its cheap prices for consumers) to really look into it hard...
I'll say more later, Weltall. :)
And as for DJ if you don't want to care there's nothing I can say...
Well, except for this. So you have national pride but not pride in other things? What's so different? It's fine to love America but weird or shortsighted to love Nintendo or the Red Sox? Huh?
And as for sweatshops... it's hardly just a Wal-Mart thing, or something you can avoid. All kinds of stuff comes from South Asian sweatshops and we don't know what is what... there is no way to know. Well, except that the cheaper it is the more likely it is, I think... (for things like clothes anyway) the only way to really know is to inspect the factories, and most of these companies announce inspections well in advance so the place can be cleaned up for the visit, and then go back to normal afterwards... as I said it's not in the companies best interest (to its cheap prices for consumers) to really look into it hard...
I'll say more later, Weltall. :)