[Golden Eagle]

Wal-Mart probably forced Sears and Kmart to layoff workers too.

Internationalism certainly has its price, although you seem to be blind to it.

Do you actually think the Chicoms will vigorously enforce our copyright laws?

Much more, now that they are part of the WTO. Unless you'd rather us all be running a Chinese standard format anyway.

[RussP]

"Internationalism certainly has its price, although you seem to be blind to it."

If you're not a Leftist anti-globalist, you could have fooled me.

By the way, Linux actually *prevents* China from having a major advantage over the US. US companies cannot get away with pirating Windows and Office on a large scale, but Chinese companies can. That would give the Chinese companies a significant advantage were it not for the fact that US companies (smart ones, anyway) can use Linux.

[rzeznikj at stout]

[N3WBI3]

Internationalism certainly has its price, although you seem to be blind to it.

Have you walked into a kmart and looked at where the clothing was made? same place as Wal-Mart