You clearly do not understand how business works. Nor do you seem to understand how freedom works also.
I am not interested in Europe "seeing the light" nor do I expect European businesses to worry about me having a job. My wigit company is all about keeping the doors open, turning a profit, and putting my competitors out of business. Period. Their guys are doing all they can to put me out of business. That's called competition. Try it sometime.
Europe's media is not my problem. I don't rally care what Europeans do or think. If they don't have a free media, that's THEIR problem. They have made their own decisions and now must live with them. The problem, of course, is that Europe has been woefully unable to deal with their problems over the last 100 years and end up looking to the New World for the help.
You act like my business is some sort of socialist program for international affairs. Here's the freedom part - If you want to risk YOUR money, you can run YOUR business any way you want as long as you are not breaking any laws. Your risk, your profit - or maybe your loss. It takes a certain kind of person to put their own $$ on the line instead of just talking about how things should be. Looks like you're not one of them, champ. I am so tired of loud-mouthed leftists screaming about EVIL businesses (I live in Calif.). How dare you try to force you morality down my throat.
Finally, treating someone with dignity and respect is something that is earned! Nobody automatically acrues respect just because they exist or because some business-hating poster on a message board says you have to.
You're going to have to do better than ad-hominum attacks. Your ideology is showing.
Oh, I fully understand how business works. But I also understand there is such a thing as right and wrong. There is such a thing as law too. And I understand that with many of you apologist types, all three go out the window if you can excuse it by saying to yourself - "I'll make more money if..". Some Germans years ago, I'm sure, thought, I'll make more money at my store when we get rid of them jews. Sure they're evil, and doing away with them will be good for profits... Sieg Heil. All kinds of things can look good for the moment or be excused with the right propaganda or bs psych job. As far as your personal business is concerned. Yes, you can run it anyway you want - within the law and within the bouns of right and wrong. If you cross those lines, you are responsible for it - not me. That is the point. That is the whole point. I become responsible only insofar as I know what you're doing and don't at least try to correct you. If you want to make excuses for being immoral, treaonous, etc, I could care less. Excuses are like opinions. Excuse yourself in front of the mirror and see who you convince. Even if you can make yourself believe it, God won't. And your argument in the end will be to him. In the mean time, try explaining to your grandchildren what you do to others to make the money to buy their presents if you're doing shady or unamerican things. And be honest, don't couch it. The minute you start couching, you're hiding from your actions and forfeit the ability to deny conscience. OOps. Treating someone with dignity and respect for being human is not something that is earned. Respect is earned to a degree. But respect for life is something that is inate and must be willfully ignored. If you can't tell the difference, you've made that argument for me. And btw, I've made no ad-hominem attacks. I can illustrate one quite easily as I'm sure you can. If you want to talk about competition, we can talk competition. What are you doing about it besides giving in to the evil you detest? It was wrong up till you started doing it - right. That is how it works when we try to bs ourselves into saying it's ok that I turned into my own enemy.. Walmart is subverting the economy and unless I do it, I'll go out of business. Well, gee, let me think. Do I subvert my own economy.. The Germans are shooting my soldiers and if I don't they'll shoot me.. hmm. Gee, the moral dilema. Amazing how things seem so clear all of a sudden when we stop bsing one another and start looking honestly at things - for those of us that can and will. Some would rather close their eyes and shoot their brother to save themselves instead of weighing into the enemy. There are good men that do the right thing, there are cowards and there are traitors. Save your excuses for yourself.