[Mad Dawgg]

One should have clear terms when presenting an argument.

Please define Slave.

I doubt you can do so properly.

[Havoc]

slave   Audio pronunciation of "slave" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (slv)
n.

   1. One bound in servitude as the property of a person or household.
   2. One who is abjectly subservient to a specified person or influence: “I was still the slave of education and prejudice” (Edward Gibbon).
   3. One who works extremely hard.
   4. A machine or component controlled by another machine or component.


intr.v. slaved, slav·ing, slaves

Companies in China, lest we forget, are paying the chinese government who then turns around and doles out a part of the money to the workers. Slaves. We call it slavery, sweatshop labor, etc. The chains here are the wages and conditions. When you're paying less for a body than it would cost to maintain them as slaves, you're dealing in slaves. Call it what you like, if the end result is the same, you've gained nothing with terminology.

Now, that said, you're dealing with the modern equivelant of slavery. Dirt cheap (literally) wages. I can't buy a 1 pound bag of top soil in this country for what they're paying for two hours of labor in China. Yet, you want us to compete against that knowing it is wage rate dumping and has been illegal in this country for decades. Now that we throw about terminology, we're supposed to excuse it when you go to another country and tacitly do what's illegal here and pretend it's ok because you're making monstrous profits while subverting our economy?!

Yes, we should define our terms. Shouldn't we. Because when we paint the picture, it really enrages America even more.