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Ethical wristbands made using 'slave labour'
The Sunday Telegraph ^ | May 29, 2005 | David Harrison

Posted on 05/29/2005 12:44:49 AM PDT by MadIvan

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Sorry, I'm too busy laughing to come up with a reply to this at the moment. :)

Regards, Ivan


1 posted on 05/29/2005 12:44:49 AM PDT by MadIvan
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To: pinz-n-needlez; LadyofShalott; Tolik; mtngrl@vrwc; pax_et_bonum; Alkhin; agrace; EggsAckley; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 05/29/2005 12:45:15 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: MadIvan

I just got a red one from my blood bank for donating a pint.


3 posted on 05/29/2005 12:48:16 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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The Lance Armstrong ones (LIVEStrong) are also made in China...


4 posted on 05/29/2005 12:49:35 AM PDT by oolatec
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To: MadIvan

In other news.... Americans discover their country is overrun by illegal aliens, working for minumum wage and doing jobs americans don't want to do.


5 posted on 05/29/2005 12:56:00 AM PDT by 1FASTGLOCK45 (FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
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To: MadIvan
My wife likes British humor (why, I have no clue) and was watching that Fat Vicar Of Dibley show. They featured the "Make Poverty History" campaign. No point here except that I dislike British humor...oh, and they did knock Tony Blair.
6 posted on 05/29/2005 12:56:10 AM PDT by endthematrix (Newsweek lied, people died)
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To: MadIvan

If the wristbands cost £1, of which 70p goes to the charities, wouldn't be in the best interest of raising money, for charities to purchase them at the lowest cost possible and attempt to sell them at the highest?


7 posted on 05/29/2005 1:00:34 AM PDT by endthematrix (Newsweek lied, people died)
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Yes, but the people who are behind this campaign are the same types who frown on the kinds of practices we're seeing here. The celebrities and leftie charities have been shown up as hypocrites.

Regards, Ivan


8 posted on 05/29/2005 1:01:54 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: MadIvan

Geldof and his ilk will only be happy when we're all working in sweat shops, nice and equal.


9 posted on 05/29/2005 1:02:10 AM PDT by SoDak
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To: MadIvan; Cindy; Calpernia; John Lenin; ExPatInFrance

As if ANYTHING coming from China wasn't produced with virtual-slave labor, isn't average worker pay about 85 cents/day?


10 posted on 05/29/2005 1:02:38 AM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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To: SoDak

But, I still don't like mondays.


11 posted on 05/29/2005 1:03:08 AM PDT by SoDak
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I think part of the point is that these are below average conditions, even for China.

Regards, Ivan


12 posted on 05/29/2005 1:03:14 AM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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To: MadIvan; A. Pole; Clemenza; Do not dub me shapka broham; martin_fierro; nutmeg; firebrand; ...
Slave labor in China? I am shocked I tell you. I would have never suspected. Such a nice country with such nice leaders.



13 posted on 05/29/2005 1:03:39 AM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: MadIvan

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

schadenfreude's a cast-iron b****, ain't it?


14 posted on 05/29/2005 1:22:27 AM PDT by King Prout (RG'OIHGV 08 YAEGRKoirliha35u9p089 y5gep'iojq5g353hat5eohiahetb98 ye5po)
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put your coffee down first.
swallow.
then read.

too schadenfreude


15 posted on 05/29/2005 1:23:26 AM PDT by King Prout (RG'OIHGV 08 YAEGRKoirliha35u9p089 y5gep'iojq5g353hat5eohiahetb98 ye5po)
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To: MadIvan; King Prout; BigSkyFreeper

My sides are hurting... I am literally doubled over in laughter.

Get over here BigSky and read this!

Thanks for the ping, king.


16 posted on 05/29/2005 1:28:46 AM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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To: onyx

OMG! LOL! The height of hypocrisy!!


17 posted on 05/29/2005 1:30:18 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (A Democrat is a Democrat; Liberal a Liberal ; Tiger is a Tiger)
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To: King Prout

Nod.


18 posted on 05/29/2005 1:32:18 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: onyx

anytime, onyx :)


19 posted on 05/29/2005 1:32:19 AM PDT by King Prout (RG'OIHGV 08 YAEGRKoirliha35u9p089 y5gep'iojq5g353hat5eohiahetb98 ye5po)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

oh, damn... forgot to give MHKing a JustDamn headsup!

care to do the honors?


20 posted on 05/29/2005 1:33:13 AM PDT by King Prout (RG'OIHGV 08 YAEGRKoirliha35u9p089 y5gep'iojq5g353hat5eohiahetb98 ye5po)
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