Posted on 01/20/2006 11:21:53 AM PST by Anne_Conn
There's more to life than the almighty dollar.
Not for Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and the other assorted Communists, but nonetheless.
--This stuff about respecting the Nation of origin to do business is bull--
Ok, so we can go into any country we are doing business with and break every law that we don't agree with. And foriegn companies can come to the U.S. and break what ever laws they don't agree with. Talk about bull. Think with your head and not your heart.
You have to follow the law of the country you are in if you want to do business with them. Like it or not, thats life.
There is more to life than the almighty dollar. But again, what is the purpose of being in business. To make money. So if you are going to be in business you have to follow the law of the host country or you can't do business there.
There is more to life than the almight dollar but people are entitled to make as much money as they are capable. If we don't want people capable of doing business with China then we need to have them added to our national blacklist.
I really have to disagree with you here sir. I see nothing wrong whatsoever with exposing a company's business practices to the light of day. How would we otherwise be able to make informed decisions as a consumer? If a company such as Microsoft, as in this case, is engaging in practices that some of its customers don't like, the only way that we would have to be able to register our disfavor as consumers is to, as you said, avoid their products. Without light being shown upon the company, we'd not know about it.
If the report is true, and the company doesn't feel it has anything to be ashamed of, then it should not be bothered by its business practices being reported in the press.
How about a link for those of us that would like to download a linux system for our computer. Something for the technically impaired.
The press is not reporting on Microsoft. The press is commentating their opinion of Microsoft. Keep in mind that if Microsoft is wrong for doing business in China, so is Ford, Wal-Mart, International Steele, CAT, the list goes on...
You either aviod all businesses that do business with China or you don't. The press can't single out Microsoft and Yahoo for "violating human rights" when other manufactures and importers are funding the same communist political machine Microsoft and Yahoo are. That is my disdain for singling out companies when a blanket policy is more applicable...
I'm not pleased that American companies do business with communists who force the companies to engage in human rights violations in order to do business in China, but until we, as a people and our represented government, make it illegal or restricted in some way to do business in or with certain countries (like we have with Cuba), we must allow American companies to do business with countries of their chosing.
Consumer disdain should be focused on all companies doing business in China rather than selectively, if consumer disdain toward China is truly a relevent issue.
I agree with everything you said, cepting I don't believe in playing by 'rules' that are oppressive, immoral and abusive, which Communism is. That's where the buck stops.
I believe I said as much in an earlier post as well. I think there is a bit of a difference between selling goods and aiding in censorship. Can't say that I like either all that much though. 'Tis my opinion, and I'm sticking to it. ;-)
Consumer disdain should be focused on all companies doing business in China rather than selectively, if consumer disdain toward China is truly a relevent issue.
Indeed. And where I can, I do.
If you need assistance with it, there are lots of Linux folks here, including myself that would be happy to offer whatever assistance we can.
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