Remember, all the charges against these companies are alleged; none have been proven legally.AND THEIR BEING BOYCOTTED?
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
They use skins of threatened Australian kangaroos Huh? I was in Australia a little while back. I was under the impression they were more of a nuisance than threatened. (Unless swearing at them renders them threatened...?)
2 posted on
05/08/2002 7:00:57 PM PDT by
Eala
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
I don't see much I'd boycott here.
Those who deny the moral Boy Scouts, or Christian organizations, are a different story. It's reverse discrimination, and do not deserve the support of the American population.
This list posted here appears to be a list from liberal whining weenies. Sooooo.......forget it. I'm going shopping for Adidas sneakers, with pride!
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
I'm sure that none of these companies really care that much. Also, boycotting a company because they use subcontractors in Indonesia is really just silly. Do these boycotters wish that no one employed people in Indonesia? Are they concerned that Indonesian workers are underpaid? They may be paid less than their western counterparts, but that hardly makes them underpaid. It merely means that either 1) the Indonesian workers are less productive than their western counterparts, and/or 2) the legal situation in Indonesia is such that the government could nationalize your factory almost instantly, or they could really give you a hard time. Governments like this are not easy to work under, and thus companies won't go in unless wages are much lower than in stable countries. Otherwise, it's not worth the risk training people and building factories, etc.
9 posted on
05/08/2002 7:53:21 PM PDT by
Koblenz
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Hey, thanks for posting! Other than China(and Norway, if the whale thing actually is true), looks like I'll want to be buying from these firms.
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Oh heck. This pretty much looks like my shopping list except for Levis, Kraft, China, Tyson's chicken and Procter and Gamble.
But for the life of me at this point I can't even remember why!
13 posted on
05/08/2002 11:08:09 PM PDT by
lizma
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