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RE: To Mr. Cronin (was Re: Offshoring: San Jose Mercury News article)
Subject:RE: To Mr. Cronin (was Re: Offshoring: San Jose Mercury News article) From:"Gilger.John" <JGilger -at- acresgaming -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:11:14 -0800
Bruce Byfield replied to kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com who wrote:
>Every time you put on a Malaysian-made shirt, sit down behind your
>Thai-built computer and park your Taiwanese-made cellphone nearby, you're
>sending a message to these companies, saying it's okay with you if the
>companies that provide these products do so at the least cost, with no
>regard to the effect of these decisions on American (or whatever country
>you're from) laborers, just as long as you keep getting what you want at a
>price you can afford.
>
So don't buy certain products. I used to know a certain Jewish science
fiction writer who would never ride in, much less buy a Volkwagen
because of the company's origins during the Nazi regime. Personally, I
watch the running shoes I buy for the same reason,, and read the labels
on things I buy. You may have to be a consumer, but you don't need to be
a mindless one.
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