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PeteZaHut
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I had never really thought about it much until all this controversy about the Olympics has shown up on TV. Is it wrong to buy items manufactured in China?
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The_Otaku
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Good question. I’d also ask, for that matter, whether or not it is sinful to buy Nike shoes and other name brand shoewear and clothing and pretty much anything and everything from what are usually 3rd world countries after knowing or learning that alot of it is made in sweatshops.
By buying are we aiding in an evil or injustice. That’s the question of this thread.
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Matthias123
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Almost all our products are made in countries with poor human rights. Most of our T-Shirts are probably made by children or poorly paid workers. It is unfortunate. However we still need to clothe
ourselves.
It would sure be an act of personal piety to refrain from purchasing products from China. However I do not believe it is sinful.
ourselves.
It would sure be an act of personal piety to refrain from purchasing products from China. However I do not believe it is sinful.
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Christy_Beth
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I’d be causious about buying anything from there. It wasn’t that long ago that it came to light that there was lead in toys. A few years ago they sent us some cat figures. When I saw one for the first time, I picked up one for a closer look. Just by feeling it, I knew that it was real fur. The “story” was that they were skinning cats alive to get the fur for those things. 
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puzzleannie
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good luck finding clothing and household items that are NOT made in China
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vee8
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Would you buy things from Nazi Germany?
I avoid buying food from China due to the pollution it is grown in. I saw a documentary on tv where the film crew showed a field being watered with pink bubbly foamy water. The farmer had no choice though it was either water the fields and grow the crops or have no money, no food, and starve to death. Even Chinese people know the conditions their food is grown in are not good and they buy vegetable soap that is used to wash the vegetables before cooking. My guess is that the soap has no actual effect though since the food is intrinsically polluted from the soil, the air, water, and chemicals used to grow it.
I buy products like shoes, clothes, picture frames etc that are made in China if there is no other option available. I dont have kids but if I did I would avoid buying them toys form China because of the tainted toy stories from a year ago.
As for Chinas lack of human rights and protesting that well the first thing to do would be to inform yourself and a good start would be this site.
laogai.org/news/index.php
and Berlin 1936 Olympics Beijing 2008 same thing!
ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/olympics/detail.php
I avoid buying food from China due to the pollution it is grown in. I saw a documentary on tv where the film crew showed a field being watered with pink bubbly foamy water. The farmer had no choice though it was either water the fields and grow the crops or have no money, no food, and starve to death. Even Chinese people know the conditions their food is grown in are not good and they buy vegetable soap that is used to wash the vegetables before cooking. My guess is that the soap has no actual effect though since the food is intrinsically polluted from the soil, the air, water, and chemicals used to grow it.
I buy products like shoes, clothes, picture frames etc that are made in China if there is no other option available. I dont have kids but if I did I would avoid buying them toys form China because of the tainted toy stories from a year ago.
As for Chinas lack of human rights and protesting that well the first thing to do would be to inform yourself and a good start would be this site.
laogai.org/news/index.php
and Berlin 1936 Olympics Beijing 2008 same thing!
ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/olympics/detail.php
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Starwynd
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I would love to see trade with China end and the world crack down on China for its human rights abuses.
If morals were to be true then that would be the moral thing to do.
BUT because natiuons bring in millions of dollars in trade with China people ignore those human rights abuses.
BUT not when it comes to a small coutnry like Iraq.
Money is the root of all evil.
If morals were to be true then that would be the moral thing to do.
BUT because natiuons bring in millions of dollars in trade with China people ignore those human rights abuses.
BUT not when it comes to a small coutnry like Iraq.
Money is the root of all evil.
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Ruthie
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I want to make a point that involves setting aside the question of human rights abuses in other countries. Please don’t think this means I ignore those abuses!
One thing to keep in mind when choosing to boycott articles made in sweatshops is the effect on the individual worker. When we had sweatshops in this country, people worked in them because they had to work to eat. The same thing is true in other countries, too.
I’m not using this as an excuse to support sweatshops. I’m just saying that it is something to keep in mind - that a boycott could have bad results on individuals - people thrown out of work when the company loses income.
Another point someone made in a different thread - a boycott is useless unless the company involved knows you are boycotting and why.
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One thing to keep in mind when choosing to boycott articles made in sweatshops is the effect on the individual worker. When we had sweatshops in this country, people worked in them because they had to work to eat. The same thing is true in other countries, too.
I’m not using this as an excuse to support sweatshops. I’m just saying that it is something to keep in mind - that a boycott could have bad results on individuals - people thrown out of work when the company loses income.
Another point someone made in a different thread - a boycott is useless unless the company involved knows you are boycotting and why.
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Newbie2
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No kidding! I used to try to find certain products made in the USA, but got tired of looking and just gave up.
Correction: Love of money is the root of all evil.
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royal_archer
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I try to make a point of telling the sales people that Made in the USA is an important criteria in what I buy. I also make a point of writing companies and making it known that I won’t buy a product because it is made overseas. I recently did this with Saturn When I found out the car I intended to buy was made in Mexico. I also did this with Phaltzgraph when I found out that the pattern of dishes we have were orriginally made in York, PA but are now made overseas. In that case I told them I didn’t really think about price when adding to my collection or replacing broken dishes. But If they were going to give me foriegn products, I could get them a lot cheeper if I changed brands.
If you make an effort you can find American versions of many products including textiles but you may have to pay 10-30% more. Yes it may be more expensive but you are ensuring the workers get paid decent wages.
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bobzills
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It might be wrong, but I don’t see how you can avoid it, if you live in the USA. I was looking at some religious statues at the local Catholic store, and guess what was printed on the bottom?
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