I guess for some people the choice between Macs and PC's is still no different than whether or not you're pro-choice or pro-life, or for gun rights or gun control. :-(
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > No doubt, I'm more leaning on the "Support Human Rights" types who flock > to Apple gear. > Apparently one of the Apple suppliers (not Foxconn, I can't remember the > name) has a factory considered to be one of the worst in the world so Apple > investigated it and had it shut down. Well shut down in the daytime anyway, > they only work at night now so the issues are less obvious. > I also like to ask iPhone users if the polished aluminum is worth the > lives of the workers killed to make it: > http://www.telegram.com/article/20120130/COLUMN70/120129523/1002/businessOkaythat > article is poor but the deaths are real. > -Curt > > > Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:22:10 -0500 > From: Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Bought a new computer monitor > Message-ID: > <1327940530.29096.140661029834...@webmail.messagingengine.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012, at 08:14 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > > Besides Apple (through sub-contractors) nearly actively slaughters > people in China. If you support human rights you cannot support Apple. > > That's a bit extreme. China is going through the same thing the USA went > through in the early industrial revolution, lots of people flocking to > sweatshop factory work because it's better than the alternative of rural > poverty/starvation. > > You'd be hard pressed to find any made-in-china consumer electronics > device that is not made under similar conditions. My father-in-law's PC > (HP/Compaq) which I recently had apart had Foxconn stuff in it. > > Allan > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
