I bought a Mac because it made my life easier. Not because I was trying further my alignment with any causes.
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > You (appear to) make the common mistake to assume that a corporation has > some compulsion to support whatever issue you or I or someone else believes > in, absent a desire to do it to get you to give them money for their > product(s). Their purpose is to make money for shareholders while > complying with whatever laws they have to deal with. Their shareholders > might agree that some other ancillary purpose is worth less profit, but > they have to vote on that (through the board) or otherwise approve it by > their willingness to pay a certain price for the shares. > > Walmart has become very successful because they provide cheap products and > a decent shopping experience and that is what their customers want. If > you don't like how they go about providing that, you (or I or whoever) have > other choices, perhaps less convenient. Apple provides products that > people like, at a (premium) price they are willing to pay for presumably a > (premium) positive user experience, and most people seem as if they would > rather compromise their social values (if they really have them, other than > lip service) than to forgo an Apple product. If one has an issue with > their suppliers or methods, feel free to avoid their products, and perhaps > convince others to do the same if you feel sufficiently compelled to do so. > > It is actually quite simple! > > --R > > > On 1/30/12 1:54 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > >> An apt connection I would think. >> They were talking the other day on NPR about how people will have to get >> used to paying more if China enforces human rights. I was thinking that >> maybe, just maybe, Apple could take a hit since they're the most profitable >> company in the world. >> -Curt >> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:55:20 -0500 >> From: Mitch Haley<m...@voyager.net> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List<mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Bought a new computer monitor >> Message-ID:<4F26D988.10300@**voyager.net <4f26d988.10...@voyager.net>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Curt Raymond wrote: >> >> 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/businessOkay<http://www.telegram.com/article/20120130/COLUMN70/120129523/1002/businessOkay>that >>> article is poor but the deaths are real. >>> >> Sound like Walton-Mart: >> >> "To that end, the Times reports that Apple has conducted supplier audits >> and published the results on its web site. At the same time, Apple pushes >> its suppliers to manufacture huge volumes with little notice at very low >> costs and razor-thin profit margins. >> >> "And every year it requires those suppliers to reduce their prices by 10 >> percent, reports the Times. Apple is an amazingly greedy company." >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<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
