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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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as opposed to everything else we buy where people have been exploited?
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:11, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:11, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
There's levels of morality and exploitation
battery chicken farms don't usually involve child soldiers.
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:20, Reply)
battery chicken farms don't usually involve child soldiers.
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:20, Reply)
I was thinking more oil, coffee, that kind of shit.
But it's dull and I can't be bothered to devil's advocate this.
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:24, Reply)
But it's dull and I can't be bothered to devil's advocate this.
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:24, Reply)
The exploitation there is usually based on an unfair distribution of money in a flawed but official market
not slave labour used to fund brutal wars and buy arms in countries that desperatly need less arms and more stability.
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:27, Reply)
not slave labour used to fund brutal wars and buy arms in countries that desperatly need less arms and more stability.
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:27, Reply)
yeah. because officially-sanctioned torture and abuse is so much more morally acceptable than that unofficial stuff, I find.
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:29, Reply)
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:29, Reply)
You're talking bollocks for the sake of it now.
Are you trying to say knowingly buying blood diamonds is morally justified?
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:41, Reply)
Are you trying to say knowingly buying blood diamonds is morally justified?
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:41, Reply)
yeah, I lied about that.
It was more interesting than marking a research project on carbon capture.
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:46, Reply)
It was more interesting than marking a research project on carbon capture.
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:46, Reply)
Based on the documentary on last night
Sierra Leone has quite an arms shortage
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:37, Reply)
Sierra Leone has quite an arms shortage
( , Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:37, Reply)
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