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as opposed to everything else we buy where people have been exploited?(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:11,
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There's levels of morality and exploitationbattery chicken farms don't usually involve child soldiers.
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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.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:24,
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The exploitation there is usually based on an unfair distribution of money in a flawed but official marketnot slave labour used to fund brutal wars and buy arms in countries that desperatly need less arms and more stability.
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yeah. because officially-sanctioned torture and abuse is so much more morally acceptable than that unofficial stuff, I find.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:29,
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You're talking bollocks for the sake of it now.Are you trying to say knowingly buying blood diamonds is morally justified?
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did you miss the "devil's advocate" bit up there?(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:42,
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yeah, I lied about that.It was more interesting than marking a research project on carbon capture.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:46,
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Based on the documentary on last nightSierra Leone has quite an arms shortage
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:37,
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