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Re: Sanctions (was: Libertarian Propaganda)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:57:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
> There's an ethic to pricing, buying and trading so that people are not
> ripping each other off. Equity vs. one-sided profiteering. Good
> trading/buying builds good relations. So, yes, if America or any country
> doesn't honor fair pricing or labor standards, then it is exploitation. If
> America want's to buy oil from Iraq, it should pay the fair price (whatever
> that may be), not take advantage of them.
How do you determine the fair price? That's a serious question, you speak of
fair trade (which tends to be a code word here in the US for unfree trade),
but how do you know what is fair? Who (or what mechanism) determines it?
> If America wants to trade with
> China, make sure there's no profiting from the child labor. If we don't want
> OUR kids to be working 12 hours in factories, we should not contribute to it
> elsewhere.
What are the alternatives to children working long hours in factories? Put
it another way... do you support the notion of a "living wage" here in the
US? Why or why not?
++Lar
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| (...) Once again, here's another one of your little challenges, Larry. You don't say whether you agree or not, you just throw out some more bullsh*t questions to fish for another fight. If you DON'T AGREE that there are ethics in business and (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) That's an entirely different subject. My point is to allow Iraq to function as country by lifting the sanctions that have destroyed the nations infrastructure and demoralized and destroyed the lives of so many innocent people. (...) There's an (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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