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Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 6 Sep 2001 16:21:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> Do you think we should trade with the very worst
> of governments in the hope that the revenues empower workers in some small
> way? Or do you think trade sanctions do have a place in the modern world?
What a loaded topic I got into. Like you mentioned trade sanctions worked in
South Africa, but it haven't worked for Iraq and Cuba. It is doubtful that
trade sanctions would bring major positive changes in China. The communist
still have tight control of their military, and they can easily pull the
'nationalism' flag to blind the people and blame the 'foreign imperialist' for
every bad things.
I can't wait to see what would happen in the 2008 Olympic. With so many TV
life feed it can be another 1989...
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| (...) This is questionable. Citing trade sanctions as effective allowed the apartheid regime to save face--it was OK for the conservatives to admit defeat at the hands of the rest of the industrialized First World, but to admit that violence and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| I hear what you are saying - you make some very good points. But lets put China aside for a moment. Do you think we should trade with the very worst of governments in the hope that the revenues empower workers in some small way? Or do you think (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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