Re: I will not be buying anything from China
quote:<HR>Originally posted by pigeye:
Not letting the ships in is, perhaps, a small thing. But there are many other reasons to be hesitant to deal with China. It may be true that you are "hurting" the US company in the short term, but if they hurt enough they will move their production to a more generally acceptable locale. If enough companies move their production out of China, it might have an effect.
I doubt this is feasible, though, since we all think that cheap consumer electronics is more important than human rights. And no wonder; if I had to pay western labor to make my TVs, I could probably only afford one or two.<HR>
I was perfectly aware of that, but if you want to "hurt" the Chinese economy, you should not target goods sold by American companies. I am all for boycotting sweatshops and exploitation of laborers. I just do not see the link between, say Nike or Gap, and the ships. And, yes, I agree that the ships should have been allowed in. I was merely pointing out flawed thinking.
