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>Look, also, at how attwmpts to force change only get us into trouble by showing hypocrisy.
>We are all pleased that Afghani women can have their lives back, teaching, and working and walking burkhaless and smiling at whoever they want. Yet because we need Saudi Arabia's (and Kuwait's and Yemen's and ???) OIL we make little mention of similar transgressions in those countries. And the grand-daddy of them all - trade with China. a 1-party COMMUNIST country with full control over all of its people and sending them off to work in factories 6 days a week on 18 hour days for $2.50 a day (before paying room and board) with conditions that cannot be operated in here. But corporate profits are so so so GOOD that all the factors we hold near and dear are out the window based on a statement like "a rising tide raises all boats" or "trade is the way to reform" and other trite falsehoods. In matters like this I can see plainly how the OTHERS SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSTAND "THE WEST" EITHER.
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I agree with you but.. If the US government would completely ban the trade with China, businesses would find another country where the labor rate would be $2.50 a day or less. This is simply due to the competitive nature of the market we have here in the West. So it is not the business but rather the people (you are I)/system who create this "pressure" to find cheaper labor. And I am not blaming it. Also, if we stop the trade with China, people who are now making $2.50 a day will be making $0.00 a day. So how much would we be helping them? I believe it is the responsibility of each government to protect their people from unfair trade. If Chinese government finds it acceptable, we can't blame the American businessmen for that.