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>>Denis;
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>>I wish we were talking in person as this form of “communication” leaves much to be desired! :)
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>>Think of power structure – “might makes” right and other terms that go along with it. Children and adults have been and will be exploited in one way or another. Even laws do not stop exploitation. Society may not care about exploitation and then again it may.
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>>Take a concept of Friedrich Nietzsche concerning laws: “Laws are made by the weak to protect them from the strong”. Observe the life of rich individuals like Andrew Carnegie, who may have looked as if they were benevolent and caring, while the opposite was true.
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>>Exploitation of Chinese workers is one issue. China has one free source of labor – from its citizens who are incrassated. It is hard to compete with free labor.
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>>Does the board of directors or investors care about ethics when profits are the topic? Only if the government catches them breaking the law. Then it is time to send in another round of “Lobbyists” , pay off a few political figures and judges, then all is well.
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>>"Opposites attract" and “birds of a feather flock together” seem to be in conflict. However, it is up to the individual to decide which applies. Both, one or the other or none may be correct. It depends upon the individuals concerned. Few things are absolute. Like the joke, “Nothing is absolute. Absolutely”!
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>> If two people are tolerant and opposite they can get along very well. In such a case differences form a means of attraction. With a group being similar will help prevent friction. In this case sameness may be a physical, emotional, philosophical or any number of items that two or more people are in agreement with.
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>>Sometimes the media or individuals take up a cause – we have had our share in the San Francisco Bay Area – perhaps more than anywhere else on the face of the Earth, during the last 40 years. Something that seems acceptable here is out of touch with the Mid West. Laws and the attitudes of people can be very different.
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>>What seems” correct” today is interpreted differently in different places for political and other reasons. There is no one-way of thinking that is acceptable which will rule the minds and hearts of mankind. You may think that all people should be treated with kindness and respect while someone else thinks the opposite. Who is correct? Who is not correct? Is this a value judgment? What means is being used to make such a decision?
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>Tom,
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>From what you told me there's no solution in sight. It really looks like the solution is really what someone once told me.
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>You do what seems right to you and forget about the rest.

Amen! :)