I'm SURE Nike in China is going to honor my petition. (*sarcasm*)
2007-08-04 12:30:06
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answered by Anonymous
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Though the Chinese have been VERY slow to accept "Western" views of what constitutes cruelty to children (much like those throughout our own country, who think hitting a child for "discipline" ---or any # of idiotic reasons-- is just peachy!)...they ARE trying to "court" us for our business, and might be MUCH more open now than ever to amending their ways, at LEAST on paper.
What we need to do, as humanitarians, is not only sign petitions, but BOYCOTT ANY AND ALL PRODUCTS FROM COUNTRIES USING CHILD LABOR AND/OR SLAVERY! (Yes, it DOES exist, sadly).
2007-08-04 12:34:11
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answered by Gwynneth Of Olwen 6
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Yeah I'm against child labor, but what do you plan to do with a petition? Do petitions regulate the laws of different countries?
2007-08-04 12:34:42
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answered by Aloofly Goofy 6
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Based on living in the United States, where there is law and order, I am for child labor law. Kids are too young to work and it is very inhumane. But in china, if kids are not working, they would are not running wild on the street procreating. There are enough of them.
2007-08-04 12:33:41
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answered by SO_CAL 4 life 3
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sure, yet it somewhat is somewhat too harsh. i'm no longer saying baby Labour isn't terrible yet a slogan is standard to get human beings questioning devoid of turning them off. i'd arise with something that connects the on an typical basis existence of a typical individual in North u . s . a . or Europe to the plight of youngsters forced to artwork. case in point, many hundreds of youngsters artwork interior the furniture marketplace in Indonesia. they are no longer able to pass to college and artwork very long days for a pair of million euro an afternoon (in specific situations much less). So, as quickly as we pass procuring at IKEA or between the Indonesia furniture merchants we don't think of with reference to the 8 twelve months old youngster that has to carve the legs of chairs 12 hours an afternoon and undergo cuts on his/her hands (they minimize their hands and arms constantly - i've got considered this!). a million. That mahogany table is superb yet is it properly worth a baby's destiny? 2. comfortable on that new settee? they are no longer... (contain photograph of youthful boy sewing the settee disguise). 3. help baby-unfastened hard artwork - boycott Indonesian furniture. 4. superb end on that pretend-old chair - does it disguise the blood? (the furnitures, particularly the chair legs, frequently get coated in blood). properly, you get the belief... i think of that's truthfully irreprehensible that this exists in our worldwide and that no person thinks approximately it or does something approximately it. great furniture merchants look any incorrect way, they deliver their brokers to the small village factories of sumatra. those brokers supply the backside fees a risk somewhat than paying a honest fee. So, factories hire inexpensive hard artwork (frequently boys and ladies between 8 and 12 years old) to do carving, sanding, ending, cleansing.
2016-10-01 10:01:55
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answered by ? 4
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I'd have to read that petition.
I don't want lemonade across America shut down because a law (inspired by the petition) is stated too broadly!
2007-08-04 12:38:58
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answered by Smart Kat 7
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Yep I notice When I am on Sun Holidays the Mothers tell the 8 year olds to look after the babies, while they get sloshed .and where is Daddy..lol.
2007-08-04 12:42:46
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answered by raybbies 5
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But Walmart depends on this cheap Chinese labor to bring you "Low Prices Always".
2007-08-04 12:51:55
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answered by Tom S 7
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only if it was harmfull for them
but if would teach them how to improve their skills
or help them get some money if they need it
then it's ok
2007-08-04 12:33:43
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answered by Ethar 3
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wel i' m sorta against it liek if a kid over a certan age liek 10 or so and they want a job they should be able to get one
2007-08-04 12:30:19
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answered by Anonymous
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