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Originally Posted by Ninjalawyer
No need to apologize at all. Really though, it's I that should apologize to you. In my haste I said "ad hominem" when I really meant "straw man". Sorry if I mislabelled the logical fallacy you used.
Ya, there should be laws around working conditions! Oh, there are...well there needs to be (more) laws on this! I can't help but feel you bringing up Amazon's warehouse conditions is a little beside the point and off topic (i.e. comments by the French Minister). It's almost as if you have some sort of axe to grind against Amazon and can barely restrain yourself from posting even the most tenuously relevant anti-Amazon material...
I doubt you'll find many people that are pro poor working conditions, but it doesn't seem terribly related to the topic.
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Because all Mom and Pop Independent stores offer a living wage, full benefits, and treat their employees like family and hence are better than Amazon so we need the government to support the Publishers in their drive to keep the price of books high so more indenepndent bookstores stay open. That way, we save the worker from the hell of working at Amazon.
Or Walmart
Or Apple
of any of the other big businesses that have had labor complaints
Like Firefighters
and Police Officers
and Teachers
and Government Workers
How many strikes do they have in France a year? Aren't their groups complaining that they might have to work a 40 hour work week and not take so much vacation time in order to help address austerity measures?