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ProfCrash · 03-13-2013, 06:33 PM

Whole books are written on it. Kids are handed off to plantations and factories to work off their parents debts. The best way to avoid supporting this practice is to buy food with the fair trade label. I have read that organic chocolate is normally produced on slave free farms. Heck, CNN did a year long series on slavery across the globe. It is not the slavery we think of from history, although that does exist, but it is just as bad in terms of depriving individuals, mainly kids, of a chance at a free life.

I am not outraged by prices at brick and mortar stores, when I bought paper books, i bought them at Independent stores, Borders, and BN. I never used Amazon. I started using Amazon for my ebooks. I don't shop at Walmart, I shop at Target because they treat their employees better. I try and buy American or European when I can afford it. I try and buy organic and fair trade when I have the option.

I am not outraged when I hear that Amazon, or any other company, uses temp workers to save money. I am not outraged when the employees are checked for stolen goods. I am not outraged that people are fired for small things. Outside of the fact that this is all common knowledge, the folks working there have a choice to work there or not. If they don't like it, they have a choice to find a different job. If they are struggling to find a job they are qualified for, I would guess that the UK has education options for them. They have choices.

The kid whose parents sends him to work rolling in the fields or plantation to pay off a debt or because they don't have the money to care for are the ones I will save my outrage for.

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ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Whole books are written on it. Kids are handed off to plantations and factories to work off their parents debts. The best way to avoid supporting this practice is to buy food with the fair trade label. I have read that organic chocolate is normally produced on slave free farms. Heck, CNN did a year long series on slavery across the globe. It is not the slavery we think of from history, although that does exist, but it is just as bad in terms of depriving individuals, mainly kids, of a chance at a free life. I am not outraged by prices at brick and mortar stores, when I bought paper books, i bought them at Independent stores, Borders, and BN. I never used Amazon. I started using Amazon for my ebooks. I don't shop at Walmart, I shop at Target because they treat their employees better. I try and buy American or European when I can afford it. I try and buy organic and fair trade when I have the option. I am not outraged when I hear that Amazon, or any other company, uses temp workers to save money. I am not outraged when the employees are checked for stolen goods. I am not outraged that people are fired for small things. Outside of the fact that this is all common knowledge, the folks working there have a choice to work there or not. If they don't like it, they have a choice to find a different job. If they are struggling to find a job they are qualified for, I would guess that the UK has education options for them. They have choices. The kid whose parents sends him to work rolling in the fields or plantation to pay off a debt or because they don't have the money to care for are the ones I will save my outrage for. Last edited by ProfCrash; 03-13-2013 at 06:42 PM.