Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your
contribution is not tax-deductible.)
PayPal Acct: 
Feedback: 
Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):
| [ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ] |
| Subject: It is hard to point a finger at China when | |
|
Author: Stephen |
[
Next Thread |
Previous Thread |
Next Message |
Previous Message
]
Date Posted: 07:32:54 04/29/08 Tue In reply to: jw 's message, "we should boycott china and the olympics" on 09:15:30 04/09/08 Wed It is hard to point a finger at China when we in the USA are the major pollutors and consumers on the planet. Moreover, our Middle East invasion and continues sabre rattling does not put us on the list of good guys. I talked to a friend from Napal about China's occupation of Tibet. He said that there are good points and bad points. The good point is that it brings a higher standard of living and some degree of wealth to the country. It also brings political stability. The bad point is that not everyone is happy with the way things are changing. So... Perhaps it is simply progress? But to boycotte China for hosting an international event is not realistic when we here in the USA is guilty of similar crimes. > There are so many reasons to boycott china, where >do we begin? It is extremely important to boycott >the olympics, we should not watch them, we should >protest them when possible. The problem with >boycotting china is that even if they stopped their >human rights violations in tibet and sudan, can we >recommend that people resume buying product that >poison them? China is probably the greatest threat to >the world today, although it is not in the limited >political and military way we view most threats, it >also includes economic, health, and environmental >threats. > > It is extremely hard to completely boycott china, >but it is very easy to reduce our consumption of >chinese products, just like it is easy to reduce our >consumption of fossil fuels. There are many cheap >products that are produced in other developing >countries, like india, before we resort to buying a >chinese made product we should check other stores and >sources and make sure there is no alternative. >Sometimes you will even find comptetive products that >are USA made, i recently found a wagon for my kids >that was actually made in america by a company called >USA plastics, radio flyer outsourced it's production >to china. I also try to limit what i buy from china >even if i have no other options. I will not stock up >on products from china like i normally do if i find >something on sale. Even a 10 - 20% reduction in sales >of chinese products will have a big impact on trade >and the chinese economy, it will show business that >there is a demand for products produced elsewhere, and >it will serve as a warning to china. > >>With the human rights abuses that continue in China >>against the Tibetans and anyone who speaks out against >>the regime, should western societies participate in >>the summer olympics this year? >> >>My personal opinion is that while it would certainly >>disappoint the athletes, it would also drive home to >>China's "government" that they cannot continue to >>torture and imprison people for simply speaking their >>minds. >> >>The latest protests have brought to mind the days when >>South Africa was banned from even attending the Games >>due to their policies of Apartheid and the political >>imprisonment of people like Nelson Mandella [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |