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In reply to the discussion: Don't like Apple? Use Samsung as an alternative. [View all]TheWraith
(24,331 posts)44. Then you had best never buy from pretty much anywhere.
Including China, which has similar problems, Japan which harvests whale meat, the US where we have problems with factory farms (mostly for poultry), etcetera, etcetera.
Personally, knowing that there's no such thing as perfection, I would encourage people to make a decision based on how the country's HUMANS are treated, rather than ongoing problems with illegal farming.
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Either you do something illegal, or you don't. Therefore jaywalking is the same as murder.
TheWraith
Feb 2012
#81
remember that thing about the perfect being the enemy of the good... (nt)
thesquanderer
Feb 2012
#93
Your continual unwillingness to understand nuance make it pointless to argue with you.
TheWraith
Feb 2012
#106
I have both an Acer A200 tablet (newer than the A500) and a Samsung Galaxy S II Phone...
Rosco T.
Feb 2012
#6
Let's be honest: Apple's suing because they don't want to compete with Samsung.
TheWraith
Feb 2012
#18
Samsung does some local manufacturing for various countries in said countries.
TheWraith
Feb 2012
#19
As an animal lover and vegetarian, I honestly don't get the distinction. All us animals feel pain
Dragonfli
Feb 2012
#107
Samsung? we used to do those same things in the USA til outsourcing became the norm nt
msongs
Feb 2012
#26
Samsung now manufactures iPhone/iPad processors for Apple in Austin, TX.
targetpractice
Feb 2012
#29
Is that any worse than what we do to cows, pigs and chickens in this country? n/t
totodeinhere
Feb 2012
#66
Sorry, but I don't usually don't have the time to wade through entire long threads.
totodeinhere
Feb 2012
#70
I don't have any more of a problem with that than I do the treatment of western animals
Eid Ma Clack Shaw
Feb 2012
#52
My electronics, evidently in contrast to yours, are not made of animal meat.
Dreamer Tatum
Feb 2012
#58
This is the last "response" post I'll do, but do people read the whole thread?
jsmirman
Feb 2012
#40
"But judge, I only stole $1000.00 dollars. He stole $5,000. I'm INNOCENT, I tell you!"
emulatorloo
Feb 2012
#69
If I were to remind you that the majority of Apple's employees are well paid and well treated
emulatorloo
Feb 2012
#91
What was your position on US institutional investments in South Africa during Apartheid?
emulatorloo
Feb 2012
#92
Per New York Times, Samsung also uses FOXCONN to manufacture their products
emulatorloo
Feb 2012
#53
Samsung has a factory in Tianjin China and first outsourced to Thailand in the 1980's
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Feb 2012
#63
Samsung is a huge ginormous corporation subsidized by the country of S Korea.
Major Hogwash
Feb 2012
#99