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In reply to the discussion: Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Foxconn's iPhone Plant In China [View all]raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)15. China of course.
It's almost 13 years old but it still works great. Thanks China! Does that mean I should start buying all the Chinese products & stocks I can and supporting human rights abuses with all my heart?
Were people who stood against slavery in the 1800's not allowed to speak out against it if they used cotton produced in the south? Did that make them hypocrites?
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he's going there to twist arms in an attempt to pressure mangement into keep the
leftyohiolib
Mar 2012
#1
I imagine that your mind-reading skills could be put to better use than this. nt.
harmonicon
Mar 2012
#18
Even though Daisey's "report" was less than factual, the number of suicides does indicate oppressive
gateley
Mar 2012
#2
Conditions there are oppressive, however the suicide rate is lower than the average Chinese factory.
onehandle
Mar 2012
#3
I inhabit several Apple forums and call for Apple to buy inert American factories...
onehandle
Mar 2012
#10
I don't understand all the tax stuff, but I've heard that Apple won't be bringing back those
gateley
Mar 2012
#23
What's your phone? What's your computer? Are you going to boycott those companies as
gateley
Mar 2012
#9
I am not going to buy anything Apple because I don't need any of their products
Kolesar
Mar 2012
#16
how about keep the computer and quit buying the icrap garbage they keep pumping out
leftyohiolib
Mar 2012
#28
Surprisingly, POW barracks in Germany always seemed so nice ... when the Red Cross visited.
PSPS
Mar 2012
#8
The part I find hard to swallow is that Mike Daisey has an 'upscale' NY City Apartment.
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2012
#29