Feathers for $500 Alex:

Tax Dollars =/= Donations to the DNC.

I am not suggesting what you are saying is un-true. I'm just trying to keep you on-topic.

You are still clearly avoiding information contained in the article. This is not an article about Foxconn. It isn't about where things are made. It is about how their demand, how they are manufactured (complexity), and who is making them.

They are not omitted:

This is, perhaps, the most interesting post I've ever seen here.

That even though the problem with labor in other countries has come to light through the monolith that is Apple, we have yet to become truly concerned. The fact that T-shirts, Game Boys, and Jewelry are made with slave-like labor is not what the article about. It is about the exposure and our response.

I still think Simon, and perhaps you, are missing the point.

Well then you've answered your original question.

Open Question: when you read Andrew Lincoln's comments, did you sub-vocalize it in Rick Grimes voice or Andrew Lincoln's British voice?

What's the sound of one hand clapping?

Cheers.

I think the reviewer just struggled with justifying the directors, writers, and actors technique in the adaptation of this post-modern novel into this film.

I am asserting that often times these facilities and the payment they receive for their work is not used to simply "buy food for their families." Often times these people work as indentured servants (i.e. worked to death). Many are children sent there from schools without an option to stay and get an education.

I cannot speak for all electronics (some are made with union labor in Japan, and some are even made by small scale businesses), but for the most part I completely agree.

I suggest the film "F is for Fake" to you.

If only this was true.

Agreed. As I said in another post, I am not suggesting anyone purchase anything made with cheap or child labor.

I am not justifying theft at all. Nor am I encouraging the purchase (or discouraging even) of items made by cheap labor. I am simply drawing comparisons between theft and purchasing this particular non-apple cord.

Rather than buy one of these cheep cables, steal a real one. The ethics are equally questionable, but theft is a far more communicable form of civil disobedience. Furthermore, you don't have to involve yourself in supporting the poor labor conditions of China and other parts of the world.