> Explain something mate - are you upset that you don't have > our way of life or are you upset that we're proud of who we > are and proud to say "I'm an American"? Hey, I can't control > what Nike does. All I can say is, if you don't like it, don't > buy shoes from them. It's kinda like smoking - sueing the > tobacco companies is ridiculous. The simple solution is to, > STOP SMOKING. >
This brings up an important point - You cannot force companies, or people, to be nice. For example, it sucks that Nike pays these people pennies an hour, but if it's legal in their country, than Nike isn't breaking the law. Yes, Nike _should_ pay more, but they don't. This is kind of off topic now, but it seems to me that we need to remember that we can't force niceness. Consider Microsoft. They are changing their licensing schemes. From what I see, it sucks. Is it illegal, no. Shoot, if you want to hire me as a CF developer, I can charge $500 an hour. There is nothing wrong with that. Of course, I probably won't get hired at that rate (err.... but if anyone DOES want to pay me that, give me a ring ;), but it's my choice. Another question - if these people Nike are employing are not happy with what they are getting paid, then why do they work there? If it's the best job around.... then what's the problem? If every person were to walk off the assembly line, Nike would be forced to pay better wages, or leave the country. If the next country did the same thing, Nike would eventually get the idea. One thing I've not seen is a comparison on cost of living in the countries where Nike hires people. (Of course, I am limiting this discussion to pay wages. Child labor should _never_ be used. I know in some cases kids _have_ to work to help support their family, but it should be only as a last resort.) -RC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
