"Hum, check out the suicide rate per country: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate";
With the former USSR all red and china pretty darn orange, I suspect that some of those suicides are government assisted. Chris... On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Ann <a...@randrinc.com> wrote: > Hum, check out the suicide rate per country: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate > > Per 100,000 people US = 11.1, China = 6.6. > Ann Richmond > > Pat O'Brien wrote: > > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/foremski/media-gets-its-facts-wrong-working-at-foxconn-significantly-cuts-suicide-risk/1356 > > 11 suicides from a pool of up to 800,000 employees is well below China's > reported average (in 1999 at least, although I would imagine not much has > changed) of 11 suicides per 100,000 people. > > You might want to read more than one article before posting this > sensationalist bullshit. > > -pat > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Paul Saenz <forensicneoph...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Apparently, conditions are so bad at Foxconn that 11 workers committed >> suicide last year! Apple, IBM, Cisco and Microsoft all send their work >> to Foxconn. These companies may distance themselves from Foxconn, but >> I'm pretty sure that the conditions in the new factories that are >> contracted to do their work will be pretty much the same. >> >> It's amazing that it took a year and a half and 11 suicides before >> they decided to put up a safety net. That tells me that they didn't >> really care, but since word was getting out they had to make >> themselves look good. Since American workers have to compete with >> these guys as the economy swirls down the commode, I wonder if >> Americans will be willing to take slave labor jobs when it comes to >> the point of desperation? >> >> >> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/career/suicides-at-iphone-manufacturing-plants-cause-corporate-change/3111?tag=nl.e101 >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > ________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > -- > Ann Richmond > ---------------- > Randr Inc > 951-369-3427 > 951-787-8683 Fax > www.randrinc.com > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
