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reply posted on 9-11-2009 @ 08:16 AM by boaby_phet
Originally posted by alyosha1981
reply to post by Enigma Publius


There is no conspiracy here


that is almost NEVER the case in this day and age!

persaverance dude! (i had to post something so i have this on myATS list ) s+F'd for support!

my 2p .. go to the bbc or some entity who have already reaserched this kinda of activities publicly (over worked children in sweat shops). Like a previous poster said, they have already covered sweatshop crimes in great detail and outed companies before ... they may have even seen this kind of thing before!)


reply posted on 9-11-2009 @ 10:43 AM by Big Bear
reply to post by Enigma Publius


Did your son need this toy? Perhaps before consuming, ask yourself, is this something we need? If the answer is no, the product probably came from China.


reply posted on 9-11-2009 @ 10:46 AM by spikey
Whilst i appreciate the heart ache and pity associated with this story..and i mean that, you have to bear in mind that whilst conditions are probably bad for this kid, there are millions just like her.

Those kids are supporting their families. Of course, in a 21st century world, it should not have to happen, but it does and it will continue.

It's all very well, and perfectly legitimate to pity kids such as this girl, but wonder what will happen to her, if she is made to stop working there?

That pittance she is earning (probably less than one $ p/week), is keeping her and other family members from starvation.

What will the hundreds of thousands of kids and their families do, when they have no money to buy food? To house themselves, even in shacks?
They will most likely be forced into child sex slavery, or some other unsavory thing. Or they may die from starvation or disease.

Neither of these situations are good.

The fact that she and her peers have to work as virtual slaves, for a measly amount for very long hours (even longer from a young kids point of view), as despicable as it sounds to us in the West, it may be all that is keeping her or her siblings alive.

It's a tough one...Ideally, they would be put out of work and into school, and welfare given to the families...unfortunately, it's not an ideal world we find ourselves in...is it.

Boycotting ALL eastern made products is the only really effective way of stopping child labor exploitation there. No demand - No slave labor.

It also has the handy advantage of delaying or stopping the rampant march of the Chinese economy trampling all of ours, and making OUR kids slaves in the sweat shops we will create in order to compete with them!


reply posted on 9-11-2009 @ 11:46 AM by loam
reply to post by truthseeker84


Originally posted by truthseeker84
I am Chinese, looking at the picture posted above, I see nothing wrong with it. It looks like a child doodle to me. The word "屁" written on there actually means ass or fart, at least to a person who speaks/reads Chinese.


Well done.

屁

I don't speak Chinese, but I can still Google.

Can you tell me if that means this wiki page is about asses or farting?

屁.

And these pages.

EDITED TO ADD:

Indeed it must:

Translation.

[edit on 9-11-2009 by loam]


reply posted on 9-11-2009 @ 12:02 PM by smirnoffsky
reply to post by truthseeker84

I agree with a lot that you're saying.




If assuming that a kid, or at least someone who thinks like a kid was responsible for the "artwork", then would it make more sense if one viewed such drawing with a thought process of, say, a four or five-yr.-old child? Instead of thinking like an adult.

I'm not an expert on child psychology, but I'm sure we all know how unpredictable, careferee, and haphazard kids can be. Nobody really knows the stuff that goes on in their funny little brains. It would be rather pretentious of us adults if we were to act like self-proclaimed "art critics", if you guys know what I mean...

To be fair, I also used to draw a lot of weird stuff when I was a kid, and my mom even compiled all of it in a picture album. There's one piece of "art" that I am particularly embarassed about until now, especially when my mom tries to show the album to her friends and visitors (and I am now 30). It's a LOT similar to your drawing, but mine showing one guy taking a piss falling on a daisy. And beside the daisy was "crap" - you know, the one that twirls like a sundea twirl. And the guy was nude and smiling --- "nude", meaning it showed his male sex organ. As crazy and odd as it seems, I can still recall why I drew that "artwork" -- I was curious about how other people took a crap and pissed, since I was the only person I witnessed doing the stuff. So I tried imagining other people doing it, and therefore expressed my curiosity by drawing it on paper --- WHILE MAKING/HAVING FUN and passing my boredom. I dunno why I included a daisy though, but that's exactly my point -- you can't really understand how kids think, especially if you're trying to understand and interpret them with just one drawing, and drawing conclusions from it, based on your own adult way of thinking.

(edit: I still draw weird stuff btw)

[edit on 9-11-2009 by smirnoffsky]
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