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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Or go fishing...

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Most made in America stuff is actually made in China now with a Made in America stick on it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

The government should empose heavy scantions on anything imported from a comunist country as most of the labor is slave or prison, and there price under mines the prices of simular products sold in the USA, that are actually made in the USA, causing USA companies to lay off workers and close their doors.

Just look to the Semi - Conductor market for more proof on that one.

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Atrocities;
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Most
adj. Superlative of many., much
1a. Greatest in number: won the most votes.
1b. Greatest in amount, extent, or degree: has the most compassion.
2. In the greatest number of instances: Most fish have fins.

n.
1. The greatest amount or degree: She has the most to gain.
2. Slang. The greatest, best, or most exciting. Used with the: That party was the most!

pron.
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) The greatest part or number: Most of the town was destroyed. Most of the books were missing.

Re: OT Do you care were the products you buy are made
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Or go fishing...

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">WTF? You can catch fish this way? I thought fishing was just an excuse to get away from the wife and stand around at the edge of the lake drinking beer with the boys.

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China is not a communist country! They do not have a command economy, they have a more or less free market. They are just an authoritarian military dictatorship. They were never really communists (of the Soviet sort) to begin with, and Kissinger under Nixon getting them to sign a free trade agreement with the US in the 60s showed that they never really cared for the communist ideals.

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Wardad, loved the "International Thinking At Its Best!"

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">well, if they can't pay, they can work it off. and i don't particurlarly care if some over-sensitive PC person thinks it's slavery. yeah, sure it is. but it would fit the crime. if you steal, you pay. if you can't pay, you make money and the money goes to paying off the costs of your room, food and debt.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I hope not French Canada hehe, J/K everyone, well if I had to vote which part of Canada could be part of the US, I would take the western half, sorry http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, speaking for the Western half of Canada, we dont' really want to join America any time soon. Yep, no wars suits me just fine. Hardly any national enemies.... ya that's good too. And everyone loves Canadians!!

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Agree with you Scoffo but what a pleasant solution it would be if it could be applied to corporate misfeasance by their directors.

You say to the head of Parmalat, "hey, you have siphoned off billions of euros from your company, so what we are going to do is not stick you in prison, but liquidate absolutely all of your assets, reclaim the "borrowed" cash and apply that to shareholders".

Rubber knickers for all dodgy CEOs and FDs I feel!!

Back to reality, I think all you can do is to try and make an informed decision based on the information which is freely available. I have found (for example Proctor & Gamble) that I was purchasing their products before ages, before I read a report about the animal testing. I immediately stopped, and triple check all cleaning products I know buy to make sure.

I think the big difference we can all make is to ensure that we recycle as much as we can. This helps the planet.

For our health, I am a firm advocate of organic produce - the more we eat, the cheaper it will become, and certainly in relation to the meat, the better it is for us.

Try growing your own!! I grow herbs on industrial lines, and make about 3 litres of fresh pesto a year. Tastes the best, and I know that the only thing that might has "soiled" my basil crop is the cats rubbing their backsides over it!!

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">on the other hand, CONSTANTLY GETTING IGNORED BY OTTAWA gets annoying.