Friday, October 15, 2004

Bangladeshi Kids

I'm not exactly a fan of Carl Rowe or Rush Limbaugh but I'm sick of these liberals (especially the ones that are ignorant) bashing companies exploiting child labor in under developed countries. I definitely believe that kids should be at school studying or playing but again reality check the world is not United States. It is absolutely acceptable for a beauty pageant or a cute high school kid to protest these issues and not buy items manufactured by the company. What really surprises me is that there are a number of students in graduate school who use the same argument. Let's take a look at the actual picture in Bangladesh - Kids are starving to death and apparently education is not their first priority. If by popular resistance we manage to convince the companies stick to fair labor standards, the kids would still be working in a different place and probably in much worse conditions. A feasible solution would be to have the kids work during the day and attend mandatory school in the afternoon. This would provide a motive for parents to send their children to school and the kids to study. So all you liberals when you wield your power please use it in a practical fashion. In the end this is what I feel that we are just slaves to the system. This system supports the powerful because it has been built by the powerful and in this case power has variable definitions depending on the time period. The real reason why we want the Bangladeshi Kids to study is not because we love them but we don't want them to become terrorists in the future. Give them enough to live and be reasonable but don't give them too much, if not how will Wal-Mart sell me a shirt for $5.00.

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