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eco-sustainable/fair trade clothing
Patrick:
--- Quote from: jeph on 06 May 2008, 19:19 ---I just wear a couple third-world children
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You get your filthy paws off me, punk, I can bite things as well as I can cover 'em.
redglasscurls:
Patrick, your legs are pale BECAUSE you wear pants all the time. Become a tan nudist.
jhocking:
--- Quote from: Oerdin on 07 May 2008, 00:08 ---some person who made poor business choices
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A third-world farmer growing coffee is not so much a business decision as not having any choice as to how to make any money.
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: Oerdin on 07 May 2008, 00:08 ---Fair trade has always been a stupid concept. The very definition of market price means buyer and seller agree on a fair price for a good or service but I'm supposed to pay 2,3,4, or even 5 times fair market value to reward some person who made poor business choices? Screw that. I'm willing to pay a little bit more to buy goods made in an environmentally sensitive manner but I'm not naive enough to think it makes much difference.
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For a start, this only starts to make sense in a free market and that's just a fairy story. No such thing as free trade and a market with a level playing field and there never will be. You're right about it not making enough of a difference though, ethical consuming isn't going to save the world, but at least it's something and it has led to some people being less hideously poor.
Barmymoo:
--- Quote from: redglasscurls on 07 May 2008, 06:32 ---tan nudist
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Surely a tan nudist would not have a tan at all? From the photo I believe that Patrick is already a tan nudist. Perchance you meant a nudist tanner, which creates interesting images of naked people tanning.
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