Made In China
The recent spate of scandels concerning products made in China set me a little worried. So, I suppose the worst was the use of dangerous paints for toys (not to mention, the fake-baby formula scandel several years back), kids being so tiny, should be spared from these irresponsibilities. Obviously, there are many open questions, as to why control is lax and human rights so blatantly ignored, but I thought, perhaps it is easier to start by doing some form of consumer boycott.
So, my first week of boycott wasnt all too successful. First, there are the company policies... i.e. we get what is cheap... I ended up with a kensington-imitation lock, made in China, which anyway, broke after the first use, and I successfully managed to pry the lock out of my laptop (fortunately) despite (or beacuse) of the fault. But anyways, I got a replacement the next day. (Also got a SD card made in Taiwan, but Taiwan, is not China).
Food fortunately comes mostly from holland (is this better?) or Isreal, or some place closer... in which case, I felt less endangered (the fish scandal from China?). Obviously, I avoided beef (Foot and Mouth from Britain).
Then I went out to get a hair-dryer. The closest I got to was "designed in Holland" but a closer look revealed in finer print "made in China". Sigh, so to choose between hair-dryer or not, i most non-envfrdly got one.
Never realized how hard it is to boycott "made in China", might be easier to fight a different cause, and boycott "made in USA" (Which incidently, I suppose with the genetic corn, isnt that fab either)... Dont think I will become a free-whatever (so the people who scavenge for free stuff, including free food, and have minimal consumerism) : it is too tough to have to scout around for food, and I love food.
Sigh, need to find a better way about the entire boycotting, but I think I have kinda hit a dead end.. I might just have to leave it in the hands of the politicians to do their muscle flexing.
(but still, I am still reading the fine-prints, to see how much I can obnoxiously discriminate).
So, my first week of boycott wasnt all too successful. First, there are the company policies... i.e. we get what is cheap... I ended up with a kensington-imitation lock, made in China, which anyway, broke after the first use, and I successfully managed to pry the lock out of my laptop (fortunately) despite (or beacuse) of the fault. But anyways, I got a replacement the next day. (Also got a SD card made in Taiwan, but Taiwan, is not China).
Food fortunately comes mostly from holland (is this better?) or Isreal, or some place closer... in which case, I felt less endangered (the fish scandal from China?). Obviously, I avoided beef (Foot and Mouth from Britain).
Then I went out to get a hair-dryer. The closest I got to was "designed in Holland" but a closer look revealed in finer print "made in China". Sigh, so to choose between hair-dryer or not, i most non-envfrdly got one.
Never realized how hard it is to boycott "made in China", might be easier to fight a different cause, and boycott "made in USA" (Which incidently, I suppose with the genetic corn, isnt that fab either)... Dont think I will become a free-whatever (so the people who scavenge for free stuff, including free food, and have minimal consumerism) : it is too tough to have to scout around for food, and I love food.
Sigh, need to find a better way about the entire boycotting, but I think I have kinda hit a dead end.. I might just have to leave it in the hands of the politicians to do their muscle flexing.
(but still, I am still reading the fine-prints, to see how much I can obnoxiously discriminate).
posted by toady | 9:39 AM
1 Comments:
haha i think it's really difficult... the world's manufactured products seemed to have been overtaken by PRC - almost like a world domination!!!
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