Re: China Boycott update, Friday 9 May 2008

On May 11, 12:39=A0pm, rst0wxyz <rst0w...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 11, 12:17=A0pm, "OM ****VA!108" <grimus...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On 10 May, 20:16, "RussellT" <RussellDTur...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > "YaluRiverRosie" <kink...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>news:f219f84e-cb47-4a02-a2ad-c5be4ade5c78@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > My dear brother bought a made-in-China ceramic vase at a Target
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> > > > in Madison, Wisconsin. Cost, $19.95. =A0But by the time he'd
gotten
> > > > home, the lead that was in the paint on the vase had somehow
> > > > penetrated his skin and he died of a brain hemorrage within three
> > > > hours. =A0Then, his wife took the vase back to the Target, but
she, =
too,
> > > > had a stroke that a later autopsy determined was caused by massive
> > > > lead poisoining. =A0Later, four store stock clerks also died of
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> > > > poisoning after placing dozens of the vases on the shelves for
sale.=

> > > > Is there no end to this?
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> > > The story, above, is perhaps more satire than actual. However, it is
t=
rue
> > > that China has not at this time, developed a high level of product
saf=
ety,
> > > both in the people and in the institutions. It will some time before
t=
hey
> > > reach the more acceptable levels that exist in developed nations. It
h=
as
> > > been re****ted, for example, that 76% of Japanese distrust food from
Ch=
ina.
> > > More and more that has become the perception worldwide. I, myself,
che=
ck all
> > > food sources, and try to avoid items that originate or were partly
pro=
cessed
> > > in China. I do that for my own safety. I do not record that on a
boyco=
tt
> > > list. it does not matter what China says, I decided myself.
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> > There are a nasty bunch of CCP s*** operating here as in China and
> > occupied Tibet. These are the criminals that equate the Burma crisis
> > with the hot summer in France last year. They had to invade and trash
> > Tibet in order to control her. They have no right to occupy Tibet
> > other than that of might is right.
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> Whatever right China has to occupy Tibet may be, it can not be
> compared with America's occupation of Iraq.

That's not a very apt comparison. Both are troublesome situations, but
for many reasons it's an apples and oranges comparison.