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  • iPenis, on 04/12/2008, -52/+44Soooo true
    • cdahlkvist, on 04/12/2008, -23/+3So not true anymore.

      Has anyone else noticed the influx of products that are from Granada lately? It seems they are becoming the new China.
      • sykotik, on 04/12/2008, -4/+2Huh, I was surprised no one noticed the guy's name there.
      • themastersb, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Coming from a small province in Spain?
      • ayeroxor, on 04/13/2008, -6/+20Here's a scenario for all the idiots who think this is accurate:

        Suppose Shopkeeper A beats and rapes his wife and children. Let's see how a conversation might go:

        Person B: Hey, Shopkeeper A, stop beating and raping your wife and children
        Shopkeeper A: You buy your goods at my shop. Therefore you have no moral authority to tell me to stop beating and raping people.

        Is that really how it works for some of you?
        • 3HackBug77, on 04/13/2008, -3/+11I partially agree with you, but only to the point where the title should be called "Sweet Irony" not hypocrisy, it's not hypocrisy to not have a choice where your products come from. but it is ironic that he is using Chinese-made products to boycott China.
        • BOFH2, on 04/13/2008, -1/+2you have a choice on some things.
        • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -2/+1Yeah, it's a logical fallacy.
        • ichbeineinrcg, on 04/13/2008, -1/+6Wrong scenario:

          Person A: Hey shopkeeper, stop beating your wife and children.
          Shopkeeper B: ***** you. Complain again, and I'll call in all the debts you owe me, ruining your economy and your standing in the eyes of the world.
          Person A: Oh. Let's have a free trade agreement!

          This is the real scandal of being a debtor nation, folks.
    • cookiemonster01, on 04/12/2008, -10/+1People should focus their attention on places like Haiti and Sri Lanka. That's where we need to focus our energy.
      • mediaphile, on 04/12/2008, -0/+16Why can't an entire country of people focus on more than one cause?
    • directedition, on 04/12/2008, -3/+7I'm not sure I get the point. Is it that Chinese products are everywhere and can't be avoided? Or is it trying to say the protestors are hypocrites?
      • heyiquit, on 04/13/2008, -3/+9It's saying that the protesters are hypocrites for boycotting china but not it's conveniently cheap products.
        • sanman, on 04/13/2008, -2/+7So is that advocating no protests against China? Or is it advocating boycotting its goods as well?
          There are plenty of people who strongly disagree with Saudi Arabia denying women equal freedoms, but yet they still drive to work on gas that probably comes from Saudi oil.
    • koroviev, on 04/12/2008, -4/+2so true
    • braveally, on 04/13/2008, -9/+1I was just saying something similar to my co-workers who are all amped up over the situation but can't even find Tibet on a map! I may be an American A-Hole, but at least I'm honest to myself about these situations. There is no reason for me to be screaming outside when it doesn't directly affect me.
      • sanman, on 04/13/2008, -2/+13When they came for the Tibetans, I said nothing.
        When they came for HongKong, I said nothing.
        When they came for the Taiwanese, I said nothing.
        When they came for me, there was nobody left to say anything for me.
      • XristosAnesti, on 04/13/2008, -3/+6Well at least you know you're "an American A-Hole" and, as such, you're okay with it.

        Hey, I may be a stupid jerk with a sociopathic sense of empathy, but hey, at least I'm proudly honest about that fact -- I'm American, dammit!
      • Yodwinder, on 04/15/2008, -1/+0And the attitude that "It doesn't matter if it's not me" is the attitude that gets the world where it is today. Get a ***** clue.
    • Spuy767, on 04/13/2008, -1/+9I'm not sure that wanting a free tibet and using chinese goods are mutually exclusive.
      • Trammel, on 04/13/2008, -0/+5Operative word: Boycott
        • Spuy767, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1He's talking about boycotting the olympics, nothing about boycotting chinese goods.
    • aznhomig, on 04/13/2008, -0/+8iPenis? Are you serious?
    • Monkeywithacold, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Yeah, thats why its funny. True, hence funny.
  • countmischief, on 04/12/2008, -29/+14At least the tape was made in America.
    • sp89, on 04/12/2008, -0/+8I wouldn't be too sure about that.
    • peterjmag, on 04/12/2008, -8/+72At least his fat was made in America.
      • sanman, on 04/13/2008, -7/+11more importantly, his free-thinking brain was made in America
    • chesstwin, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Im just sad there's no Geb in the marathon....
  • masfenix, on 04/12/2008, -12/+412This post was made in china.
    • kernel, on 04/13/2008, -0/+4clearly!
    • BESTenemy, on 04/13/2008, -1/+8It was made using a computer most or which was made in China. Same goes for every comment made here on Digg, if it's computerized, it's got Chinese components.
      • xptoast, on 04/13/2008, -2/+7So if I use a dating site on my Chinese computer then the woman then becomes chinese by the transitive property?

        I love algebra!!!
    • ayeroxor, on 04/13/2008, -9/+33Sorry for the comment abuse, but here's a scenario for all the idiots who think this submission is accurate:


      Suppose Shopkeeper A beats and rapes his wife and children. Let's see how a conversation might go:

      Person B: Hey, Shopkeeper A, stop beating and raping your wife and children
      Shopkeeper A: You buy your goods at my shop. Therefore you have no moral authority to tell me to stop beating and raping people.

      Is that really how it works for some of you?
      • rentmitchum, on 04/13/2008, -4/+3Clever analogy, sir.
      • XBSHX, on 04/13/2008, -1/+25That doesn't really work because Person B isn't threatening to boycott only the things that won't affect his life. The point of the comic is that the person is boycotting the olympics, which really has no affect on his life, and yet he wont boycott the clothes he buys that would have a much larger impact and put a lot of pressure on china.
        • nextexiter, on 04/13/2008, -0/+0If you boycott the goods and services the working class will take the hardest hit. Besides which a boycott of wants and needs in a world where humans are increasingly organically linked beyond national borders is simply not realistic. Idealistic, sure. Boycotting Olympics is intended more as a statement that will cause those in power to assess world opinion, and take a harder look at their policies. Symbolic actions can have material results, though the consistency of this approach is far from calculable.

          The post you're responding to is of course referring to the application of logic with the word "hypocrisy" used as it would be in the literal sense. The main thing I notice is that people love to use the word hypocrisy as an accusation, which itself is the ultimate hypocrisy, since it is animal nature to be hypocritical. Hypocrisy is an unavoidable aspect and end-result of human reason, so I have never had qualms when I hear it. It means nothing.
          • XBSHX, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Not sure why you wrote such a long reply. My point was that the analogy that ayeroxor came up with actually wasn't a correct analogy for the comic.
          • afipanic, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1wow my head hurts after all this haha
      • Lutremi, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6I thought the point of it was that we should stop buying stuff from China and not what you presented. It could go either way though, I guess.
      • Devilboy666, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6Person B: Hey, Shopkeeper A, stop beating and raping your wife and children
        Shopkeeper A: No thanks I'll be fine
        Person B: uh... ok well I'm going to complain about this every day when I come to do my shopping here!
      • DrCyclops, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1Allow me to turn this around on you:

        Suppose Shopkeeper A beats and rapes his wife and children. Let's see how a conversation might go:

        Person B: Hey, Shopkeeper A, stop beating and raping your wife and children
        Shopkeeper A: No.
        Person B: Well, okay. Can I buy some stuff from you when you get done?

        Is that really how it works for you?
      • danielman94, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Yes, but kinda. It'd be more like that, and then
        Shopkeeper A: Wanna come to a dinner party?
        Person B: No! Not until you stop beating your wife and children
        Shopkeeper A: Okay then, I'm still having the party
        Person B: Fine! I gotta go to your store to buy some stuff, be right back.
      • DIAF, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1It is not necessary to assign letters to two things which are already different. Reading this make me wonder where person A and shopkeeper B fit in.
        And the analogy you have made is quite subjective.
    • Topher28, on 04/13/2008, -2/+6Actually, the metaphor you use to describe the situation isn't a accurate representation of reality either. A more accurate scenario (using the example you gave earlier) would go like this:

      Suppose Shopkeeper A beats and rapes his wife and children. Let's see how a conversation might go:

      Person B: Hey Shopkeeper A, because you are beating your wife and raping your children, I will not buy goods from your shop.

      *Person B continues to buy products from Shopkeeper A's shop* thus the hypocrisy of the earlier statement.

      So there you have it. Of course it's wrong to beat and rape your wife and children (and this alludes to killing and suppressing the people of Tibet), but the submitted comic was pointing out the hypocrisy of protesters who rally to "boycott Beijing" yet their very lives are revolved around products from Beijing. Two different, but closely linked issues that sometimes people confuse.
    • howzitgoin88, on 04/13/2008, -0/+10Wait... China make 'Free Tibet' T-shirts?
      • DrCyclops, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3I wouldn't doubt it. If there's a buck to be made, the PRC will be there.
      • Idolatry, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Most people wouldn't even know what they were printing with the volume of stuff that gets produced.
    • elipabst, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Well that's obviously a lie. Anybody who's ever read an instruction manual for a product made in China knows it should read:

      These post are maid in China.
    • orangedude, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2http://digg.com/world_news/Don_t_Feed_China_s_Nati ...

      This is a must read for a more rational and balanced perspective to the China-Tibet conflict. Jumping on the bandwagon and pushing for a boycott of the Olympics is an absolutely counter-intuitive approach.
    • addiktion, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1they should put of an arrow on the fat retarded guy saying "Made in America"
  • TacticalPenguin, on 04/12/2008, -12/+786At least the fat guy was made in America
    • EntangledPhysx, on 04/12/2008, -8/+216With food imported from China
      • Pake, on 04/12/2008, -8/+27That's there plan though. They plan to fatten us all up and eat us.
        • OutThisLife, on 04/12/2008, -6/+21***** that was hard to read.
        • DarkPrince11, on 04/12/2008, -2/+38*their
          • Pake, on 04/12/2008, -7/+4Yeah, I noticed my mistake, but ran out of time before I could edit it. Was in the processing of adding "Soylent Green - Made in America" as well.
          • XristosAnesti, on 04/13/2008, -3/+2Two minutes to edit, and you couldn't type that much? Damn.
        • Hraes, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Well, it's working.
        • Pritchard, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1That's their plan though. They plan to fatten us up and eat us.

          Hrm. "us up" is officially difficult to read.
          • ChristaMaria, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1I thought that read "flatten us up and eat us" at first glance. Reminded me of that flattened dog photo from a few days ago. I just had a very scary mental image.
      • bmystry, on 04/13/2008, -1/+14Actually we grow a lot of our food except the packaging which could be made in China.
      • Railz, on 04/13/2008, -0/+20China actually has to import a lot of its food.
    • gm33, on 04/12/2008, -17/+0you don't know that for sure
      • gm33, on 04/12/2008, -7/+1why am I being buried? He could have very well been made in China. If his parents visited China.....
        • letitbleed62, on 04/13/2008, -1/+8because it was stupid
        • Pritchard, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Definitely very stupid. That's like saying you don't know for sure if your mom is an alien and this is all a dream, for no reason at all.

          There's a spoon! Wow that cereal was tasty.

          "You don't know that for sure... The cereal could not even be real cereal if it was something else. LOL!"
    • shondell, on 04/13/2008, -7/+1All these things were made in AMERICA, ***** YEAH!!!!!!!!

      McDonalds, Wal-Mart, The Gap, Basebal, lNFL, Rock and roll, The Internet, Slavery, Starbucks, Disneyworld, Porno, Valium, Reeboks, Fake *****, Sushi, Taco Bell, Rodeos, Bed bath and beyond, Liberty, White Slips, The Alamo, Band-aids, Las Vegas, Christmas, Immigrants, Popeye, Democrats, Republicans Sportsmanship, and Books
      • ringo0309, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1uhh... slavery wasn't made in America, American was one of the last countries to use it actually. and i always thought the whole Christmas thing started in Bethlehem.

        but you are right about the *great* Wal-Mart was started here; it really is one of the things I'm most proud of being in this country
        • shondell, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2i cant tell if you are being serious or sarcastic
        • glory, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1I love Wal-Mart!
        • hauntedchippy, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2winter solstice was a pagan festival hijacked by early christians and renamed christmas
        • kamikaze87, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Damn haven't you people seen Team America: World Police?
      • allyant, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Internet - UK.... wait half of they things you listed are not from the US!
    • 3chansen, on 04/13/2008, -1/+0My Chinese professor says all the corrupt Chinese move to California and the US doesn't want them to be deported to China for prosecution because they have a ton of money.

      I thought corruption was made in America? I guess we import that too.
    • ..eD, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Fat guys will soon be made in China as well.
      http://www.slashfood.com/2008/02/25/mcdonalds-does ...
    • sfacets, on 04/13/2008, -1/+2It is safe to say that fat Americans are made in America.
    • CarStan, on 04/13/2008, -0/+4Only because of inferior condoms made in China.
    • MasterLevi, on 04/13/2008, -0/+0Awesome.
    • Joepa2k6, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1USA! USA!
  • Cofaloaf, on 04/12/2008, -2/+178Cost-effective protesting.
  • ace429k, on 04/12/2008, -20/+4lulz
  • sleeknerve, on 04/12/2008, -4/+364the megaphone was obviously made in Taiwan, dont know what this is talking about
    • Xinli, on 04/12/2008, -21/+14Actually, Taiwan is part of China.
      • staticneuron, on 04/12/2008, -3/+41What?!?! That can't be.... FREE TAIWAN!!!!
      • Czin644, on 04/12/2008, -1/+10I imagine there are some who might disagree...
      • acdcfanbill, on 04/12/2008, -1/+26Well, the island of Taiwan is ruled by the Republic of China which is quite different from the People's Republic of China. The People's Republic is the mainland, what people normally refer to as China. The Republic of China is what Chiang Kai-shek created, leaving the mainland and giving way to the Communists. The Republic of China still lays claim to the mainland (China) though most nations haven't recognized that since the '70s.
        • Emnsta, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3FAIL!!! Sun Yat Sen founded the Republic of China
          • acdcfanbill, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2True, I forgot about the actual founding while I was focusing on how the Republic of China left the mainland in the wake of the Communists (PRC). Sorry for any confusion.
      • Nibble, on 04/12/2008, -4/+4OH NO YOU DI-IN'T
        • XristosAnesti, on 04/13/2008, -2/+7Buried for all caps and general fagotry.
      • piwy, on 04/12/2008, -2/+6Actually Taiwan is a different China. The Republic Of China to be exact. The one usually referred to as China is Peoples Republic of China. But yah case still stands, megaphone is made in China.
      • directedition, on 04/12/2008, -4/+8Taiwan is a part of china, in the same way Canada would be the US's 51 state if Bush said it several times.
      • thursdayevryday, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Actually Taiwan is seperate from China as they see it. China does not recognize that Taiwan is a different country but it is nonetheless, so if something was made in Taiwan, it was not made in China. Which is why I am glad the iBook I am writing this on was made in Taiwan, not China.
      • rohan1234, on 04/13/2008, -0/+0Actually, it's not. Everyone can say something as many times as they want, and that doesn't make it true.
        Besides, stuff made in Taiwan usually says "Made in Taiwan" not "Made in China".
    • Arcesius, on 04/13/2008, -1/+6You mean Chinese Taipei?
    • iiBeLiEvE, on 04/13/2008, -1/+7So, you mean, China?
    • bluezinc, on 04/13/2008, -3/+8Taiwan is not China!! China just keeps saying Taiwan is theirs and hopes the world goes along with it while Taiwan is in the corner silently shaking it's head and mouthing , "NO" to everybody else.

      Just because a leader says something is true many, many times doesn't make it so, a lesson we in America have recently had to learn again.
      • supras, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2With the leaders Taiwan has elected, I'll be counting down to the reunion in years not decades.
        • bluezinc, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Unfortunately, that's true. With their recent election their new leadership seems to desire cutting a deal with China. China wants Taiwan because Taiwan is one of the most successful economies in the world. Basically China wants it's treasure chest.

          Last time China tried to take Taiwan the US got involved and put a destroyer between the Chinese navy and Taiwan. With China's newly found economic and military boom, it seems very unlikely the US will intervene again.
      • drizzlelicious, on 04/13/2008, -2/+2Taiwan = Republic of China

        Come again?
    • transitive, on 04/13/2008, -4/+4Taiwan is China. They've got some political problems that have yet to be resolved but its totally inevitable that Taiwan will rejoin the mainland, probably sooner rather than later. Honestly, how long could the split last after the end of the cold war? surprising its been this long already.
    • TantrooM, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Actually I know for a fact that he could NOT have gotten that shirt from China, the manufacturer would have been executed.

      There is an even greater hypocracy for American protestors, and that is our occupation of Iraq, and then us turning around and saying Free Tibet!" How about we free Iraq first?
    • Obzerva, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Puh-leeze, Taiwan is NOT its own country. Hell, not even the UN recognizes "tawian" as a separate country.
  • DestroyFascism, on 04/12/2008, -15/+26Did the Mega phone work?
    • CrazedLeper, on 04/13/2008, -2/+10Not if it was made in the USA...
    • christhechris, on 04/13/2008, -1/+6Yes, but you get lead poisoning if you use it for extended periods...
      • jtmitl, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3So i guess you could say he couldn't get the lead out?
  • Wesside, on 04/12/2008, -28/+17One of the few comics to actually make me laugh. The hypocrisy is truly great. Pretty super that 99.9% of things (pretty much in all of north america, including Canada) is either fully made, or at least partially made in China
    • SmellyFingers, on 04/12/2008, -1/+3Things are*
    • WiZZLa, on 04/12/2008, -0/+44All of North America includes Canada? That's crazy talk.
    • jstem1994, on 04/12/2008, -0/+17Wait. 99.9% of Canada is made in China? I'm confused.
    • directedition, on 04/12/2008, -4/+2You're right. Those protestors should just strip naked and talk real loud. Maybe write "FREE TIBET" in blood on their backs. They better stop breathing too. A good portion of the air we breathe was probably produced by allege and trees in China.
    • Alegoo92, on 04/13/2008, -0/+199.9% sure that statistic was just 'fudged', to put it lightly.
  • displaced1, on 04/12/2008, -27/+112His fat belly and double chin, made in America.
    • VinnieDaMac, on 04/12/2008, -23/+13Also his stupidity is made in America.
      • XristosAnesti, on 04/13/2008, -5/+3^ Also his stupidity is made in America.
    • displaced1, on 04/13/2008, -6/+1ME SO SORRY FOR "DOUBLE POSTING" SIMILAR COMMENTS SENOR VINNIE, ME SO SORRY HIS COMMENT WAS NOT BEING SHOWN YET AS I POSTED MINE. ME SO SORRY.
      • RadiatedAnt, on 04/13/2008, -3/+1first of all it's "me so solly" second of all you suck at stereo types go back to blue collar TV
        • Insolent, on 04/13/2008, -1/+0you mean "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and other racist garbage movies from the 60s
    • xm1014, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1by Americans, working at McDonalds with supplies made in china
    • guibom, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Touché!
  • kb29, on 04/12/2008, -36/+11Yeah, there are a lot of things made in China. Who the ***** cares?
    • Jiyoui, on 04/12/2008, -8/+13You're an idiot
    • fishermat33, on 04/12/2008, -2/+12No kidding. They have one of the largest populations in the world, so how is it surprising that they produce so much/we use a lot of their goods. I understand the point of the cartoon and I think it's valid, but If you were going to do a full boycott of Chinese goods you would have a hell of a time finding things that weren't at least partially made in China.
      • mrsteveman1, on 04/12/2008, -2/+7I'd take it a step further than that, buying chinese products does not mean you lose the right to complain when china ***** something up, and they do it all the time just like the U.S does.
        • staticneuron, on 04/12/2008, -4/+6Complaining about something and not actually doing anything about it is just noise pollution.
          • mrsteveman1, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Ok, so stop buying chinese products entirely.....that won't work. Period. Suggest another way to effect change or shut the ***** up
        • bluezinc, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Ummm, America never ran over thousands of it's own citizens with tanks.
          • Jiyoui, on 04/13/2008, -1/+0Yea, America just runs over thousands of other country's citizens with tanks
  • thephuckphase, on 04/12/2008, -17/+10another example of China's overlooked surging power to becoming the next super power
    • doyoulikeworms, on 04/12/2008, -0/+10Another power of power power, powerful powering power. Power.
  • Stryder81, on 04/12/2008, -17/+7lol Great Image, I've been saying the same thing. As it is said " Don't bite the hand that feeds you. "
    • renagadex2, on 04/12/2008, -1/+21Except we pay that hand to feed us.
      • Stryder81, on 04/12/2008, -8/+3We don't pay to anyone from how much we take, otherwise our economy would be just fine.
        • XristosAnesti, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6Buried because I have no idea what the ***** that sentence was supposed to mean.
  • mountainsurfer, on 04/12/2008, -15/+178What are they supposed to do, walk around naked? You can't find ANYTHING that isn't made in China these days. I went to buy a new blender the other day and had to go to five stores to find one that wasn't made in China.
    • dustin32, on 04/12/2008, -4/+256But once you found one that wasn't made in China, did it blend?
      • diggSJaustin, on 04/12/2008, -5/+152Congrats on making the first "Will it blend?" joke that earned positive votes in the past 12 months.
      • LuckyASN, on 04/12/2008, -34/+8I see what you did there.
        • LuckyASN, on 04/13/2008, -12/+4-8? Does digg hate me that much? :(
        • XristosAnesti, on 04/13/2008, -2/+7-11. Yes.
        • JasonHaley, on 04/13/2008, -3/+5-21 This well help remind you not to use memes so carelessly.
      • Entroper, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3That is the question.
    • MikeEnIke, on 04/12/2008, -19/+56You cared that much?
      • DephexTwin, on 04/12/2008, -10/+78Shut up. Good for him if he did that. I'm not going to get angry at someone who doesn't make that kind of effort, but kudos to anyone who can and does.
        • HenvY, on 04/12/2008, -14/+18Why? There's no logic behind it except xenophobia. The huge majority of Chinese goods are high quality and cheaply made, and if he found one that was 'made in America', he's supporting a dying industry which needs to die. There's no point holding on to the leg of American Manufacturing...the sooner it dies the better, because then those workers can switch to service jobs and have a future. If he's trying to boycott China, it's a lost cause, because if China decided to rape and maim every single person in Tibet in full view of the international media it wouldn't stop a single major company sending their manufacturing business there.
          • DephexTwin, on 04/13/2008, -2/+14The vast majority of Chinese goods are of average to poor quality, and it's simply laughable that you would suggest otherwise.

            Dealing with China in this way, we end up with things like pet food that is poisonous and children's toys that have dangerous amounts of lead in them. China is doing so well because they aren't playing by any of the rules that developed in the US over the past 100 years. In China, workers are treated poorly, many people live in poverty, companies don't respect intellectual property in any fashion, pollution is out of control, and it goes on and on. These are things we also used to ignore, but it eventually just blows up in your face. The Chinese system in its current state is one that will be unable to sustain itself. They are trading their future for short term gains.

            If the US government today said that we'd get rid of all of our regulations for minimum wage, unions, environment, food and drug regulation, toy safety, and intellectual property, then I bet our economy could go hog-wild for a while as well.
          • lotsa1s, on 04/13/2008, -1/+0Maybe he doesn't want to buy things made halfway across the globe and shipped over-seas on gigantic oil burning ships? Something made in China, put in a truck and driven to the ocean, then shipped overseas to an American port, and put in a truck again and shipped to me is a lot more stress on the earth and a lot more wasteful then someone made in America, and 'consumed' in America.

            If we want to survive the inevitable, looming oil crisis and not fall back to the ***** stone age we need to start working on locally based economies before we actually need them to live. Half a century from now, it will be a rare thing indeed to find a product made in China, and its time we start working towards that sooner rather then later.
          • afruff23, on 04/13/2008, -1/+3@DephexTwin
            "The Chinese system in its current state is one that will be unable to sustain itself. They are trading their future for short term gains."

            How the **** did you think the US got to where it is now? It is living off the boom after WWII ended and it was the only industrial economy not devastated by the war.
        • bot001220, on 04/13/2008, -3/+11"The huge majority of Chinese goods are high quality"

          Stopped reading right there. You can't be serious. They're cheap, yes. High quality? I don't think so.

      • GoneFishing, on 04/13/2008, -3/+7If you have the money to afford that, props to you. I'll just go back to my Chinese grocery store and Indian gas station, so I can save some more and inch up that social ladder.
    • conscious, on 04/12/2008, -5/+45Wow. I think there are very few people, even among those sympathetic to Tibet who would travel to five stores just to support that cause. Well done.
      • passedoutghost, on 04/13/2008, -6/+2Maybe he's just racist.
      • Marlic, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Yet, he has no clue where Tibet is.. pathetic!
    • StaticThunder, on 04/12/2008, -4/+79Yeah, so you bought the German one with parts made in China. Good job.
      • DephexTwin, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1You just do the best you can.
        • StaticThunder, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2The point is, you can no longer escape buying Chinese products if you want a blender. Or a coffee maker. Or a pot. Or a washing machine. Or a tile floor. Or steel. Doing the best you can is MEANINGLESS at this point.
    • snoox, on 04/12/2008, -9/+29"What are they supposed to do, walk around naked?"
      1)make your own clothes in the usa. 2)dont be a hypocrite. 3) then protest
      • XristosAnesti, on 04/13/2008, -1/+2Unless you're an attractive female, in which case you should protest naked.
        [sarcasm]
        Heck, it works for PETA, right?
        [/sarcasm]
    • makkaveli19, on 04/12/2008, -7/+2the only way that i get clothes that aren't made in china is by buying designer. i do buy designer but i don't think alot of people would like paying 100+ for a t-shirt
      • alienunknown, on 04/13/2008, -2/+7So buying clothes made in Korean sweat-shops is better?
        • makkaveli19, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2wtf. no clothes made in italy, states, and canada are okay tho
    • melonade, on 04/12/2008, -10/+3These shirts are made in Pakistan, and they are way cool.

      www.designbyhumans.com
    • Rendonsmug, on 04/12/2008, -0/+10Come on, the jeans were made in Ecuator sweatshops and the shirts in Philipine sweatshops.

      In other words, you don't have to feel guilty buying em!
    • BeavisMcSleavis, on 04/13/2008, -1/+5http://www.americanapparel.net/
      I have two friends with small clothing lines that ONLY use american made products.
      • BeavisMcSleavis, on 04/13/2008, -4/+2Oh yeah, they show boobies and ass on the site too : }
      • travelbug6, on 04/13/2008, -0/+0but.... they have grand plans for the Chinese market. is that sorta unethical as well?
    • IgWannA, on 04/13/2008, -6/+6oh yeah coz not buying a chinese-made blender is really going to make the government free tibet. get a grip on reality.
      • lotsa1s, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1Every rain drop raises the sea, a castle is built a stone at a time, blah blah blah.

        I try not to buy foreign products. Not that I give a ***** about Tibet, but the fact is we cant rely on there being plenty of oil for the rest of our lives. Without oil, the shipping lanes dry up and the billions of Chinese-made products we essentially rely on to live our lives cant get here any more. That's the sad fact. Unless Tallships some how make a come back, we will start needing to rely mostly on domestic products, especially locally made products.
    • passedoutghost, on 04/13/2008, -4/+1I don't think it's going to matter if you buy a blender that wasn't made in China. China isn't going to take notice of you. They've ignored the whole ***** world about torturing it's citizens, so I doubt that they would give a flying ***** about anything else. And if you think this post is biased - I'm Chinese.
    • thursdayevryday, on 04/13/2008, -2/+2Actually after looking through my closet not one of my clothes were made in China (they were all from Latin American and South Asian Countries), it's mostly the electronics that are from China, and btw, not buying things from China wont make them free Tibet, but at least it will hurt their economy ;-)
      • supras, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Guess what, they're using textiles that are made in China. Ask any US Customs official worth his salt. Much of stuff "made" in Latin is with largely completed parts from China. They just stitch something here and here. Presto! Made in Mexico!
        • thursdayevryday, on 06/15/2008, -0/+1so...the tag lied to me? but..but..but..i trusted those tags...who am I supposed to trust now to tell me whether or not to wash with cold or hot water...huh?...WHO?!
    • tnoy, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1They could just make clothing using locally grown hemp... oh wait, nm.
  • poidh, on 04/12/2008, -23/+14*****.

    People, stop buying crap that you don't need, as almost all of it is made in China. When you give money to the Chinese you support the crimes against humanity not only in China but also in Sudan, Zimbabwe, North Korea, Burma, etc, etc, etc. Oh, and did you know that the Chinese also supply weapons to the Taliban and Muslim terrorists who are murdering your troops abroad.
    • fishermat33, on 04/12/2008, -2/+11The Chinese make much more than just "crap we don't need." They do a lot of manufacturing, so even if an item doesn't say made in China, there is still a VERY good chance part of it was made there.
      • poidh, on 04/12/2008, -5/+3Yes, but I was talking about "crap you don't need", not essentials.
        • Xinli, on 04/12/2008, -1/+0So, you will still buy those thing which you need even though those money will ...., right?
        • macweirdo42, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1The fact that our essentials all come from China is a much greater problem, though.
    • macweirdo42, on 04/12/2008, -1/+17Do you know how hard it is to find crap that didn't come from China? And it's not just crap you don't need - don't be an arrogant twit and ignore the fact that the clothes on your back likely come from China, too.
      • poidh, on 04/12/2008, -6/+1Yes, but I was talking about "crap you don't need", not essentials.
    • BillMoocho, on 04/12/2008, -5/+1Because China has so much to do with the conflicts in Sudan, Zimbabwe, Korea, Burma, etc, etc, etc. Oh, and did you know that AMERICAN GOVERNMENT is keeping troops fighting terrorists who are murdering your troops abroad.
    • SpectreFire, on 04/12/2008, -2/+7You realize the computer you're using is probably made in China right....
      • poidh, on 04/12/2008, -5/+2Yes, but I was talking about "crap you don't need", not essentials.
        • zanderw00t, on 04/12/2008, -1/+3Holy ***** this is weird.
          • WallnutBoy, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Yes, but I was talking about "crap you don't need", not essentials.

            *****.. His mind-powers got me.. RUN.
    • ZenMojo, on 04/12/2008, -1/+9Dateline had a show about Wal-Mart and outsourcing. They asked these very nice women in Middle America, after meeting an Indian woman who worked in a factory, if paying 50 cents, enough to double the woman's hourly rate, extra on clothes would be acceptable if it would help her out. To the ONE they refused because it's so hard for them to keep their bills down.

      THAT's American commitment to civil rights.
    • Rocco03, on 04/12/2008, -2/+4That's right. Buy American crap and support American crimes against humanity instead.
  • Picaroon, on 04/12/2008, -2/+21Has anyone noticed that a lot of things that used to be "made in China" are "made in Taiwan," or India, Mexico, Indonesia, etc? I don't know if there's a statistical reality to that observation though.
    • jaalin, on 04/12/2008, -0/+5taiwan produces a lot of the high quality parts you find in your electronics; as for india, mexico, indonesia, etc (especially vietnam), a lot of companies are moving their factories from china to those countries because of increased costs and more stringent labor laws (the most recent ones were passed january 1st 2008 i believe) that benefit the employees. this will continue to happen especially if the dollar keeps declining, giving chinese citizens more purchasing power to buy more high-quality products from the US. that includes the products made in china but are only sold overseas (like the iphone!)
  • kuronukurosu, on 04/12/2008, -0/+13next vacuum that I will buy will be from Electrolux :P
  • kweli, on 04/12/2008, -9/+3the shoes? come on even crusty brands like new balance are made in Vietnam or India
    • drugged, on 04/12/2008, -2/+4Do you have something against New Balance?
      • ace429k, on 04/13/2008, -2/+3they make pretty good running shoes. but Saconi all the way. sp? shoot i cant even pronounce it correctly but i like them.
        • TheMidnight, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1How you pronounce anything with a keyboard is beyond me.
  • moolaismyfriend, on 04/12/2008, -20/+8I love the fact that almost everything we touch in our daily lives comes from COMMUNIST China.

    • kinghajj, on 04/12/2008, -11/+6Dugg you down because China is not (nor has ever been) communist, but is socialist. In fact, it's starting to adapt some capitalist ideas, though it's still extremely state-controlled.
      • derek20cali, on 04/12/2008, -2/+7All positions of significant power in the state structure and in the army are occupied by members of the Communist Party of China which is controlled by the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, a group of 5 to 9 people, usually all men, who make all decisions of national significance.
        • 9bpm9, on 04/12/2008, -1/+5It's an oligarchy if anything. It's far from socialism though.
    • jon_k, on 04/12/2008, -3/+3Dugg you down.

      See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Ch ...

      It's the most dominating political party in China. I lived in China for a year and communist propaganda is rampant.
    • kinghajj, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Just because a communist party controls China does not mean that the Chinese government is communist. The USSR was a socialist state (just look at the name,) and its party was the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Communism in an ideal that communist parties strive for, but socialism is the intermediate step.

      Wikipedia even lists China as a "Socialist republic," like the USSR.
  • scy1192, on 04/12/2008, -8/+14it's not like we really have much of a choice now
  • mooseontheloose, on 04/12/2008, -29/+245Don't forget that 90% of the protestors didn't give a flying ***** about Tibet about 2 weeks ago and in a week they won't even remember the name.
    • Rawclyce, on 04/12/2008, -23/+8Um, actually I've been fully aware of this issue for a LONG time. I even remember in High school a kid in my class giving a speech on Tibet. If you can't see why Tibet is in the spotlight with the Olympics being in China this year prepare to be confused on many other issues also.
      • mooseontheloose, on 04/12/2008, -6/+30Do you know how percentages work?
        • Crizack, on 04/12/2008, -3/+16Most are made up like yours?
        • BelatedHero, on 04/13/2008, -2/+1276% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
        • GoneFishing, on 04/13/2008, -1/+8That is a 100% true statement.
      • skinjester, on 04/12/2008, -8/+0I like the Beastie Boys too!
        • WallnutBoy, on 04/13/2008, -1/+2They fought, and probably died, for my right to party.
    • ZenMojo, on 04/12/2008, -8/+31Dugg down for self-important reflections on the supposed unproven hypocrisy of the commitment of some Americans to REAL causes while said poster sits on his ass doing nothing.
      • mcm020, on 04/13/2008, -3/+2said poser supposedly is on his ass doing nothing. check yourself.
    • simplicityiskey, on 04/13/2008, -6/+10Good point. And to his detractors: the point he's making is not that there isn't 10% who truly do care, but simply that there is 90% who are simply jumping on the benevolence bandwagon. It's trendy to care about something once it makes the 6 o'clock news. Ultimately, most of the people screaming about Tibet are just sunny-day protesters rather than true activists.
      • nextyoyoma, on 04/13/2008, -1/+10You may be right, but there are way too many important causes in this world for all of them to have 100% "true activists."
      • GasPoweredGnome, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Man... I've heard of a lot of different types of snobs... but now ACTIVIST SNOBS?

    • Metatron197, on 04/13/2008, -0/+5TIbet?
    • orangedude, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2http://digg.com/world_news/Don_t_Feed_China_s_Nati ...

      This is a must read for a more rational and balanced perspective to the China-Tibet conflict. Jumping on the bandwagon and pushing for a boycott of the Olympics is an absolutely counter-intuitive approach.
    • djepik, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1http://www.google.com/trends?q=tibet
    • xenosteel, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Dugg for flying *****
    • AceKicker, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1That's a liberal for you. =)
  • SmellyFingers, on 04/12/2008, -14/+4I hate the war in the middle east and our president yet I still enjoy freedoms in the US. I'm such a hypocrite lololol.
    • CrazedLeper, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3Don't worry, you won't have any freedoms soon.
  • Flashman, on 04/12/2008, -13/+149What, because China is an industrial powerhouse, we can't object to their gross human rights abuses?
    • kleash, on 04/12/2008, -10/+7Noone cares about the Iraqis anymore?
      • corfe83, on 04/12/2008, -1/+6> Noone cares about the Iraqis anymore?

        The Iraqis and the Tibetans are two separate issues. One can care about both, and from the protesters I've seen, many do care about both.
      • blackdeath88012, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1nope. we've moved on.
      • xsquirrel378x, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1what about the children!
    • 9bpm9, on 04/12/2008, -12/+14These abuses have been going on for 70 years in China. You just care about it now because the media tells you too.
    • Rocco03, on 04/12/2008, -5/+3Human rights abuses... mmmm... where did I hear that lately?
    • wpyh, on 04/13/2008, -3/+1You can. But please don't meddle with the internal affairs of other countries.
      • ChristianMagic, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6You're right. Just like how everyone in the world shouldn't have meddled in the Apartheid system in South Africa.
    • osiris99, on 04/13/2008, -1/+3well, we don't object to US's human rights abuses...
    • krete, on 04/13/2008, -1/+6Smartest comment here, Flashman
    • transitive, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2if the Olympics were held in an American city this year would there be foreign governments considering boycotting it because the U.S. army is in Iraq?

      we shouldn't be hypocrites like this. the Olympics ought to be a way for nations to reduce hostility with each other, not increase it. its just rude to hijack the olympics as a platform to criticize the host country.
      • Marlic, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Good analogy! America is the biggest hypocrite of all nations. We criticize any countries with WMD and even use that to justify the invade a country, and mean while we hold the most nuclear warhead. Waterboarding torturing methods, and the Iraqis prison tortures by the soldiers of the United State of America, now we're bitching about China's human rights. I can't stand these hypocries.
    • bmgoau, on 04/13/2008, -1/+2You missed the point. Theres nothing wrong with protesting against an 'industrial powerhouse'. The point is that dont protest a countries human rights abuses while covered in their manufactured goods. Protest with your wallet, not just your mouth. Dont buy chinese goods.
    • manningbowl135, on 04/14/2008, -0/+0Yes let's all protest against the human abuse in China by telling other people to boycott the Chinese olympics while we all keep on buying Chinese products.
      • BetterOffEd, on 04/20/2008, -0/+1Ladies & gentlemen, Captain Obvious....

  • whiterice0, on 04/12/2008, -5/+5On the nose!
    • Katana314, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2I think it's pointing to his glasses.
  • oxigen, on 04/12/2008, -4/+13Well what do you expect? NOTHING is made in America anymore!!!
    • blate, on 04/12/2008, -0/+19Well...there's zippos....and FREEDOM!
    • apache2, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2American Steel ! AISI
    • CrazedLeper, on 04/13/2008, -3/+3Except for masterful deceptions and propaganda.
    • AbsurdParadox, on 04/13/2008, -1/+3Except for absurd labor laws and extreme regulations that drive business OUT of America.
    • TheWorm, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3I don't mind buying shirts and sweatshirts from American Apparel simply because they are made in America.
      • AbsurdParadox, on 04/13/2008, -4/+1Why does something being made in America make it superior?
        • elipabst, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6Well, for 2 identical products I'd rather being putting that money in an American's hand rather than shipping it to China. In general though, most of the products I've bought that were made in China are pieces of *****, full of shoddy workmanship and likely fall apart within 6 months, so I'd rather pay a few dollars more for a quality product.

          /Like Callahan brakepads!
          • AbsurdParadox, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Putting your money into the hands of someone who's going to to buy foreign goods?

            And I simply don't agree with your assertion that products made in America are any better by default. I buy quality products. I don't give a ***** where they're made.
          • elipabst, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1That's from my own experience. I don't have a problem buying a Honda or a Toyota because I've found them to be quality products as well. It's not some kind of racism, I've just seen poor quality manufacturing in a lot of Chinese products.
        • TheWorm, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1Because I know I'm not helping to completely destroy our economy.
          • AbsurdParadox, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1Are economy was destroyed by the federal government long ago. Don't worry. Not your fault.
          • AbsurdParadox, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Our* (LOL was drunk when I posted that, hah)
    • DrummerAndrew, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6Fat people and gratuitous self-importance are booming industries in the US.
    • BodomX, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Colorox Toilet wipe things say "Proud to be made in the US"
  • trudetski, on 04/12/2008, -10/+19What, just because people want a free Tibet they can't use Chinese goods? Tons of people hate the American government yet they still use American goods.
    • brokenex, on 04/12/2008, -1/+23what american goods
      • ShinRaTDR, on 04/12/2008, -3/+26Poor quality cars and inferior-style electronics.
      • corfe83, on 04/12/2008, -2/+7> what american goods

        Microsoft Windows, and Office.
      • xcheats, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6Well considering that the U.S. is responsible for feeding much of the world with their produce, I'd say any kind of food, mainly wheat or corn derivatives are in some shape or form home-grown in America.
      • DavidtheDuke, on 04/13/2008, -0/+4Pretty much all my automotive tools are made in USA, including my toolbox. My shows are made in USA too, and they were about $120 (high quality work shoes). Many many things are still made in the USA, but manufactures *are* leaving as fast as they can. Not just because stuff is cheap to make in China, but also because redtape and tax INCENTIVES to leave the country make only manufacturers who know the label "Made in USA" is important for their market/niche.
  • 4d669, on 04/12/2008, -0/+8And that my friends, is how America became the middle man.
  • 4NDr01D, on 04/12/2008, -2/+24anyone remember when Wal-Mart used to sell US made products ?

    yeah it was a while ago (10-15 years)
    • nekama, on 04/12/2008, -0/+9Yes, and it was before Sam Walton died.
    • passedoutghost, on 04/13/2008, -1/+0It pays to have good economic relations with China and it's just good business sense to import ***** from China because it's cheaper to manufacture. I mean you guy's would go broke if all you bought were American made products. Not to mention the strain on your resources.
      • ravage86, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1We should be importing, but not consumable products. We should be importing things that are used to make products, like copper. The more money we can keep in the country the better off we'll be.
    • Kyan, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Wasn't that debunked?
    • greevar, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Yeah, they've been labeling stuff made in China as "Made in the U.S.A." for years now.
  • Jovensdesciple, on 04/12/2008, -18/+10Yeah, Tibet sucks anyways.
  • kylere, on 04/12/2008, -2/+39Looks like a WalMart shopper
  • mcool119, on 04/12/2008, -7/+11If the fat man represents the US government, selling our soul to china while condemning them, sure. But as citizens, we don't have much of a choice.
    • cycledesign, on 04/12/2008, -1/+6It's a political cartoon. If the fat man represented the US government, it would have been written on him.
    • ZenMojo, on 04/12/2008, -0/+2"Look for the Union Label."
    • source1984, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1not really. its not only your government's fault. Its the whole "capitalist democracy" fault. China can regulate the hell out of its country because they're a communist government, whereas your government is elected by the people for the people AND THE PEOPLE are okay with this because it means they get the best bang for their buck. So yea, its everyone's fault, don't shift blame to your government.
  • bobbybebob, on 04/12/2008, -5/+8mirror http://uploadingit.com/view/531744_gfsgj if needed
  • ShawnIsCool, on 04/12/2008, -2/+16I wanted to make a shirt that said "FREE TIBET", with a stamp near it saying it was "Made in China". Guess I got beat :/
    I would have made millions.
    • TippyTom, on 04/12/2008, -1/+8 I Saw one for sale the other day in Chinatown.
    • tolbs, on 04/12/2008, -0/+19of theoretical dollars i'm sure :)
    • passedoutghost, on 04/13/2008, -3/+1Good idea, I'm going to make my own. It's not too hard. It's called screen printing and the equipment is easy to make if you're game enough. I did it when I was in primary school.
  • KyloOb, on 04/12/2008, -15/+46This is freaking stupid, just because you happen to be supporting the people of china by buying products manufactured by them, doesn't mean you support their UNELECTED government.
    • Rawclyce, on 04/12/2008, -1/+3Very true.
    • CrazedLeper, on 04/13/2008, -3/+8Unelected? You mean like W?
      • KyleGoetz, on 04/13/2008, -3/+6W won the popular and electoral college in 2004. So he's definitely been elected from 04-08, sir.
        • CrazedLeper, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1He might not have been had he not stolen 2K. I still think 04 was fixed. I think every election will be fixed from now until the America deception is terminated by a false flag nuclear attack on NYC and the declaration of martial law. That is the future of this country.
    • macmangb, on 04/13/2008, -6/+2You should not be supporting the Chinese people full stop. They are complicit in the murders of millions of Tibetans threatening Taiwan by NOT standing up to their government.
      • Wrangler76, on 04/13/2008, -2/+0Yeah, Chinese also support excutions of mentally disabled people in the streets like you say right? Anymore ***** you want to make up macmangb?
      • atact88, on 04/13/2008, -3/+0The Chinese don't have recklessly free press like do
        • CrazedLeper, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1The American press is every bit as locked-down as the Chinese. The difference is that American press lies about it.
          • atact88, on 04/13/2008, -0/+0I agree. But at least it represents multiple viewpoints. I dugg you up, btw
          • CrazedLeper, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1True---sort of. It always *misrepresents* one.
    • KyleGoetz, on 04/13/2008, -1/+4Except that buying goods from China, part of your money goes to the Chinese government.
    • wpyh, on 04/13/2008, -2/+2Who says every government has to be elected?
      • dancercotillion, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1The OP, apparently.
      • CrazedLeper, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1The queen of England. It gives plausible deniability to her rulership over all the world's vassal kings, presidents and prime ministers. Nothing is what it appears.
    • sfacets, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1Are you serious? Have you heard of a little thing called tax?
    • dancercotillion, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Ah, the Americo-centric mindset. Democracy isn't the only governmental system, you know. (Also, the Commies have won numerous elections since Mao. They outlawed the ability of anyone else to run against them, but they still win the elections!)
  • wordglue, on 04/12/2008, -6/+28I see the point and I disagree with it. I should be able to eat my steak and still protest animal cruelty on corporate farms. There's not much one can do if EVERYTHING is made in China, that guy still needs to buy a shirt (short of going Ghandi) at least he is striving to bring awareness to the cause.
  • Wugie, on 04/12/2008, -3/+23Free Tibet

    with purchases over $20
    • UnterDenLinden, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2I loled so hard at that!
    • randomstupid, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1i'll put it next to my free Nelson Mandela
  • kentuckynaz, on 04/12/2008, -3/+2world clusterf#ck
  • ams876, on 04/12/2008, -7/+0Damn, if thats not ownage I don't know what is.
  • sndream, on 04/12/2008, -5/+19It's not hypocrisy if they don't know where is Tibet.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twHzXN3kNTs&feature ...
    • nationalist, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2and yet i thought that second guy was right
    • 42Vindictive, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2How is it that I'm against Tibetan seperation and I got it correct at the end? Jeez.
    • KyleGoetz, on 04/13/2008, -2/+2To be fair, the map they were given was one of China. If it had been a world map, I might have been more upset.
    • PhireN, on 04/13/2008, -1/+4Lets be fair, Americans have trouble finding most places on a map.
      • newnie, on 04/13/2008, -0/+3I love generalizations based off of shows like that, of course they are going to show the people who can't find it. Plus, it would have been easier if they had a world map because it would have been easier to see where China borders Nepal....

        Just because you are retarded and can't find a place on a map, don't assume that everyone can't.
  • JointVenture, on 04/12/2008, -15/+5Im not Chinese, I dont give a ***** about slave labor in china as long as I can get cheap goods for a couple more years.

    It wont last forever, the masses will rise in China and demand fair wages, then China's bubble will pop.

    Producers are already looking at other nations, just need to get the infrastructure set up.

    Its something all countries go through, just a part of the natural process.

    Products made in the USA were of poor quality and VERY cheap at the begining of the 20the century. Why? because wages were low, then things changed.
    • moolaismyfriend, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2what does this have to do about tibet?
    • Railz, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Yes, you were around at the beginning of the 20Th century for first hand accounts of quality of goods.
  • CaptainJapan, on 04/12/2008, -9/+4are you sure his Chins weren't made in china?

    If you don't get that joke, congratulations, your'e not racist!
  • diggdiggerid, on 04/12/2008, -5/+27Boycotting Chinese products isn't hurting anyone but the Chinese people. Do you seriously think Hu Jintao and gang are going to be affected in the slightest? It's the same as the Cuban embargo. Castro is still living in luxury, it's only the peasants that we're hurting.
    • Defuser, on 04/12/2008, -8/+3Castro is living in luxury?
    • mrno, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1You have a very good point there. I think most people are avoiding American companies who are associating with them. Those companies who take advantage of the labor market and bribe the Chinese politicians.
    • AbsurdParadox, on 04/13/2008, -1/+4The collectivist mentality of most people cannot separate Chinese people and their businesses from the Chinese government.
    • chemdiva, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1That may be true, but a good reason to boycott Chinese made products is to tell the American companies using Chinese manufacturing that we won't accept the substandard environmental and employee conditions required for those discount prices.
      • supras, on 04/13/2008, -0/+6Which will cause the industries to move to Vietnam or Indonesia. But will anyone complain then?
  • suspid, on 04/12/2008, -15/+5Okay, this is not a:

    '***** the riaa',
    'buttsecks',
    'THERE WAS A **** PROBLEM WITH YOUR ****',
    'pics or didn't happen'

    comment, so my chances of getting dugg up are minimal to zero, but...

    I have to say the fact the 'Free Tibet' t-shirt is made in China is just so perfect. You could write a whole series of books on irony based only on that one thing.

    Post Scripctum: In the butt.
    • melonade, on 04/12/2008, -1/+3scripckghkctum
    • travis6690, on 04/12/2008, -0/+1LURK MOAR
    • UnterDenLinden, on 04/13/2008, -0/+5That was the weirdest comment I have ever read....
      • loganhuddleston, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1he tried to be witty, but he did a horrible job.
      • AussieFox, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1It would have been a good comment if it just contained that bit about the shirt made in china.

        But he kinda ***** it up with everything else before and after
  • Sepherade, on 04/12/2008, -4/+2Good point, maybe we should all try to boycott their products because that might have far more effect than public protests. BUT shopping for alternatives would take monhts.
  • Rawclyce, on 04/12/2008, -1/+7The people of China rely on our business, just as we rely on their cheap labor. Not saying it's the best deal for them, but you can't say people in America can't criticize the human rights violations in China because American corporations commonly exploit labor in the country.
    • Hefelumpman, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2The US is a big market for China, but it certainly isn't the only market.
      • Railz, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1Actually...European countries can rely on the German industry for keep them afloat as far as electronics and mechanical is concerned. Only thing the EU primarily imports from China is Textile, whereas America imports Electronics, Metals, Textile, Chemicals, etc. Also Canada imports a lot of the finished products from us which we set up to get from China.
  • dycc07, on 04/12/2008, -6/+15FREE AMERICA!
  • Nhmarine, on 04/12/2008, -6/+3Not only does it indicate a hypocrisy, and almost unavoidable one at that, but it indicates that 1. China is overtaking us as the world's superpower through economic means (duh) and 2. There isn't ***** we can do about it, we thrive on the manufactured goodies that flows out of their land and 3. Protesting the chinese governmental methods is quite pointless as you are inadvertently supporting them (remember that "if you buy this crap you support terrorism" commercial? same idea) at every quickie mart and convenience store. "Hey Apu, do you have anything that doesn't support those commie bastards over in china?" "Yes, Homer, our Playboys are made in America."
  • StaticThunder, on 04/12/2008, -2/+9Are the protesters responsible for undercutting American manufacturing with slave labor? Is that their fault? Because otherwise I don't see the hypocrisy.
  • gabrielg01, on 04/12/2008, -5/+33There is no hypocrisy here. Just because a bunch of things are made in China, it does not mean that we should allow them to walk over human rights.
    • nationalist, on 04/13/2008, -1/+3ya but this is digg
    • RobotLeAwesome, on 04/13/2008, -6/+0well, with that line of thinking - why boycott the ***** Olympics? They also have nothing to do with Tibet.
      • gincarnated, on 04/13/2008, -0/+5Because the Olympics should never have been awarded to China and a large scale boycott would have a larger impact on public perception than any boycott of comsumer goods. The Olympics are the most viewed event in the world and a boycott would be extrememly embarassing to China. Deservedly so.
    • gonegirlgone, on 04/13/2008, -2/+1um, don't you think that buying things from china that are made extremely inexpensively (see also: SWEATSHOPS) so that we can save a few bucks has anything to do with human rights?
      • ravage86, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2It's a separate issue that needs to be addressed. Sending our money to other countries leaves less money in America for us.
    • wpyh, on 04/13/2008, -3/+1Who are you to allow / disallow another sovereign government to do something?
      • ChristianMagic, on 04/13/2008, -0/+4Look up Apartheid South Africa. Are you saying that the nations of the world had no right to hold the sanctions which brought down the regime?
    • ChristianMagic, on 04/13/2008, -0/+5Honestly, I'm tired of people (especially on digg) chastising people for doing things such as protesting for reasons such as these. Who cares if a protester doesn't even know where Tibet is, however ignorant they are, they're showing human compassion by spending their time because they heard about other people suffering, however far away. This is the opposite of all the lazy ***** on digg who constantly do nothing more than simply read and digg an article about how terrible the state of the world is.
    • transitive, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2I don't think its in the best interest of anyone to try and make an enemy of China. the best way for them to improve their human rights conduct is by participating MORE in the international community, not less. if we criticize them for trying to participate (by hosting the olympics) then we discourage them from joining the nations of the world and bringing up their own human rights standards. these protests are counter productive and hypocritical.
    • Mihey, on 04/13/2008, -0/+2Hello? Child and slave labor is what makes those goods that you buy from China. By buying those goods that were made by tiny hands working for 16 hours a day for a single bite you essentially are allowing the capitalism to continue trampling basic human rights.
    • bernlin2000, on 04/13/2008, -0/+1If you buy products from china you do, in at least one way, support china. So to turn around and fight for Tibet is very hypocritical, because you are financially supporting the very thing you're "fighting" against
  • CaptainJapan, on 04/12/2008, -2/+48This year when nobody watches the olympics, people can tell themselves that they are boycotting China, as opposed to the last few olympic games, when people didn't watch because they just didn't give a *****.

    Does it count as a boycott if you were going to ignore it anyway?
    • Andyl194, on 04/13/2008, -2/+4I know I'll be watching this year...
    • synystar, on 04/13/2008, -0/+4Nobody watches the Olympics? Damn. I'm an idiot.
    • RobotLeAwesome, on 04/13/2008, -2/+5I'll be watching it on 5 ***** TV's at once because of the idiots boycotting it.
      • KyleGoetz, on 04/13/2008, -0/+7Haha. For every Olympic game you don't watch, I'm going to watch three. Friggin Maddox.
    • X9001, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1Technically...
    • sfacets, on 04/13/2008, -1/+1The seats are still going to be full. Ads are still going to be aired. Boycotting the Olympics will accomplish nothing.
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