Blame the Victim!

Damocles

Damocles

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/27/china.toys.reut/index.html

China blames U.S. for toy scares

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- China hit back on Monday after Mattel's massive toy recall, saying designers and importers should also take responsibility for product safety, but promised to punish its own manufacturers who flout standards.

The world's largest toymaker recalled more than 18 million Chinese-made toys this month because of hazards from small magnets that can cause injury if swallowed, just two weeks after it recalled 1.5 million toys due to fears over lead paint.

"I myself looked at some of the samples of these problematic toys, and I found that there is a serious problem with the design. The design is seriously defective," Li Changjiang, head of China's General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, told a news conference.

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I'm reasonably certain a design that didn't include lead paint, as it is outlawed worldwide, did not include lead-based paint....

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Damocles said:
"China blames U.S. for toy scares

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- China hit back on Monday after Mattel's massive toy recall, saying designers and importers should also take responsibility for product safety, but promised to punish its own manufacturers who flout standards. ..."

I'm reasonably certain a design that didn't include lead paint, as it is outlawed worldwide, did not include lead-based paint....

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Uh -- standards? What standards? I quit buying Chinese-produced goods years ago, as much as possible, because I personally found too many of those products not only vastly substandard quality but downright dangerous.

Oh, wait, it's the US importers' faults! Because ... ???
 
uscitizen said:
baselevel it it the fault of the US comsumer for buying the stuff.
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Yes, but responsible leaders who love the people should inform them of the long term effects of such shortsighted thinking, instead of A.) Misleading them into thinking there is no downside or b) deriving glee and a perverse satisfaction from watching the debacle, while concurrently pretending nothing can be done to reverse the trend. You blame the victim.
 
uscitizen said:
It is the individuals responsibility to think for themselves Asshat.
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Individuals put people in charge to help them figure things out. It's sad when those leaders betray that trust, and tell them nothing is wrong with current patterns.
 
AssHatZombie said:
Individuals put people in charge to help them figure things out. It's sad when those leaders betray that trust, and tell them nothing is wrong with current patterns.
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It is even worse when the individuals cannot figure that out.
And keep repeating the mistake.
 
uscitizen said:
It is even worse when the individuals cannot figure that out.
And keep repeating the mistake.
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Individuals become powerless though, after alternatives are gone from the market due to unfair currency manipulation, and a refusal to ban slave goods, acts which occur at a higher level. Don't act like you're an anarchist, when you seem to prefer fascist totalitarianism.
 
AssHatZombie said:
Individuals become powerless though, after alternatives are gone from the market due to unfair currency manipulation, and a refusal to ban slave goods, acts which occur at a higher level. Don't act like you're an anarchist, when you seem to prefer fascist totalitarianism.
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Umm what does that have to do with sucky choices for our leaders ?
 
AssHatZombie said:
THAT has to do with why individual consumers are not solely to blame, as you imply.
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Ohh as i said they are not solely to blame, corps and such were eager to take advantage of the consumers short view and greed.

Same thing in the subprime lending scams.
 
uscitizen said:
Ohh as i said they are not solely to blame, corps and such were eager to take advantage of the consumers short view and greed.

Same thing in the subprime lending scams.
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But let's not forget about our fearless leaders who should be protecting people from destructive corporate predation, and actually have the power to do it. Instead they're using their power to FACILITATE corporate predation.
 
The ONLY duty that the government has to me is to make sure that the products made in other places are safe. As Chinese goods go, right now they are not all safe and most of them are going to our kids. As for chinese goods as a whole, if they are safe then let the market decide. If people don't want Chinese goods they can find alternatives in most cases.
 
Socrtease said:
The ONLY duty that the government has to me is to make sure that the products made in other places are safe. As Chinese goods go, right now they are not all safe and most of them are going to our kids. As for chinese goods as a whole, if they are safe then let the market decide. If people don't want Chinese goods they can find alternatives in most cases.
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I try and find things not made in China, but it is getting harder than you would expect!
 
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