Deja Q
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Sat Feb-11-06 09:59 PM
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My new FIFTY DOLLAR LEATHER GLOVES were made in India. |
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I bet $10 the leather came from a cow.
Seems apropos.
Do you agree or disagree?
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ThomWV
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:00 PM
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1. At A Production Cost of $0.06 American |
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Think about that for a minute .....
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Deja Q
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:02 PM
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3. That crossed and passed my mind a long time ago... |
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I'm more concerned about how their religion is being treated. And, last I recall, the Indians of India consider cows to be sacred.
Not very much, I should expect.
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:09 PM
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11. a little more than that... the price for leather gloves in the UAE |
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would be about 15-20 AED or about $3-6.
The wholesale cost would be about 1/2 that. Also, the higher quality stuff comes from Pakistan, not India.
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:01 PM
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2. If they aren't kidskin and you paid fifty bucks I wonder if you got |
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screwed. I have not priced kidskin gloves in a long time though.
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Deja Q
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:03 PM
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4. Got them at an upperclass chain store. Marshall Fields. |
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Still, I know that even Armani now goes offshore to have goods made (yet the prices haven't gone down.)
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:05 PM
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7. I thought Marshall Fields was history. n/t |
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:07 PM
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10. Good if they are; but I still have one open 30 miles away. |
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Maybe they'll close soon too.
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:10 PM
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14. Just a name change (Macy's????). Looked at the price of gloves |
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on the net. Good thing I never need them anymore, they have gone up. I wear gloves maybe once every five years if I travel up North in the Winter. I have a lifetime supply and then some.
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:18 PM
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15. They make gloves out of kids? sick sick people |
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:20 PM
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17. 'kid' is a technical term for a goat's offspring. |
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:04 PM
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5. They kill cows in India??? |
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I thought cows are considered sacred in India... :wtf:
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Deja Q
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:07 PM
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9. Since when do corporations work within rules and laws? |
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NEVER
So, I do not joke when I fathom they are made from mooing milk machines.
The real cows are the Indians themselves for allowing themselves to be cheated and ill-treated like this.
Still, it's just business. Who DOESN'T bend over for the right price? :think:
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:10 PM
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Nothing is sacred to them, nothing... well except the almighty $$$$.
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Deja Q
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:19 PM
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16. And when America converts to another currency, then we must worry. |
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Corporate 'leaders' already have, often insulting the dollar as they do so (so the next time such filth claim to be altruistic or patriotic, tell them to take a long walk off a short plank in the middle of the Pacific Ocean...)
And why convert at all, unless they themselves think they have a future and can spare the hell that's about to be bestowed upon the rest of us? :think: I say they're going to abandon America entirely; and then do something that redefines "horrific". :cry:
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:05 PM
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6. And poisoned a lot of people. |
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I've read that the leather tanning industry in India is responsible for massive-scale poisoning of the water, the land, and the people there.
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Deja Q
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:09 PM
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12. Well, when you put cows over water... |
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One gets shit on; the other just gets treated like shit.
Besides, I think we're all beyond recrimination at this point anyway. Too many news articles about too many crises.
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Sat Feb-11-06 11:16 PM
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20. Actually, I wasn't referring to cows. |
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I was referring to the chemical pollution resulting from the tanning process itself. Nor was I attempting to engage in "recrimination" of any sort, just making an observation.
In any case, the problem is one that is being managed with some early signs of success:
http://www.unido.org/doc/3638
http://www.elaw.org/resources/text.asp?id=159
http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/in1/wwwhspnovdec0515.html
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:06 PM
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8. I eat Indian beef all the time |
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Seriously... only a % of people stick to the cow ban... or the vegetarian thing.
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Sat Feb-11-06 10:47 PM
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18. ya it came from a cow |
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i won`t buy any leather goods from overseas-native american or canadian leather goods for me.
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Sat Feb-11-06 11:15 PM
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19. Wasn't there a rebellion against the English |
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Because they insisted that native troops reload their muskets by biting off the cartridge of the ammo which was greased with pig and cattle fat - one would be forbidden to Muslims and one to Hindus.
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