[PEN-L:7677] Re: My New Chair Was Built by Child Labor

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Amish are protected by religious freedom doctrine.  If you mess with
their child labor practices via federal civil rights or labor laws, NATO may
bomb New York for ethnic cleansing, and you and I would become refugees,
that is if we are not caught on the Geaorge Washington Bridge, a perfect
military target.  Let just leave well enough alone.
BTW, where I get one? ;o)  Did he collect sales tax?

Henry C.K. Liu

Peter Dorman wrote:

> I swear I didn't know it at the time.  I heard that an Amish guy in
> central NY State made fantastic rockers for a low price (a little over
> $100).  So I ordered a chair to be picked up in several months, my head
> filled with thoughts about supporting cultural diversity as well as the
> happy moments I would have reading in my new chair.
>
> When I got there, the chair-maker was behind the cash register, and
> behind him were a gaggle of kids, mostly pre-teen, operating woodworking
> equipment.  And, yes, the chair was beautiful to look at, comfortable to
> sit in, and very, very cheap....
>
> Peter