[PEN-L:7686] Re: Re: My New Chair Was Built by Child Labor

[Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol@xxxxxxx>]

At 11:14 PM 6/3/99 -0400, you wrote:
>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....


So what is wrong with children learning how to make objects of real use
value to other people -- instead of being addicted to tee-ve and virtual
video-crap, or indoctrinated in school to be a robot in the corporate
hierarchy or perhaps a spin doctor telling other people what to think?

The liberal logic is truly mysterious.

wojtek