Reply #90: No I didn't make that claim. That is a fact. [View All]

What BD did was single Apple out to imply that they're the only computer maker doing this, or that if they are going to use cheap Chinese labor, to at least lower their prices to match the other cheap computers.

To which I ask, is it ok with you that near slave labor is used, as long as the other PC makers offer their wares for cheap?

Did I call you stupid? If I did, then I apologize. EDIT: I did not call you stupid. I asked if you were Karl Pilkington... a comedian who uses obfuscation and dense stubbornness as his schtick. I seriously doubt he's stupid, despite Ricky always saying he is. However, you did not get my initial question, or your are smart enough to deliberately deflect it into a distracting aside which I made no mention of. I know Apples are made in China. I also know that cheaper computers are made there too. You made an argument as to anybody being an idiot or a sucker (which may also be against the rules) if we pay that much for them... In other words, slave labor is just fine as long as your not a sucker on price/performance. A girl getting raped over a $600 iPad is a human rights violation. A girl getting raped, building a $350 netbook is just smart shopping. It's the hypocrisy that Apple is singled out as a China bad guy, and nobody else is, nor should they be, because they offer cheaper computers.

The defensiveness isn't about you pointing anything out, it's about you bullying your POV into us incessantly and you never shut the fuck up about it. Coupled with a smug sense of superiority, and a condescension that would make the Church Lady blush, you should at least be aware enough to see why we get hostile.