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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:09 AM Original message |
It is treason to buy and sell new foreign made goods? |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. No |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. sigh. no. it's hard to imagine a more ludicrous application of the word treason. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I do mean in the wider sense, not in an overthrow of the government sense. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ridiculous OP |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Defined. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You should stop. You're making a fool out of yourself. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Let's stick with the relevant definition of treason - |
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ashling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Your use of the word would countenance |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. It is worth thinking about |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Fortunately |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. My apologies if I came down on you too hard |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. You make a very good point |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. Buying foreign isn't treason, it's just economic suicide. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. trade isn' the problem. countries have had trade industries as long as there have been countries. |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Trade deals don't force people to spend their money on imports. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. no, they don't. in the old days, you'd have tariffs on those toyotas. |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. It's still foreign corporations wielding too much influence,controlling too much of the US economy. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. No, it's conspicuous overconsumption, but not treason. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. I don't know about treason but unconscionable maybe |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. Would you call it 'treason' to buy foreign oil? Over half the oil sold in the US is |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Unpatriotic |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. No , it isn't. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. No, but it is RIDICULOUS to put a "SOLIDARITY!" bumper sticker on a Prius! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. Bizarre. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Oh, it's no more "bizarre" than DU's (several!) Toyota-drivin' "Labor leaders" |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
16. "Bottom of the economic ladder"? |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. A point well stated and well taken. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. OMG! I think I've committed partial treason!! |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. No. What a ridiculous idea. NT |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why stop there? Why not only buy things made in your state? |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I work pretty hard at it. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. If you had a choice of buying a product made by slaves in the US vs a product made by a fair trade |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I'm not quite sure I understand your question. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Ok, then lets run with the garden hoe handle example. |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-02-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Interesting hypothetical |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's not treason |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. The US Government is supposed to buy made in American |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. "I wouldn't mind if we brought a few big time buyers up on charges" |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Boi-oi-oi-oi-oi-oing! |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. Of course not. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. No, people outside of the US are just as deserving of work. They are equal human beings to us, you |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-01-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. I guess I'd look up the word treason before posting something like this... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
43. In my own mind I think it's treasonous for a US company to close down a |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
44. If that were true, there would be a growth industry in handcuffs and prisons. |
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