Originally Posted by churchfcrules (Post 1015193)

debate

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1015207)

GIGO


:p

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1015211)

'Fraid I had to Google it Less :o


Thought you'd say "Windows" -can understand those -you click and they open -miracle!;)

Originally Posted by Less (Post 1015213)

Windows isn't a computer, it just ensures that GIGO runs to form.

Originally Posted by Houseboy (Post 1015130)

Drug use is, or at least can be, dangerous, I've never said otherwise, but so are all the other things in the list I posted. Would you ban alcohol as well, or is that okay because it has become socially acceptable over the years. Alcohol has been guilty of bringing about far more misery over the years than drugs (violence, anti social behaviour and even family poverty and other problems). I don't smoke and never have but I don't go clambering for it to be banned, even before the ban in public places stopped it being rammed down my throat. We cannot go banning things just because we don't personally like them, we just stay away from them (a bit like turning the tv over if you don't like the programme).

Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1015166)

I think the problem is that a lot of people do buy cheap clothes and cheap everything in the consumer-mad world, somehow thinking they have more -but you get what you pay for and tat is tat. 5 cheap and nasty synthetic shirts for the price of one decently made cotton one which will last years if washed properly -I know which I'd choose.

Drugs are also tat -buy yourself a decent bottle of wine and taste it -you don't need to get drunk to appreciate alcohol. A nice bar of proper chocolate is a joy for the senses, as is a bowl of fresh home-made soup...it's down to choice of lifestyle, but here I mean real choice.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1015225)

Most people buy cheap clothes then di, do they, caught a bit of the TV program on Shad last night and one kid had a United shirt on about £40, and if you ever see programs about problem kids living on these estates they all have the latest Nike trainers on and Adidas track suits, wonder how that happens:confused:

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1015247)

Those items may not be cheap to buy John but they are still produced under atrocious conditions.

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And their prevalence is down to peer pressure and slick marketing.

Originally Posted by Houseboy (Post 1015148)

200 people died yesterday in Pakistan, working in a sweat shop producing clothes that were almost certainly bound for the West. There were no fire exits and the windows, apparently, were barred. I don't suppose anyone will be wanting to ban cheap clothes though.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1015250)

The post I was answering was about people buying cheap clothes, not about how cheap they were to make, loads of Kids wear named sports goods, irrespective of it be through peer pressure, that had little to do with the argument

Originally Posted by Houseboy (Post 1015176)

Is that because you say so? If it's the wrong forum why did you ask the question in the first place? I find it strange that someone would start a thread on a forum that was completely wrong for the topic. What a bizarre person you seem to be.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 1015184)

I was once saw a salad.

Although I'm not actually a rabbit.

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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1015154)

Personally I don't buy "cheap" clothing -I was brought up to save and buy the best quality I could afford (my mother's philosophy handed down to her by hers) -I also try to buy home-grown or at least EU products.

Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 1015247)

Those items may not be cheap to buy John but they are still produced under atrocious conditions.

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth (Post 1015261)

Just supposing we stop buying these goods produced under what we agree are atrocious conditions?
The factories go bust, shut down, the children and adults working there have no jobs- so no money at all- so no food- so they starve.
Supposing we pay them decent wages on a par with Europe? The goods won't be cheap any more so companies won't buy them(they might as well make them in the EU and save shipping costs)-same result.

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 1015254)

I think he started this thread to take away the power of the thread I started on the subject which still has well over double the amount of hits as this one. :rolleyes:

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ugs-55943.html