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Comment Re:Interesting headline change (Score 1) 218

You are right, the article is not so logical. They are just trying to do more for the Chinese workers, by attacking or actually praying to the most profit company in United States and in the world. I think it as pray instead of attack, because the Apple can just ignore these requests without losing anything. Indead, most readers believe it is not Apple's reposiblility, and Apple has already be the best one. PRC goverment should do more, but there is no way to argue with them, as everyone knows. On the other hand, we can not just push all the trouble to the other half of the earth and assuming it does not exist, just as we can not believe Slavery is the problem of southern slave states one century ago. The problem could never be solved this way. One direct result is that, the United States will lose manufacturing very quickly, because there is not way to compete with this sweet factory. Yes, iphone is designed in United States, and the United States are and should be proud of that. But, do you really believe, some day, every one in Untied States is a designer?
Republicans

Republicans Create Rider To Stop Net Neutrality 528

99BottlesOfBeerInMyF writes "Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) submitted a rider yesterday to a bill on military and veterans' construction projects. The rider would, 'prohibit the FCC from using any appropriated funds to adopt, implement or otherwise litigate any network neutrality based rules, protocols or standards.' It is co-signed by six other Republican senators. We all knew this was coming after the last election removed most of the vocal supporters of net neutrality and supplanted them with pro-corporate Republicans."
Television

South Korean Cartoonists Cry Foul Over Edgy Simpsons Intro 299

theodp writes "When asked to animate a dark commentary about labor practices in Asia's cartoon industry — the edgy title sequence for the Simpsons' episode 'MoneyBART' — staff from the South Korean production company Akom raised a rare protest. Even after being toned down, the sequence created by British graffiti artist Banksy depicted a dungeon-like complex where droning Asian animators worked in sweatshops, rats scurried around with human bones, kittens were spliced up into Bart Simpson dolls, and a gaunt unicorn punched holes into DVDs. The satire, Akom founder and president Nelson Shin argued, gave the impression that Asian artists slave away in subpar sweatshops when they actually animate much of The Simpsons every week in high-tech workshops in downtown Seoul. Still, South Korean animators make one-third the salaries of their American counterparts, and Shin declined to comment on the full extent of the work his company has outsourced to SEK, a state-run animation studio of North Korea. Some argue that the Banksy sequence's gray and forlorn atmosphere more accurately depicts the sweatshop-like conditions in North Korea."

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