Global Warning and Other "Wordly" Desires

I’m almost done reading “No Logo.” It’s not exactly the most exciting book I’ve ever read, but it opens up your eyes to issues in the world you’ve always known have been a problem in the back of your head, but have never bothered to care for until well, you’ve read this book.  For example, Third World labor practices that America’s biggest and most successful companies employ when they outsource manufacturing of their products to these nations.  I'm literally thisclose to tossing my current pair of really comfortable and reliable Nike running shoes, regardless of the fact that they still have several months of wear left in them to go and purchase a pair of New Balances instead just to fully back up what this book is saying...

When I get angry and start to feel guilty and embarrassed about a certain needy, immature, and insecure person that spends the day at work ratting on me and nitpicking about how I didn’t invite him/her to my tattoo session with me (even though he/she totally disagrees with tattoos in general) or that I’m excluding him/her from my lunch plans that I have with a totally unrelated set of friends that him/her does not know (or even like for that matter), I now remember there are people in Honduras and Indonesia who refuse to even take a break to go to the bathroom at work and decide to pee in a plastic bag under their workstation for fear of the fact that their supervisor might rape them. Or that a 14 year old has to work three 24-hour shifts in a row for the holiday rush so that product supply can get exported and shipped to the US in time for Christmas season so Phil Knight of Nike can get his New Year’s bonus and notoriety, while the 14 year old worker only makes $2.50 for all three shifts, it really puts a different perspective on things for me.

Thank you to the individual who opened my eyes up to this book and the nature of the type of world in which we live.