[Jewelry making - Article 00365] - Re: [Orchid] India among lowest cost producers of jewelry

[Teresa Masters]

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    I do not recognize the country I live in from the posts Ron and
    Gerry are circulating. 

    The minimum wage in the UK, if I calculate dollar to dollar is
    greater in the UK. 

    Umesh, I find your posts open and enlightening. I find your calling
    "Mr. Gentleman" is delicate rather than fitting. 

    My 30 year work career took me all around the world, definitely not
    only into "tourist" areas. Over my years on Orchid, I have had to
    clarify some misinterpretations. It is far too easy to throw out
    expressions, child labor, forced labor, desperate work conditions,
    to name a few. 

    Boycotts have been encouraged with no thought whatsoever of what
    would then happen to the miner and his family. 

    Our culture has always been an amalgam of many cultures. For the
    most part, we as most humans around the world are decent hard working
    individuals. It is very easy to blame others when tides turn a bit. 

    We are not turned out to pasture when reaching a certain age, there
    are opportunities for the taking, yes even a Greeter at WalMart. 

    Produce is imported giving us out of season choices. Farmers Markets
    abound in many communities where loyalty to a local farmer brings
    wonderful and often organic choices. 

    I refuse to allow my country to be painted with a black brush. Why
    are so many so willing to do so? This is still a country offering
    great opportunity to all, we do not need to be born into a certain
    level to achieve. Just need to work a bit at what is out there
    education wise. 

    The rest of the world does not have to follow our path, most
    cultures are far older than ours. Of course there is bad out there,
    there is bad here too. 

    Charlatans, thieves, liars, they are there from biblical times, we
    just know far more courtesy of the media. No one has a lock on them. 

    Look for the good around us, here in the US, and out there
    everywhere. Please, be kind. 

Terrie

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