Is It Moral To Wear Abercrombie & Fitch?

[Fidei Defensor]

Well?

[CatherineM]

Are their sweat shops any different than anyone else's sweat shops?

[fides quarens intellectum]

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1587584' date='Jun 30 2008, 09:44 PM']Are their sweat shops any different than anyone else's sweat shops?[/quote]

Some consider their marketing to be soft-core porn.

[Veridicus]

I am not sure it matters. Americans are such hypocrites about all of these things. We won't allow sweatshops here but we don't mind buying from companies that employ them elsewhere. We don't want to drill for oil in ANWAR because of the ecological impact it may have...but we don't mind letting other countries destroy their own environments so we can buy their oil. It's all part of the same problem: we are hypocritical between our local and our global policies.

Sorry for the rant...it can be ignored.

Edited July 1, 2008 by Veridicus

[Socrates]

Buying clothes invariably supports evil.
I'm going nudist.

[Veridicus]

[quote name='Socrates' post='1587625' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:05 PM']Buying clothes invariably supports evil.
I'm going nudist.[/quote]

It's the only morally viable option. Unless of course we could talk God into marketing those fig leaves he's keen on fashioning...

[fides quarens intellectum]

[quote name='Veridicus' post='1587630' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:06 PM']It's the only morally viable option. Unless of course we could talk God into marketing those fig leaves he's keen on fashioning...[/quote]


we could follow Gandhi's lead and spin our own clothes, eh?

[catholicinsd]

[quote name='Veridicus' post='1587622' date='Jun 30 2008, 11:03 PM']Alaska and other countries destroy their own[/quote]

Alaska's not a country.

[homeschoolmom]

It can be read either way.

[Veridicus]

[quote name='fides quarens intellectum' post='1587634' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:08 PM']we could follow Gandhi's lead and spin our own clothes, eh?[/quote]

I just figured if we did it ourselves or had God do it then we woudln't have to deal with the scandal of someone else being manipulated and enslaved for them.

[Veridicus]

[quote name='catholicinsd' post='1587637' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:09 PM']Alaska's not a country.[/quote]

WOW...did NOT mean to type that...should have re-read that post before I submitted...I look like a complete Tool...I'm changing it...please delete your post...

[fides quarens intellectum]

[quote name='Veridicus' post='1587666' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:21 PM']WOW...did NOT mean to type that...should have re-read that post before I submitted...I look like a complete Tool...I'm changing it...please delete your post... [/quote]


i wouldn't worry about it - we all know you know that Alaska's not a country; i didn't really even notice, but then i am carrying on a few conversations. You don't look like a tool.

[Veridicus]

[quote name='fides quarens intellectum' post='1587673' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:25 PM']i wouldn't worry about it - we all know you know that Alaska's not a country; i didn't really even notice, but then i am carrying on a few conversations. You don't look like a tool.[/quote]

Thanks I do own a shirt that says Tool though, as in the progressive rock band. For some reason people always think it says "Todd" since that's my name...but the third letter is definitely an 'o.' Well that was kind of off topic. But thanks fides...I still kinda feel like one though..."Alaska and other countries"...wow...

Edited July 1, 2008 by Veridicus

[fides quarens intellectum]

[quote name='Veridicus' post='1587682' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:28 PM']Thanks I do own a shirt that says Tool though, as in the progressive rock band. For some reason people always think it says "Todd" since that's my name...but the third letter is definitely an 'o.' Well that was kind of off topic, but thanks anyway...I still kinda feel like one though..."Alaska and other countries"...wow...[/quote]



i used to love Tool. Did you hear the lead singer converted to Christianity?

sorry, A&F.

[Veridicus]

[quote name='fides quarens intellectum' post='1587684' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:30 PM']

i used to love Tool. Did you hear the lead singer converted to Christianity?

sorry, A&F.[/quote]

There was an April geniuses Day hoax about his conversion back in 2005...it amounted to that alone, though: a hoax. I would say the lyrical composition of Tool's latest album suggests he is more on the side of theism than he used to be...although I would say its more of a new-age, embrace the eternal consciousness, almost hindu weirdness more than Christianity. I'm still praying for the guy!

[rkwright]

haha I put in the tool CD today in my car... good CD!

[lilac_angel]

[quote name='fides quarens intellectum' post='1587684' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:30 PM']

i used to love Tool. Did you hear the lead singer converted to Christianity?[/quote]

No waaaay!

Edit: Oh crud, nevermind.

Edited July 1, 2008 by lilac_angel

[CatherineM]

Most clothing companies use soft core to peddle their wares. I sew my own clothes to avoid the whole issue. No one wants to see me go nudist.

[Veridicus]

[quote name='rkwright' post='1587718' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:47 PM']haha I put in the tool CD today in my car... good CD![/quote]

They are pretty much my favorite band...but some of their stuff is pretty dark lyrically so I'm not sure I should be exposing myself to it. I do have a formed, adult moral conscience so I think I'm okay. Anyway...off topic...I should start a new topic about Tool...

[Veridicus]

[quote name='CatherineM' post='1587723' date='Jun 30 2008, 10:48 PM']...I sew my own clothes to avoid the whole issue. No one wants to see me go nudist.[/quote]

I have an even more profound respect for you now (because of the former statement)..I am personally too lazy to go that route.