Electronics recycling (Now OT)

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 compoobah at valleyimplants.com wrote:

>     On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 Sellam wrote:
>
>         On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
>              On 10/9/2005 at 1:03 PM Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>
>              Whatever the case, we have enough problems to solve domestically that we
>              shouldn't concern ourselves with what's going on 8,000 miles away.
>
>          ...and neither should we export our problems to far-flung lands. :)
>
>      If they didn't want it, they wouldn't be taking it in at the rate of
>      thousands of tons per day ;)
>
>  and creating toxic dust that blows back to us . . .
>  In the US, companies are liable for cleanup expenses if their contractors dispose of hazardous waste improperly. Do we not have an ethical obligation to ensure that our potentially toxic waste does not harm others, even if they are 8,000 miles away?
>      I may not be able to control what others do, but I have an ethical obligation to not become complicit in evil/wrongdoing.

Which is my point, that we should focus on what WE do HERE first and
foremost, and if we're ethical and honest about it then it won't be a
problem IF it goes over THERE.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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