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To: Ilaine who wrote (2362)	10/5/2006 4:40:21 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

Short answer - I would probably not buy the product. For those with more patience - The long answer - I would probably not buy the product in that case but even then its not like all other issues are totally removed. I'd consider how important the product was, how able I was to find the product or a substitute from another source, and what the likely effect would be if the demand for the slave produced product went down. I imagine after considering all of those things I would be likely to not by the product, but there are some products that I couldn't reasonable stop using right away. As for the effect, well in a world where slave labor is generally not accepted, not buying the product will probably contribute to an existing discouragement of slave labor. In a world transitioning to non acceptance of slave labor the effect of the boycott would also be somewhat likely to be positive. In a world where slaver was firmly accepted than the positive effect might be nil, that wouldn't stop me by itself but if I thought that the slaves would be abused or killed because of a decline in profits I'd have to reconsider boycotting the product. Now we aren't in such a world, but the who question is a hypothetical so I gave responses for different possible situations.