Message #40680

[Jitendra Hydonus]

I actually look at where something was made before I buy it. If clothes are made in India or other nations other than China I am much more interested in buying them. There are somethings though that are laughable, for instance glasses. I have joked with people at stores and told them that if the Chinese invaded us we would lose because no glasses i have found in stores are made anywhere but China. This means we wouldn’t be able to see to fight a war. They simply would stop sending glasses 🤓 to us so we couldn’t aim anything correctly.

I also refuse to use any plastic bags because there are areas in the Pacific 2x the size of Texas filled with plastic. That plastic drifts towards the beaches of Southeast Asia. i simply do not want the karma of polluting other nations beaches and feel we should be considerate of other people's values as much as possible: you and Eric included. That is why i think for instance that people have a right to make their own decisions on vaccinations. I was kicked out of the house I was living in because I simply said I will not use plastic bags to carry the landlords' groceries. She can accrue her own karma; just don't enforce someone else's values on me. I was let back in as a practical matter to remove snow in the winter but still will not use plastic bags to help others because in fact they help no one. Fortunately, there are some states that are more conscious about the problems and California has laws outlawing plastic bags.