tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551819359399060981.post1277268911952053810..comments2012-04-24T03:00:48.493-07:00Comments on JOHN'S BLOG: I'm sorry, but it does matter where the poppies are made.JohnAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803764711880523202noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1551819359399060981.post-7681732863101265602012-04-24T03:00:48.493-07:002012-04-24T03:00:48.493-07:00Not quite sure that your argument stacks up there....Not quite sure that your argument stacks up there...<br /><br />While it's true that your examples of purchasing the poppies from China and making them here in New Zealand exist on some sort of continuum; it's not true that your North Korean example sits anywhere on that continuum.<br /><br />I hope that most people wouldn't consider purchasing poppies from a supplier to be immoral solely due to that supplier being located in China. On the other hand, hopefully everyone thinks it's immoral to purchase them from a supplier that uses slave labour (be they in North Korea or anywhere else).<br /><br />Having established that, the decision about where on the China-Christchurch continuum to locate production surely comes down to the purpose of the poppies in the first place. If you think they're principally about some sort of national pride, then surely it's best that they be made in New Zealand. If you think they're all about fundraising, then it's certainly better that they be made in China. <br /><br />Or if, like me, you think they're about remembrance and respect for both the dead and those who remain, then it probably doesn't matter too much. In an ideal world the RSA would chose to do a bit of social good by making them here, but their decision to buy them from China instead doesn't stop me buying one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com