Disconnected students in SF

Student demonstrators against the NMI’s apparel industry in the US mainland are not only completely disconnected with the issues at hand, but are also ignorant of factual information about progressive strides taken jointly by the local government and the industry to ascertain that employee rights and safety are upheld.

They don’t even know the geographical location of the NMI, but it is a way to make fast bucks, ignorant and oblivious to the destructive cause they are being paid for. Adding fuel to fire are the liberal detractors of the NMI in the US Congress who mislead these students by feeding them half-facts.

Then there’s the misguided and misplaced compassion of human rights activists who, in concert with the textile labor unions and detractors on both Capitol Hill and Pennsylvania avenue, have cleverly used their new found arsenal of vocabulary, i.e., abuse, sweatshops, violations, slavery, etc. to attract media attention. Nice try but let’s take a more sensible review of your misguided cause.

If the welfare of workers really matter to you (versus real sweatshop conditions of blatant violations and abuses of workers between Manhattan and Los Angeles), you would have taken the time to research the negative fodder you’ve blindly swallowed, including a fair review of the positive aspects of workers’ fate during their term, their return home with more than $10,000 in savings to build a new life for themselves and their desire to return to work, once more, in this laboratory of democracy.

We have given these workers a taste of democracy most of whom initially found themselves with dropped jaws upon learning that they can keep their hard-earned income to themselves. Upon expiration of their contracts, they return home to build new houses for their families, engage in entrepreneurial development, then turn them over to trained family members; and seek for another employment opportunity in the NMI’s apparel industry.

In more ways than one, we’ve uplifted their economic lot and have, in the process, turned them into new representatives of democracy. These are our quiet ambassadors of democratic freedom and opportunities that are not necessarily found in their home country. Regrettably, these are salient issues that human rights activists find too difficult to comprehend.

Now, if you still feel otherwise, then the next question is: if you can’t positively make a difference in rectifying human rights violations between Manhattan and Los Angeles, perhaps it is high time that you begin working around your own backyards so to clean out filth that you’ve conveniently neglected for years. In other words, do not accuse the NMI of a bad mouth odor when you haven’t brushed your teeth for years either. Better yet, why don’t we compare factual notes on human rights violations between the NMI and the US mainland? This should be a very humbling experience for all our detractors. It would definitely demonstrate the obvious disconnect between real and virtual facts. Si Yuus Maase`!