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Off Topic » in reply to you had it right in the beginning with that "*sigh*"

It's all a matter of interpretation.

You could say those companies offering low wage jobs to third world workers are giving them an opportunity to pull themselves out of abject poverty.

Then again, you could say that the employers are taking advantage of the desperation of these unfortunate people in order to exploit them for the sake of a pure profit.

I guess the only people who are really qualified to answer that are the people who actually work in those enterprises.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/14/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse-aftermath

The tally stands at 1,127 dead and 2,438 rescued alive. But [army Capt. Ibrahim] Islam is the first to admit that only God knows exactly how many occupants were inside the building when it came tumbling down April 24.

"We never were able to get a full accounting from the factory owners," Islam said, referring to the five garment factories housed in the building.

At least 98 people are still missing.

Another 59 bodies are at a morgue, waiting to be identified through DNA tests.

More than 230 bodies are unclaimed, prompting a civics group to bury them in a Dhaka cemetery.

And what of the three severed heads and four unattached limbs that are listed in red ink on the board?

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