[Cadre]

I argue day in, day out with a fellow in my literature class. He's very much so a conservative democratic. You see, we were discussing poverty/third-world/countries and their working conditions.

We got into the topic of child labour, and sweat shops. He was trying to convince me that it's good that Disney CORP funds numerous sweat shops in rural Haiti because there is nowhere else for these people to work (and that is better than being a bum on the street).

I kept arguing " You're wrong, simply because there are sub-standard working conditions and a severe lack of employment opportunities, does not mean one should have to work under tyrannous owners and in cruel conditions. It's like saying that I should compromise my goals in life because they seem hard to reach. I refuse to ever be satisfied by sub-standard working conditions. They can be so much better."

Am I wrong, or can this guy not see the light.