[mburbank]

I stopped shopping at A&F when they started their whole 'Branding' bullshit. I think anyone who wears their product should carry a sign that says "I'm marginally less of a moron than people wearing Tommy Hilfiger crap."

The collective argument tha businesses should be allowed to do whatever they want is A.) Not what our current laws allow for, and I'm always amazed by how little reggard for and knowledge of law is held by so many upstanding patriots

and B.) Dangerous. Unfettered business would grind you up for dogfood if their was a profit margin in it. You may object to speciffic regulation, or the scope of regulation, but keep in mind the unregulated business produces child labor, forced labor, the manipulation and addition of physically addictive ingredients, carcinognes in your backyard etc. etc. etc.

How many of you think your boss is really great person who has a healthy respect for you as an individual and wants to work with you for the betterment of your company? If your hand is up (and by the way, mine is) you're damn lucky.

Now how many of you think your boss would get you to work unpaid overtime if he thought he could get away with it?