Comments on: Addendum to the Russell Debate

By: nike urbanism duk

nike urbanism duk — Fri, 15 May 2009 22:23:38 +0000

That is it ! If the ASUO continues its current path the executives are both liable to end up with skull and swoosh bones t shirts being presented to them at a future meeting. You have been warned. Stop resisting. Drink the Stepup Koolaid !

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:46:05 +0000

Depends what crime. Tax fraud? Nope. Using slave labor? Yeah.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:18:44 +0000

But of course this leads me to wonder, if Russell were convicted of a crime, would you support a decision to suspend their contract?

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:36:10 +0000

To all of you interested in this topic of multinational corporations and the economics behind it, the U of O actually offers a Multinational Corporation Economics class about once a year. I took it and can vouch that after many hours of reading and homework that the workers involved on the “unfair” side actually are better off. In addition, because of multinational involvement, it’s been shown that child labor actually drops because families that have no qualms about making their children work can now afford to keep their kids from working.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:11:05 +0000

“…Russel hasn’t been convicted of any crime except that of being unsavory to affluent Western liberals.”

That’s a crime in Eugene. Russel is guilty.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:32:23 +0000

I don’t think it’s imperialist to argue that companies doing business in foreign countries should have to follow – and more importantly, respect – the laws of those countries.

Well, sure. But this gets back to my original point — namely that Russel hasn’t actually been convicted, as far as I know, of breaking any laws in Honduras. Regardless of how many times repeat the WRC talking points, Russel hasn’t been convicted of any crime except that of being unsavory to affluent Western liberals.

By: Gsim

Gsim — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:17:47 +0000

I do.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:46:54 +0000

I don’t personally hate globalization.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:37:14 +0000

Or if you’re some fucking hippie who doesn’t know the first goddamned thing about development economics but sure as hell hates “globalization”.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:20:45 +0000

I guess the basic point is just to suggest that the right to use the University’s intellectual property is a privilege, not a right; and it is not unreasonable to advocate conditions on that privilege, if you care about the integrity of that trademark and the institution it represents.