I don't believe that you are out of line at all. As I said, I support the idea of Fair Trade, and would never personally pay someone substantially less for something than I thought it was worth. In other words, I agree with the principle. However all the talk of enforcing minimum wages across Africa and the third world is, I believe, overly simplistic economics, and pie in the sky.
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I did not take any part in organising the abysmal state of the UK economy, and have never voted for the political parties who have - so why should the state of the UK economy in any way relate to my ability to weigh up a situation in another country ?
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I didn't say it did. It has nothing to do with ability, it is the fact that you are a British citizen (whether you like it or not) criticising other countries for their human rights and labour laws, and even telling them what policies they must adopt. Obviously you are free to say what you like, but they won't thank you for it
I will avoid talking about the race thing - as I said, I can't for the life of me understand how and why it ever entered into the conversation in the first place. In fact, your example of mixed race people (or "dual heritage" as they are now known) simple endorses my point that it is meaningless to talk abour race and it should have no place in civilised conversation.