Re:Below Deck: Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruis...
by SamReidHughes on Saturday February 11, 2017 @02:51PM
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They're clearly people who had choices in life.
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Re:Below Deck: Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruis...
by chillwaves on Saturday February 11, 2017 @03:33PM
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That categorization encompasses what.. 98% of everyone?
Your bar for sympathy may be a bit high.
Re:Below Deck: Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruis...
by SamReidHughes on Monday February 13, 2017 @04:39AM
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Well it's certainly not going to include people that have $13/hr jobs in America.
Re:Below Deck: Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruis...
by hnbroseph on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:22PM
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well, they presumably weren't born into slavery only to be worked brutally hard then tortured and murdered by a slave owner, so i guess they're worthy of a sneer or two.
Re:Below Deck: Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruis...
by SamReidHughes on Saturday February 11, 2017 @05:49PM
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I'm not sneering at them. I'm objecting to the categorization of them as a victim being exploited. They're doing useful work and getting paid for it.
Re:Below Deck: Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruis...
by hnbroseph on Saturday February 11, 2017 @06:04PM
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you haven't established how that is necessarily not-exploitation.
Re:Below Deck: Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruis...
by SamReidHughes on Saturday February 11, 2017 @06:15PM
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Oh it is exploitation. It's not like there's a victim, though. The drivers likewise exploit Google's insufferable desire for street photography in exchange for cash.