Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong

Re:Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong by HPsquared on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @06:43AM (#42947161)

I don't get all the hubbub about the nets. Classic example of trying to do something good (save lives) and getting attacked for it.

Compare to barriers around train/subway platforms, nets or high barriers on bridges. All sorts of things. It's pretty much a "large number of people living around tall structures" thing.

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Re:Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong by ben_w on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @07:08AM (#42947375)

When I'm feeling positive about humanity, I think it's a failure of comprehension of the scale of Foxconn. The company is about the size (both population and economic output) of a small country all by itself, and people are bad at imagining things on that scale.

When I'm feeling negative, a Tom Gauld cartoon comes to mind: https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/2xljaz/us_vs_them/

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