The Real China Syndrome

For decades the human carnage in China hasn't really meant much. Political prisoners bowing respectfully to their executioners, unknowing and unwilling donors of vital organs for the Party proletariat and for those who can pay, missionaries dragged naked through the streets, the hungry and the homeless, the pre-born, the female babies destined for the water bucket or the river. Who noticed?

It took a few sick pets to raise the alarm on the inherent disrespect for human life which is a natural consequence of Godlessness. It follows. The dismay when family pets died from melamine poisoning in the pet food produced in China made us stifle a yawn and wonder what else this substance was invading.

The answer came loud and clear when Chinese babies became sick from the baby formula. Melmine once again raised its ugly head. It makes the formula look richer etc. Tragically, it also causes kidney stones. This has resulted in the deaths of innocent little babies and the agony reserved for those who suffer from kidney stones for thousands of other babies. Don't forget the lion cub and the two cute little orangutans who got sick in the Shanghai zoo. The greed and avarice, which is another natural consequence of Godlessness, was the trigger. A little irony from the regime which despises capitalism isn't it?

In order to avoid the establishment of Poison without Borders, Canadian shopkeepers are removing certain food products from China from their store shelves. This prompted the announcement that a Canadian staple, Oreo Cookies, 0wned by Kraft which also owns tobacco companies, has closed its chief plant in Australia and set it up in - you guessed it - China. But, not to worry, the announcement was accompanied by the assurance that the milk products used in what makes the after school snack such an icon, are exported by Canada to China. Anyone seeing what's wrong with all of this yet? Anyone willing to do the math? Anyone willing to ask questions?

Let's move on to the economic and social carnage. When we persistently flood the market with Chinese junk which, incidentally, is not much cheaper than dear old Made in Canada, it figures that there is a price. This unbridled out sourcing has resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of Canadian jobs. It must. Why do we out source? Easy. We don't pay the grateful slaves what they should be paid.

In the Niagara region pear growers are burning their trees because we are buying pears from China. Processing plants are closing for the same reason. The population does its bit though. It mutters the occasional outrage when plants like John Deere close - then tuck into a Chinese pear.

We might - and only might- pay a little more for home grown products, but we would have the comfort of knowing that our neighbour is working. Think about it.