Apple bans it workers the right to commit suicide.
 

Better than Monty Python:D

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...ted-inhumanely

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lol 10 character limit

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"There was a copy effect. If one commits suicide, then others will follow."

First time I've heard anybody say that before!!

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Yep. Kevorkian thought so.

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youve got to be kidding me! dont tell the westerners about the rough hours they are putting becuase they are working 40-70 hours PER WEEK here.....not 134/mo.

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Woo said: "Suicides were not connected to bad working conditions. There was a copy effect. If one commits suicide, then others will follow."

... Thought the last part was Apple's latest slogan.

Also, if I jumped out of a window, I'd probably shout "Wooooooo!"

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The copy effect is very real for suicides. Read the book "The Tipping Point" and there is a long section about it.

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ahaha buying an Apple "i" product is like buying blood dimonds from Africa :)

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The article says their standard work week is 48 hours/week. Extra 24.5 overtime per week would be 72.5 hours per week. And that's assuming they are actually getting credit for all hours worked, which I doubt...

Where do you get this 134 hours/month figure?

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Before you make fun of Apple, know that Nokia also uses the same factories from foxconn in china

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"....workers were asked to sign a statement promising not to kill themselves and pledging to "treasure their lives".

Read as "You die and you're fired". http://fc03.deviantart.net/images3/i...f_stab_YAY.gif

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In China, you have no rights... Not even to kill yourself.

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http://www.southparkstudios.com/full...-humancentipad


And you here dare to talk about suicide :D

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oops... i goofed... this was just the overtime. appologies. :/

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You do realise that in many countries around the world suicide is illegal and is a criminal offense?

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as far as i'm aware suicide in uk is legal but attempted suicide is illigal so my understanding is fail and your breaking the law

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This is all too logical. Apple people have a long history of copying each others, I bet the poor fellas were still on 3GS..

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Hahahah, the absurdity of this statement!!!
So, if suicide is illegal, what are they gonna do? Fine that corpse's jive ***???

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Wiki says
"The Suicide Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz.2 c.60) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It decriminalised the act of suicide so that those who failed in the attempt would no longer be prosecuted."

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Doesn't matter if anyone has a right to suicide (ethically, I mean; legalities are either in line with an ethic you can logically argue for, or they're just the product of sociological norms and have no meaningful normative merit).

The only right anyone has to stop people from committing suicide is making their conditions better so that they don't feel that life isn't worth living anymore. Failing that, preventing the suicide is effectively proactively contributing to prolonging that person's suffering.

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They still are though. AFAIK 3 attempted suicides have been charged with public order offences in the past few months.

Only in the ideal world, sadly. The majority of people who take their own lives are either under extreme pressure from outside interference, i.e Divorce or personal tragedy and mental illness, which in turn is heavily discriminated against.