Scotland in Fairtrade nation bid

[xoggoth]

I'm all for bringing back slavery personally. Darn leftist idealism!

[d000hg]

Who defines what is fair and what is unfair?

Why don't you read their website?

Whether it is 'fair' could be a valid debate, but whether it is fairER is not... paying people enough they aren't slogging their guts just to stay near the poverty line to provide us KitKats.

[xoggoth]

If it is tied to real production and they have to sustain and grow real industries to get it, it probably makes more sense than foreign aid which is as destructive to incentive as welfare is over here. The devil is all in the detail of course which I can't be *rsed to research, although if consumers here have a choice over whether to buy fair trade produce or not it's up to them.

[doodab]

What a coward you are hiding behind a literal explanation in a dictionary. You can do better than that by applying it to the concept of "fair trade"

You asked me to define the concept of fair. A dictionary seemed like a good place to start. Hardly cowardice.

Personally, I believe that humans have evolved an innate idea of what is fair and unfair which they apply to most of their actions and when judging the actions of others. Various research in behavioural economics and evolutionary psychology backs this up, and it seems that people's idea of fair leads to a pretty good heuristic approximation to optimal strategy for a lot of simple economic "games".

It's clear from your posts that you yourself have a strong idea of what is fair or unfair and a fairly strong desire to see the world operate in ways you consider fair. Why don't you use that as a starting point?

As regards my personal definition of fair, it's rather strictly mathematical. A fair game is one in which all players have equal chances of winning. An unfair game is one which is biased in favour of one or more of the players. This is pretty much the same as sense 1 in the dictionary entry above.

[DodgyAgent]

Fair | Define Fair at Dictionary.com

I'm sure one of the posters on here does google lessons. Perhaps they'll give you a discount if you ask nicely.

What a coward you are hiding behind a literal explanation in a dictionary. You can do better than that by applying it to the concept of "fair trade"

[doodab]

Well go on then enlighten me

Fair | Define Fair at Dictionary.com

I'm sure one of the posters on here does google lessons. Perhaps they'll give you a discount if you ask nicely.

[DodgyAgent]

You do come out with some complete and utter garbage.
Your isolation seems to be getting to you

Dont interrupt I am looking forward to settling down and hearing once and for all how fairness is defined

[sasguru]

Your floccinaucinihilipilification is to be expected. At it's very heart your industry allows the feckless to profit unfairly, whilst others work on and your coppers continue to fall from the sky. So why would you recognise fair even if it hit in you face with the full force of a hungry hippo?

You do come out with some complete and utter garbage.
Your isolation seems to be getting to you

[DodgyAgent]

Is it such an alein concept that you need it defining for you?

Well go on then enlighten me

[doodab]

Who defines what is fair and what is unfair?

Is it such an alein concept that you need it defining for you?

[DodgyAgent]

Your floccinaucinihilipilification is to be expected. At it's very heart your industry allows the feckless to profit unfairly, whilst others work on and your coppers continue to fall from the sky. So why would you recognise fair even if it hit in you face with the full force of a hungry hippo?

Who defines what is fair and what is unfair?

[scooterscot]

I am deeply suspicious of any context within which the word "fair" is applied.

Your floccinaucinihilipilification is to be expected. At it's very heart your industry allows the feckless to profit unfairly, whilst others work on and your coppers continue to fall from the sky. So why would you recognise fair even if it hit in you face with the full force of a hungry hippo?

[DodgyAgent]

Come on England keep up there in the back.



BBC News - Scotland in Fairtrade nation bid

I am deeply suspicious of any context within which the word "fair" is applied. Do any of these idiots who fall for this Politically Correct garbage ever bother to check what is meant by "fair"

[scooterscot]

Come on England keep up there in the back.

Scotland is on course to become a Fairtrade nation later this year, according to External Affairs Secretary Fiona Hyslop.

Across the country, 62 towns have either achieved Fairtrade status or have active steering groups.

Almost two-thirds of higher education institutions and 171 schools have achieved the standard.

BBC News - Scotland in Fairtrade nation bid