Re Andrew Faiz's April column, My Global Footprint
The article seems to engender guilt and hopelessness. The global economy is so intertwined with itself and so interwoven with politics that the vast majority of us Westerners cannot really do much about the origins of the products we buy. If we were to consciously eliminate all dubious products from our shopping, we would probably end up homeless and starving.
Seriously, what's left for us to buy on the budget most of us are forced to live by? I for one refuse to feel guilty about it all – though I am more than willing to write elected officials in protest.
