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Originally Posted by Jbrochu
Gizmo should you go to jail for eating a tomato picked by a slave?
I'd be against sending people who each chocolate or tomatoes to jail as a practical matter. It would be impossible and would destroy society.
As far as whether someone who eats a tomato deserves punishment (and I eat tomatoes myself), perhaps they do. Chocolate even more so as people in the industry are literally bought and sold rather than "just" held captive for the season.
People are weak and selfish, myself included. This is why in our less weak moments we should do something like ban the import or sales of any products made by slaves or even in any case that doesn't meet some minimum labor standards.
I wouldn't let our failure to protect some class of people get in the way of protecting another class though.