A Very Good Point
Jan. 28th, 2011 12:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deirdreI have a new object of desire, it's called a Randoseru. I can't decide if I want a blue one or a purple one. But that's beside the point....
Over on RFF, where this was inserted half-jokingly into a thread about camera bag, someone commented: "It is interesting that Japanese kids are started off with ~USD $300 backpacks that they use for 6 years, while in America, the kids use $30 Jansport lead-laden Chinese backpacks, and replace them every year ..."
Which is a very good point. Which culture learns more about concepts like quality, maintenance, and the good old "reduce, reuse, recycle"? Craftspeople who make things locally?
Over on RFF, where this was inserted half-jokingly into a thread about camera bag, someone commented: "It is interesting that Japanese kids are started off with ~USD $300 backpacks that they use for 6 years, while in America, the kids use $30 Jansport lead-laden Chinese backpacks, and replace them every year ..."
Which is a very good point. Which culture learns more about concepts like quality, maintenance, and the good old "reduce, reuse, recycle"? Craftspeople who make things locally?