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2naSalit

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11. That and the unfortunate fact that

Reply to WI_DEM (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 02:42 AM

Jan 2013

the stuff they were making was some of the most horrendous shit one could put in or near their face and it says something really ugly about our society. I'm sorry the workers were treated so badly and that they lost their jobs and all that but to be honest, I don't feel bad that the product line is gone. I noticed that it was quickly replaced by similar shit with a different name in the stores I go to for anything.

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