Why not take a more individualistic moral stand and stop doing business in China (or any other place that routinely violates human rights) and show the world th

Why not take a more individualistic moral stand and stop doing business in China (or any other place that routinely violates human rights) and show the world that your principles demand you to forego current and future profits? This joke is attributed to Rodney Dangerfield^W^WWinston Churchill (thanks gojomo): A man approaches a beautiful woman in a bar, and without any small talk, asks her "If I give you a dollar will you sleep with me?" The woman is instantly angry and tells the man "Absolutely not!" Before she can get away from the man he asks her a second question. "Will you sleep with me for a million dollars?" Now the woman pauses and after some thought says "Yes, I will." The man responds "How about for twenty dollars?" Again the woman looks indignant and says "Of course not. What kind of a woman do you think I am?" The man replies "I thought we just settled that. I was just negotiating the price." What country isn't guilty of committing any human rights violations? If a nation has committed even one, then it merely comes down to how you choose to define "routinely". It's easy to shout "Ethics! Purity! Walk away and show them the light!" into your blog from the hollowed ground of your basement, but it's a whole different matter to actually make real changes in the world. There's a very valid case for walking the most moral legal line in a country that is being forced toward moral behavior in order to interact with the rest of the first world. If the "moral first world" all indignantly turn their backs on nations that don't meet some arbitrary self imposed definition of morality, you can expect the abandoned nations to fill the void their own way. Don't be surprised if you don't like the outcome.