I agree with you, but you could say this of many countries… Microchip manufactures in many far-Eastern countries with atrocious Human Rights records. We don’t boycott Microchip, and we’re buying their products. We all buy and deal with China, a country whose record in Tibet is just as bad - yet I don't hear too many dissenting voices (apart from the Dalai Lama). Only sixty years ago Japan was committing mass genocide in Asia, and Germany was doing the same in Europe, yet everyone today drives BMW’s and carry Sony Walkmans.

Fortunately I’m an Engineer. Engineers build civilisations – I leave it to politicians to destroy them.

I don’t make the final decision as to what is manufactured where. This is done by the Buying Department and ultimately by the person who signs my paycheque, but it is my job to provide him with information necessary to make decisions. If those decisions were solely based on price, then I know I can hire good Assembly staff in India for $4 per day and Engineers and Managers for $10 per day, but the world is more complicated than that.