我對於保護瀕臨絕種動物一事沒有太多異見,今天如果有某個民族愛吃或愛捕殺大貓熊,我想中國人民也可能支持用核彈去人道毀滅這一個民族。
不過TED是另一個故事,且別說現在海龜有多「endangered」了,先看看WTO 的panel report:
Pursuant to the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, all sea turtles that occur in US waters are listed as endangered or threatened species. In 1987, the United States issued regulations pursuant to the ESA that required all United States shrimp trawlers to use Turtle Excluder Devices ("TEDs") or tow-time restrictions in specified areas where there was a significant mortality of sea turtles associated with shrimp harvesting. Developed over the past two decades in the southeast shrimp fisheries of the United States, TEDs are considered to be an effective way in which to exclude by-catch during shrimp trawling. The 1987 Regulations became fully effective in 1990 and were modified to require the use of TEDs at all times and in all areas where shrimp trawling interacts in a significant way with sea turtles.
接下來再看看這麼神奇的專利是什麼時候申請,又是什麼時候核准的:
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/4739574-description.html
我想你還是不要太天真了,大人的世界是很黑暗的。這一種NTB是歐美國家這三十年來最重要的「發明」,而他們都有一個共通的公式:
1. 訴求一個不能拒絕的道德理想
2. 把這個道德理想跟某種進入障礙連結(早期是專利,近期是商標或證明標章)
3. 利用此一進入障礙排除競爭對手
今天小弟有點忙,有空再討論Body shop 的成功範例。說實在,我對這些人的敬意多於敵意,如果有機會,我也想加入達賴集團。