@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 6 months agoBrazil shuts BYD factory site over 'slavery' conditionswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1474cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish116•6 months ago‘slavery’ in quotes really seems to soften the blow. Like the time I ‘punched’ my boss.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoThat makes me think of this. Not too painful but definitely humiliating.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•6 months agoIt’s probably quoting the Brazilian authorities. Also, journalists are afraid of being litigated of defamation in case the situation and story turns out not what it initially appears to be.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•6 months agoIt’s in quotes because they weren’t fully paid for.
‘slavery’ in quotes really seems to soften the blow. Like the time I ‘punched’ my boss.
Punching them softly
🎵with his song…
That makes me think of this. Not too painful but definitely humiliating.
It’s probably quoting the Brazilian authorities. Also, journalists are afraid of being litigated of defamation in case the situation and story turns out not what it initially appears to be.
It’s in quotes because they weren’t fully paid for.