The way I look at it most of us actually are implicitly supporting animal abuse, child labor, and exploitation in general. Purchases do carry moral implications. If you buy heroin from Al Qaeda it's fair to say that you are supporting terrorism, even if all you wanted was some heroin.
However, if you're going to use that fact to try to guilt people when it comes to one type of purchase, using tactics like this:
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Originally Posted by Phantom Limb
The point is that it's a choice. You're saying the taste of animals is more important that their life. The pain they go through is worth the food you're eating.
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then you have to realize the very same tactic can be applied to any number of other purchases. Since our culture is flooded with products that have iffy moral implications, what you get in response is a general tone of apathy.
Who's willing to stop buying electronics so they know they won't be implicitly supporting the exploitation of children? If not, then you're saying that having some gadget is more important than some African kid having all his limbs.