Excellent... Armchair activism at it's finest.

Quote from Marx

Excellent... Armchair activism at it's finest.

I agree Marx - but let's not user the "armchair" word too lightly.

Let's not forget that it's 90% likely that Outdoors:.....

Bought and paid for an armchair, built and designed by men, via the exchange of his own labour;
He's not sitting in the middle of a jungle (well, not a real one) and his armchair is in a house that somebody (a team of women perhaps?) built.
He pays tax to the government. He paid tax on the armchair when he bought it, along with the folk that made it ready for sale.
He pays tax on the house where the armchair sits.
He pays a bit for his internet connection so the latest news can be at his fingertips, but pays considerably more to a government that will screw him over.
He's allowed to complain and have his complaints ignored because he's still paying.
Even if he didn't complain he would still be paying.

What's the real cost of an armchair?

They never answer.

maybe because they get the same question all the time. check their FAQ

Quote from Yan Yan

I agree Marx - but let's not user the "armchair" word too lightly.

Let's not forget that it's 90% likely that Outdoors:.....

Bought and paid for an armchair, built and designed by men, via the exchange of his own labour;
He's not sitting in the middle of a jungle (well, not a real one) and his armchair is in a house that somebody (a team of women perhaps?) built.
He pays tax to the government. He paid tax on the armchair when he bought it, along with the folk that made it ready for sale.
He pays tax on the house where the armchair sits.
He pays a bit for his internet connection so the latest news can be at his fingertips, but pays considerably more to a government that will screw him over.
He's allowed to complain and have his complaints ignored because he's still paying.
Even if he didn't complain he would still be paying.

What's the real cost of an armchair?

I do not know the cost of his armchair but I do know that, since it is his, it is by definition, outdoors. (Or should that have an apostrophe, as in Outdoors's?)

Added after 31 minutes:

I sent the following:

Ever since I was a young man (I am now middle aged) andleant at school that we should all be treated equally, I have believed in this.Despite my disappointment that modern day society seems only to recogniseinequality when it is perpetrated against women or by men and seems blind tothe possibility, and indeed fact, that it is at least as prevalent in thereverse direction (though less obvious, largely because we choose to ignore it)I continue to believe in equality as an ideal to be striven for. I believe init because I believe in the “principle” of equality so, no matter how itaffects me, I feel the same way about it. One of the principles of equality forme is that one does not single out groups of victims, since any victim is avictim, and one does not single out perpetrators, since any perpetrator isperpetrator, irrespective of which group they belong to in society.
I would like to believe that good and well meaning peopleare capable of acting according to principle and therefore seek to respond toevil without regard to their self interest. Whilst I do not find it in theleast difficult to believe in the principles of goodness and equality; I findit difficult to believe that people are good when they set up groups to dealspecifically with their problems and ignore the equally valid problems faced byothers. On your site you talk of men who abuse, and women who are victims; I donot doubt that there are such perpetrators, and such victims, but if you are agood person ask yourself why you would wish to exclude victims who do not fitinto your categories; specifically I would ask: do you feel yourself to be a trulygood person if you look first to the needs of the group to which you belong andforget the needs of people who may not be like you.