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Nintendo requires its suppliers...
He called him a dumbass because he's making the assumption (to assume makes an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me') that just because conflict materials "could" be used by Nintendo, he thinks they are. Even with an auto-reply email, they clearly state that they "require" their suppliers to comply with CSR Procurement Guidelines, not "hope" they comply. If they don't comply, they don't do business with them. Simple as that. If the supplier says they are, but are secretly not, then the supplier is to blame, not Nintendo. Same goes with any other company in this predicament who go by the same guidelines. If it is found out that the supplier was not following the guidelines, Nintendo (and other companies) will surely close their accounts with them. But, what about all the components they now carry that has the stain on them?
Throwing them away post-sale because they are stained with conflict material does nothing for the actual problem from the source, so they use what they have. If you found out your product contained material that came from the death of people
after you purchased and received such material, would throwing it away help the situation? If anything, throwing it away would show your ungratefulness for the suffering the people went through that worked to get it to you. This "news" of Nintendo possibly using conflict material in the 3DS is only recent, while the 3DS has been in production for months.