“A new report claiming to be the most comprehensive look at
global slavery says 30 million people are living as slaves around the
world. The Global
Slavery Index, published by the Australia-based Walk
Free Foundation, lists India
as the country with by far the most slaves, with an estimated nearly
14 million, followed by China
(2.9 million) and Pakistan (2.1 million).”
If those numbers don't make you feel sick to your stomach then you
need serious help. Every year millions of people are forced into
lives of slavery. Every year, children of all ages are forced into
child prostitution to satisfy the degenerate needs of people all
around the world. It happens every day in every country in alarming
numbers, but it very rarely makes the headlines. People ignore the
problem because News Agencies ignore the story.
Oh I can hear the people out there muttering about third world
countries and how it doesn't happen here in the good old USA. Well,
here is a bit of information about that.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/29/justice/child-prostitution-arrests.
Slavery is alive and well doing a booming business centuries after it
was supposedly outlawed in most civilized countries. In some cases,
it is out in the open for all to see as in the case of brothels in
places such as Singapore and in other cases it is hidden behind the
veil of cultural tradition such as the practice of marrying extremely
young girls to much older men in places such as India and the Middle
East.
( As ab aside it amazes me every
time I read through the comments sections of these articles where
people are actually trying to justify “our” slavery versus
“their” slavery as if we were any better than the people who are
doing it right this moment.
“So terrible they were able to have extremely large families who
were extremely well fed, and were sent to the doctor when needed as
much as almost anyone else was in those days. They were not the only
people living in log cabins in those day either, and cutting enough
firewood to survive winters in Canada, MT, MN, WI, MI, and all the
other northern climates was far more difficult than it was for
southern climates. There was a much wider variety of fruits and
vegetables in the south than there was in the north - you can't even
grow corn in the far northern portions of the US, and almost nowhere
in Canada. They did their job, and they were provided for. Stop the
BS as if it was the most hideous act of man the world has ever known
- very few people in those days had an easy life.” Aside over
on with the rant.)
Slavery exists in a myriad of forms all over the world. Migrant
workers who come to certain ME countries for jobs find their
passports confiscated and essentially refused the ability to leave
once they are in place. Sure they get paid a certain amount of
money, but when you lack the ability to leave when you wish, you are
still a slave. (Second aside, some slave owners actually gave their
possessions a small salary during America's Slave Period.) Children
10 years and younger are locked into hot, unsafe factories for 18
hours a day and forced to produce X amount of product for pennies an
hour. People argue this isn't slavery because they are actually
being paid, but being forced to work in a deathtrap (Do I really need
to link all of the horrendous factory fires that have occurred?)
counts as slavery to me.
Then, as I mentioned earlier, there are the “Child Brides” of
India and the Middle East where girls as young as 7 or 8 are married
off by their parents to some old Geezer where she is repeatedly raped
and forced to bear children at far to young an age. If that isn't
slavery that makes you ill, then you need a serious conscience
infusion.
And of course, there is the booming Child Prostitution business here
in the US. Young people with no real homes or real families run away
from where they live and are lured into the life by Pimps and Sellers
who get them hooked on any number of drugs. These kids grow up with
no hope and no joy and become Adult Prostitutes. Go to any major
city, drive through the less savory parts of town and you will see
them. Kids who aren't even old enough to drive yet selling their
bodies on the streets. We love to ignore it, but the Elephant in the
room is still there.
As much as the “Civilized” world wants to, Modern Slavery cannot
be ignored. As much as people want to pass it off as somebody else's
problem, the Elephant is still sitting in your room pooping on the
floor. It is high time we stopped ignoring the crap on our rugs and
did something about it. We claim to be civilized so how about we
start acting like it?
End of Rant
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