Modern Day Slavery/Human Trafficing
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
4 responses
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
19 Jun 07
Firslty, I'd like to thank you to remind me to research this today..and secodnly, THIS actually surptised me.
I mean, after the practice had been abandoned and banned for years..I didn't think it'd be making a comeback.
They probably let it keep happening..because if it becomes a problem for them personally, they can clean up their mess with those new fancy camps they've made.
Since they say it's for illegal immigrants..and technically..most slaves are. And maybe some of them are looking to get themselves their very own slave one day..I don't know. But it's awful.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
21 Jun 07
It's not that it's making a come back, it's that it never really went away in the first place. All the laws banning slavery did was deinstitutionalize it.
@MyoanBiz (140)
• United States
17 Jun 07
In reference to the US, are you talking about the actual trafficking of illegal peoples to here, or are you talking about after they're already here? MONEY is the reason most anything illegal is overlooked by law enforcement & the politicians who could pass laws to enforce the already passed laws. It's kinda crazy. Laws get passed by one group of law makers & years later another group of law makers pass a law to go ahead & enforce the first set of passed laws. ONLY in AMERICA!! Also, sometimes local\state laws get overturned by federal courts. Seems like they have to get approval from the next step up all the way to the top. And we all know what a bunch of boneheads they can be at times.
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@gardengrrl (1445)
• United States
9 Jul 07
Local and state governments can only pick at the pustules, they can't get to the source of the infection. It would take massive cooperation among many governments to actually stop this. Most of them are too busy wagging their weinies at each other to try, and the citizens are just too busy to pay attention themselves and then force their governments to.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
9 Jul 07
Actually, all it would take is communities to ensure it isn't happening in their little corner of the world.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
9 Jul 07
The one thing that the modern slave trade worries about more than anything else is, exposure. The other problems you cite aren't helped much just with exposure, but I guarantee, if you find a sweatshop running in a warehouse or "abandoned" building in your corner of the world, all it would take is a few pictures and some names.
While every other problem has its defenders... slavery doesn't.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
10 Jul 07
Unfortunately we don't live in a world that wants it stopped. So we can really only stop it where wen live. Sadly, there are "leaders" who know it's going on in their jurisdiction (cough Pelosi cough)... and yet they do nothing.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
10 Jul 07
That's the most intelligent thing I've ever read from you. ;~D