Thursday, June 16, 2005

There are more slaves in the world than ever TODAY

Did you know more than a billion children are forced into slavery (including but not limited to factory labor) or prostitution right now?

About 300,000 are child soldiers who are killing and mutilating other adults and children.

You can buy slaves in Africa for $40 each, cheaper for children, and this is a bargain without even considering that it cost about $40,000 (in today's dollars) to buy an African slave in Alabama in the 19th C. In other words, slavery is more plentiful and cheaper than ever. This is a worldwide shame.

Romania has an epidemic of childhood prostitution and paint thinner sniffing and the cops that know about it bribe johns so that the cops profit off of the children's exploitation as well. Kids in India produce marble tomb stones for Americans on the cheap.

The United States slavery "business" is the biggest black market after drugs and something else I can't remember. In other words, it's a big U.S. problem. It's estimated that 60% of U.S. goods are produced using child slaves--buy AMERICAN folks--but even then we should ask where the raw materials come from.

I gathered all of this from an Oprah episode. What does all this mean?

Adults have sold out children. Let's put our money where our mouths are, America!!! ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN, HERE AND ABROAD!

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