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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:25 AM Original message |
"I was enslaved for 40 days" - modern day slavery in the US |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. You know what's terrible? The millions of people in other countries in equal or worse conditions. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. True, but this is about slavery in the US, which is something we can directly control |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Are you aware of the sheer severity of the sex-slave trade in the US? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I'm having a really hard time trying to figure out what your point is |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. It seems to me this victim and others like her could sue the slaveholders |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. No, it would be hard to do.. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 05:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I am not sure we can directly control it, |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. We can't directly control it, but we can discourage it. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. +1 |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Maybe "control" wasn't quite the right phrase to use |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Agreed |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. "I don't mean to downplay this story. But " But you do try to. Inappropriate. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. The useful response is "what kind of government policies would reduce the incidence of this?" |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Perhaps a higher priority for law enforcement |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Actually, I think this is one of the few arguments *against* scaling back the "war on drugs". |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. leagalize drugs |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. Slavery still exists, just ask an ex-Scientologist nt |
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