I glanced at the article above. Not sure if I understood it or not, but if I did, they are blaming all the organized crime on Christians for outlawing alcohol. If this is true, first of all, most Christians dont believe alcohol is wrong, only drunkedness. Second of all, if I understood their point correctly, they are saying in order to not have a drug problem or alcohol problem we need to make drugs and alcohol legal. If we apply that logic, then every crime should be made legal. Thats insane. We have laws because if we all do what is right in our own eyes, then we will have an out of control society. I think I understand your point on the money aspect of it, but you have to be careful with the logic of legalizing everything.
It is growing like crazy too. I think the reason we can't stop it is the same as with drugs. Rich and powerful people are involved. Money and power makes them untouchable.
Sorry... $65 Billion a year (approximately).
Source: http://www.truth101.org/vs-drugs-and-the-law.html
I have to tell you, before you posted this story (bbxx) I really wasn't aware that it was THAT big of an issue. I mean, I knew it was a growing problem, but I had NO clue that it was anywhere close to being as big as the illegal-drug trade.
Last time I looked, illegal-drugs was in the $60-$80 Billion dollar range. How on EARTH could human trafficers be making that kind of jack and we're not doing anything about it?!? Seriously, I keep up with the news and world events, and I've heard stories here and there reporting human-trafficing, but for me not to be HUGELY aware of it means there's a definite lack of news/media coverage on the subject.
This should be PAGE ONE of every newspaper, magazine, website, banner, etc, on earth.
PAGE ONE.
I havent seen the movie, but this really sickens me.
Have you ever seen the movie 'Taken?' Great movie as far as the acting and all, but so very sad too. I don't believe it is nonfiction but we know that these things really happen. It is just sickening.
How anyone can do this to children and how people can buy children and then do other atrocities to them, is just plain sick.
Oh yeah.... we live in a sleepy little mountain town in the Rockies. There was an individual here who would sponsor getting illegal immigrants into the United States, but for a price. You either were a drug mule or were introduced into prostitution. Great people, these human trafficers are.....
Here is a documentary that pbs did called
(The Day My God Died) Its worth watching for anyone interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV5W6F4L5i8&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1
Sorry, but if you have spoken to someone that worked to rescue these kids and heard the horrors, you would react also. "Many a truths are spoken in jest."
You are right, if we could crack down on the buyers it would help a LOT, but the problem is by the time someone is (into children) they are so far gone down a dark path and they are owned by the adiction. (which i believe is demonic--but that my opnion).
http://www.humantrafficking.org/countries/united_states_of_america
http://www.ncjw.org/content_236.cfm
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osdfs/factsheet.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/domestic-sex-trafficking-increasing-united-states/story?id=10557194
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/27098993/
http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/1140/
Rant much???
Did you even READ what I wrote?
a) the silly stuff was meant in JEST
b) I didn't say that there was no market, I said that we should crack down on the buyers to ELIMINATE the market.
No market, no supply necessary.
I didnt find your bogo comment the least bit funny. This is actually a very serious problem, and I assure you these children are not laughing. I dont know how one buys a child in the US but I know it is happening. Generally the kids are kept hidden in a house and the criminals looking to harm children know whom to contact. They pay cash I am sure.
As to market, there is one or this would not be happening. Did you know how this is done in Nepal? These criminals go into the poor villages and they kidnap poor children from the streets who have no parents, or they purchase the child from a parent promising to send them to a good home in the US or someplace, or in the not poor places they have a "tainted" kid befriend a kid and convince them to go someplace like to a park after school, only there is a vehicle and a man waiting there where they drug the kid. Do you know what they do with these kids? They pile them on a truck heading for the boarder where once they are across it, they are gangraped until they are dead--nothing but a shell. Then they own them and control them and some times up to 40 xs a day are raped by these monsters who pay the other monsters. When these kids get diseased or sick they are left to die. Most of them only last a few years. I will enclose some links for you to read about this. Maybe by the end of all the articles you wont be laughing. Oh, and ps---no market? How do you think pedophilia is so stinking huge in this country? The pedophiles are crying things like "they were born this way" "its love" etc... Look at our tv and advertiseing companies and notice that the models and sex scenes are younger and younger. Look at the clothing industry--they sell bikini underwear and thongs for toddlers.
Look at the story of the little 2 year raped in broad day light in a dollar tree store in front of witnesses in the main aisle. You think we dont have a probelm here? I have spoken to a man who has an organization to rescue kids. I have researched this after talking to him and I assure you there is a very real problem. Did you know the super bowl is one of the biggest money makers for sex trafficking--including with children? I will post some links for you to read, but if you choose to, you an always pretend it isnt real.
Not that I'm interesting in buying or anything, but where exactly does one shop for a traffic'd child?
I mean, is there a giant warehouse someplace or storefront where they're on display? Or are there secret websites you can go to, so you buy them online and have them shipped to you? Can you pay for them with PayPal? How exactly do you ship a child? Do you get a discount if you buy 2 or more? Or is it like a BOGO (Buy-One-Get-One free)?
I know all of that sounds a bit silly, and I mean it in jest, but who the he11 is buying these kids and WHERE are they getting them from?!?
I realize this story takes place in China, but if it starts to become a major issue on our home soil (US-Canada), then I would hope there's as much of a crackdown on the buyers as there is with the sellers.
Seriously, without a market, there would be no need for a supply.
Am I right or WAY off base?