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Originally Posted by Lesley D
Stewart, Stodgord et al.
Getting back to the OP's topic of discussion.....
I tuned into Part III of the series and that’s all I need to understand that what is taking place is modern day slavery as I stated in my post #17. Needless to say it was very disturbing to watch but really annoying to witness the outright denial by the Dominican government. The Haitians (of all ages) are brought under the notion that they would be working in hotels but not knowing they would be subjected to torture. Some children are raped, beaten, left to die all for sake of a few pesos.
Stewart you asked how could this be stopped? Well, first I think that the problem has to be recognized and brought to the forefront by someone in power and not by the priest who was brave enough to investigate and report this modern suffering. Until that happens regrettably I see no end to it. Once again I ask what is the purpose of these so-called world organizations? Is this not part of their role to eradicate human suffering and punish those who perpetrate it? How selective is the process? How many more people have to suffer before it’s addressed or will they pretend too that it does not exist? My better judgment tells me though that the region and the country itself probably have a lot to do with the lack of attention by world organizations and world leaders. No end in sight.
-Lesley D-
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I thought slavery was work with no pay?
I hate it when people fail to give the fault where the fault lies. This is a result of market capitalism, period.
The cheaper the better, after all, Wal Mart did not made it big by paying its employees decent wages and buying its merchandise at the market price.
Capitalism, nothing more nothing less.
BTW, if you ever take a drive through the remote rural areas of Southwestern Florida, you will see fields in cultivation with Mexicans and Central Americans working the land there. It's interesting to note, that they were the so-called "slaves" too. Afterall, if any of them left the farm, deportation was just around the corner. Look in your own back yard, before you complaint about somebody else's.
Did I mentioned that many of them were lured with promises of riches? But, I guess you knew that already.
Here, take a look for yourself...
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/arti...25/84715.shtml
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...9/ai_597197279
http://www.freetheslaves.net/resourc...den_Slaves.pdf