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Date Posted: 21:25:49 08/16/03 Sat
Author: Kris
Subject: I hate people. I just hate them.

I just got the September issue of National Geographic in the mail today. I now feel homicidal. Confused? I'll explain then.

Slavery. Oh yes, that's what this is all about. If you can get that issue of Nat. Geographic, do. I really can't duplicate the feeling behind that article, you just have to read it yourself. But I'll give you an idea about why I'm so goddamned pissed off right now.

In no country in the world is slavery legal. But at least 50 countries have had at least 100 human beings trafficked within the last year, INCLUDING Canada, the USA and the United Nations. Mostly farm laborers and child prostitutes.

There are only 25 countries that actively prosecute human trafficking as a serious crime. Here are some prison sentences that have been imposed in 2002 in the US:

9 years for luring a 14 year old girl away with promises of schooling, then raping her and forcing her to be their servant for three years.

15 people up to 40 years total for forcing children into prostitution.

Estimated annual contribution by slaves to the global economy: 13 billion dollars.

"The Department of State puts the number of people trafficked into the U.S. every year at close to 20,000. Many end up as prostitutes or laborers...Others suffer their servitude alone, domestic slaves confined to private homes."

And here's another interesting tidbit from the article:

"...the infamous trans-Atlantic slave trade that shipped millions of Africans to the New World was abolished only when it had outlived its economic usefulness."

Again, I hate people. I've only hated people in general one time before, and I was emotionally unstable at the time anyway. I keep thinking about all the crap I have, and I feel sick. I don't get upset often, and even now the rage is getting numb, but it's still just kind of... smoldering there, in my stomach. I just keep looking out my window, and imagining that somewhere just out of my line of sight some kid is being beaten and raped. I hate it all so much, I can't even describe it well.

Sorry, I just had to share... needed to vent, you know? Anyway, that's all I have to say.

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