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To: Ian@SI who wrote (5828)6/13/1999 9:41:00 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 15132
 
Ian,

the US reacted to child labour by that company are now doing the only other thing that they have the skill to do: they've become child prostitutes

So US Labor law is to blame for the presence of prostitution worldwide?? Unfortunately, many people do not have the same choices that you or I do. The harsh reality is that in many circumstances one could earn more as a prostitute, even in a remote mountain village. I do not make many predictions but here is one: neither prostitution nor child abuse worldwide will be defunct because of US law. But saying the problem exists and ignoring it is tacitly implying it is okay to abuse children.

I hope your righteous indignation serves some of these children well

Turning a blind eye to the abuse of child labor laws and allowing the free market to prevail most certainly will not help these children. If you call demanding minimum standards in the way children are treated "righteous indignation", so be it.

BK



To: Ian@SI who wrote (5828)6/14/1999 2:09:00 PM
From: Math Junkie  Respond to of 15132
 
<<I trust that you're aware that many of the children forced out of the Benetton factories when the US reacted to child labour by that company are now doing the only other thing that they have the skill to do: they've become child prostitutes.>>

Another ill-thought-out, knee-jerk reaction on the part of our politicians. What a surprise.


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