Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Of course you were! How stupid of me not to notice! Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote: > Jeez Jayanand, I was only agreeing with you. > > Sorry that I found a case that involved Indians, but it's the most recent > case that I know of, and was on my mind. > > It appears that your skin may be thinner than mine. > > Jim > > > > > Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> Jim, >> It exists in all its glory in India, and I have no illusions about a lot >> of >> what goes on here - I thought I made that clear when I said no country is >> immune. Or do you mean to say that only Americans are members of this >> forum >> for you to take it so personally? You mean to say only Indians traffic in >> humans in the USA? Or, as usual, is your thin skin and insecurity in >> evidence? >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote: >> >> >> Jayanand: >>> >>> We have it in the USA, but it takes a slightly different form here. >>> >>> Mahender and Varsha Sabhnani were convicted last December but have yet to >>> be sentenced: >>> >>> <http://gothamist.com/attachments/jen/2007_05_cruelle.jpg> >>> or: http://tinyurl.com/57tdg6 >>> >>> < >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/nyregion/18slave.html?_r=1&oref=slogin >>> > >>> or: http://tinyurl.com/5mcpeu >>> >>> < >>> >>> http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=e46927a2-ee55-4847-8079-231e84942dcd&&Headline=Slavery+case%3a+NRI+allowed+to+remain+free+on+bail >>> >>> or: http://tinyurl.com/5z2hdl >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> >>> Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >>> >>> Slavery, in the form of trafficking of humans, is alive and well all over >>> >>> the world, no country is immune. If you think not, look at the dark >>>> underbelly of your own country with dispassionate eyes. >>>> Cheers >>>> Jayanand >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Frank Dernie < >>>> Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Apparently slavery is still extant in Africa, Nigeria for example, >>>> >>>> despite >>>>> having been illegal for a long time. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 17 Jun 2008, at 15:47, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The image from Kuwait, #4, is utterly disturbing. The two figures in >>>>> the >>>>> >>>>> background look to be servants. I'll gladly stand corrected if it is >>>>> >>>>> otherwise. I just couldn't get the horrible reputation the area has in >>>>>> how >>>>>> it treats "guest workers" out of my mind when I saw the image. Given >>>>>> that >>>>>> the Arabian peninsula was the last to sign the anti-slavery convention >>>>>> in >>>>>> the 1960's, and kicking and screaming all the way to the table no >>>>>> less, >>>>>> it >>>>>> paints a grim picture. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> s.d. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> PESO: >>>>>> >>>>>> This is very interesting: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tina >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tina Manley >>>>>>>> www.tinamanley.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >