Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/17

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Subject: [Leica] What the World Eats
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Tue Jun 17 09:03:31 2008
References: <200806161617.ARL74426@rg4.comporium.net> <003201c8d047$2be82a30$9800000a@eigenaarac8c70> <5CA3C7C8-E5D0-45A4-8EA7-71A5B9D36DD8@charter.net>

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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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Replies: Reply from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] What the World Eats)
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Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] What the World Eats)