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, 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 >