Ben, That doesn't surprise me, as I have heard this kind of story before. Still, I really can't imagine it. It highlights for me how ill-equipped we are to understand this sort of thing from our Western affluent frame of reference.
Patrick > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Subject: RE: Survivor Thailand > > > Patrick- > > Pardon the soapbox, but read another Thai story recently > that truly saddened me. > > Couple of magazine journalists went to Thailand to do an > expose on the teenage girls sent to the cities and > resorts, sold into sex slavery. > > When they found out from a "madam" how little in US$ is > would cost to "buy out" a girl's contract, they did so > for one girl, and returned her to her home village > to "freedom". > > Imagine their reaction when they discovered that her > MOTHER had sent her to the madam, and was getting a > percentage of her earnings, which helped support the > family. > > <s-i-g-h> > > -Ben ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
