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Comment on Kenya Dealing with Illegal Immigration Issues by mkanderson

mkanderson — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:28:15 +0000

Illegal immigration is linked to human trafficking in the sense that smugglers also can turn out to be traffickers. Here in the U.S. there have numerous cases where people crossing the Mexican border were duped by their smugglers and sold into slavery. I would say that illegal immigration has the same relationship to human trafficking that porn does. One does not equal the other but there’s overlap.

Comment on Kenya Dealing with Illegal Immigration Issues by Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:39:40 +0000

I find it interesting how so often immigration, and human trafficking get lumped together as one issue. While one impacts another obviously, I wish more attention was paid to the trafficking component, and less to the ‘border crossing’ or ‘porous boundaries’. I don’t see that as the problem- more the demand for this sort of oppressive trade- the power involved, and how these networks get set up in the first place. A recent news story which involved human trafficking and ‘The Jungle’ refugee in France pointed to a lot of immigration issues as well. View the story here: http://www.newsy.com/videos/clearing_the_jungle_in_france

Comment on Pornography and Its Apologists by Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:07:35 +0000

Thanks for finding this. The porn I’m talking about isn’t the “cheesecake, glamour girl” type of nonsense. I don’t take issue with that. It’s the rough, horrible material I’m talking about. The films and photos where women are being abused and mistreated. They do exist. Often these women are drugged or beaten into submission. Often they’re enslaved. The fact that cruelty to women is regarded as an entitlement for men’s sexual pleasure makes me sick.

Comment on Pornography and Its Apologists by Dale

Dale — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:16:42 +0000

actually just found one, hopefully someone here can supply some more information

http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2008/3009/

Comment on Pornography and Its Apologists by Dale

Dale — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:06:56 +0000

“However, I firmly believe that the number of willing volunteers in the worldwide porn industry pales when compared to those who ended up there from unfortunate circumstances, desperation, manipulation, or outright slavery. I’m still looking for studies to back up my assertion, but there seems to be a serious lack of academic research into content providers and porn. ”

As a porn addict, i’ve been trying to look into what it is i’m actually looking at. To date, i have yet to find any real documentation of women being forced into performing pornography. I would be hestitant to state that you “believe” something without any real evidence. Have you been able to come up with any specific examples or cases?

Comment on Pornography and Its Apologists by Caroline

Caroline — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:17:41 +0000

THANK YOU! My husband and I have had ugly arguments through the years about his porn use. It’s not my “insecurity” or “sexual hangups” - it’s the fact that REAL people are hurt portraying FAKE sexuality, and his using it, I feel makes him complicit in this wrongdoing. (Since we have 2 daughters, and he can’t get it through his head that he’s watching someone’s daughters, I really feel he’s in self-centered rampant denial.) We have disclaimers on TV and Movies that say “No animals were harmed in making this film” but women are not treated with that much decency, and lunatics (who happen to like porn) pretend this has something to do with “Free Speech.”

Comment on Girl tells abduction story to NBC by Hazel8500

Hazel8500 — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:05:28 +0000

I second that, this IS a must read. Thanks for posting this.
Hazel.

Comment on Pornography and Its Apologists by mason

mason — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:17:22 +0000

I appreciate your coverage of this issue. In my research over the past four years, I have been alarmed to find that many of the missing and abducted people in the US have been used in porn and snuff films. I’m pretty certain that even the corporate mainstream porn industry has a large investment in these exploitative networks. If there is money to be made, big corp is at the door. I bet the money trail would astound most of us.

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Comment on Pornography and Its Apologists by mkanderson

mkanderson — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:04:08 +0000

Thanks for your kind comments and clarification.