01-20-2012, 02:25 AM
(01-20-2012, 02:06 AM)kandrathe Wrote: Who has the moral umbrage to launch a modern abolitionist movement? Who is our John Brown?
Why don't we make slavery illegal, then!
Oh, wait. It *is* illegal, almost everywhere.
Whatever it is we lack to stop widespread human trafficking, it's not "moral umbrage." What we don't have is anyone capable of policing the chaotic and underdeveloped areas of the world, which is where the overwhelming majority of actual modern slavery happens.
As for sex trafficking, that's a tough issue we've talked about before, but I suspect more stringent enforcement would actually harm, rather than help, most of those involved. It's a shady world and difficult to study, but I strongly suspect most of the women involved prefer having made the move to not. Where they end up sucks, but where they came from sucks worse.
Maybe if we had open borders, this would stop being such a problem?
-Jester