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@keithprosser
Why SHOULD slavery be abolished? If there is no absolute, objective, unchanging standard then why is one standard better than another?Tell me, how hard do you have to think before you conclude freedom is better than slavery, or that kindness better than cruelty?
Obviously, if you take a look around the world at different times and cultures many didn't give it a second thought but exploited others. Slavery in some forms is still in existence today.
My guess is you don't have to think about it at all. You may require a moment or two to think up a logical-sounding reason why freedom trumps slavery, but making the judgement 'freedom is better than slavery' takes no time at all - it is built into you.
As a Christian it is something I do not have to think of as anything but wrong, but from an evolutionary perspective would you expect to see this compassion to those who are enslaving others since that compassion is missing with regard to the unborn and their worth?
If you - or I - had been born in ancient Rome or the antebellum deep south we'd probably think slavery was part of the natural order and not question it. You say you oppose slavery becuse freedom is intrinsically or objectively better than slavery; I say we oppose slavery becuase we are the products of a non-slaving culture.
There are many people in the USA that exploit others and enslave them so not everyone opposes slavery. Sex trafficking is a big, big business in the USA.
Are you aware that 3,287 people are sold or kidnapped and forced into slavery every day? Not many people are. That's 136 an hour and that's just the reported cases. Are you aware that most of these are children and most of them are sold repeatedly for sex?
... Are you aware that the global sex slavery market generates $32 billion in profits each year? I bet it will astonish you that the only crime to outpace it is illegal drugs. This is amazing as the average human is sold into slavery for less than $100...
Are you aware that 300,000 American children are at risk of child sexual exploitation and about 55% of the girls living on the streets are engaged in sexual slavery? They can start as a troubled youth or as a valedictorian -- the crime of trafficking is about opportunity, not about the child...
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At least 12.3 million people are victims of forced labour worldwide. Of these 2.4 million are as a result of human trafficking. (A global alliance against forced labor, International Labour Organization, 2005)?
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600,000-800,000 men, women and children are trafficked across international borders each year. Approximately 80 per cent are women and girls. Up to 50% are minors. (US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2005)?
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The majority of trafficked victims arguably come from the poorest countries and poorest strata of the national population. (A global alliance against forced labor, International Labour Organization, 2005)?
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There are even reports that some trafficking groups are switching their cargo from drugs to human beings, in a search of high profits at lower risk. (Un office on drugs and crime)
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In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation eradicating slavery, yet more than one million people are enslaved in the U.S. today.
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Every 10 minutes, a woman or child is trafficked into the United States for forced labor
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76% of transactions for sex with underage girls are conducted via the internet
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The U.S. government spends 300 times more money per year to fight drug trafficking than it does to fight human trafficking?
MORE FACTS:
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At least 12.3 million people are victims of forced labour worldwide. Of these 2.4 million are as a result of human trafficking. (A global alliance against forced labor, International Labour Organization, 2005)?
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600,000-800,000 men, women and children are trafficked across international borders each year. Approximately 80 per cent are women and girls. Up to 50% are minors. (US Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2005)?
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The majority of trafficked victims arguably come from the poorest countries and poorest strata of the national population. (A global alliance against forced labor, International Labour Organization, 2005)?
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There are even reports that some trafficking groups are switching their cargo from drugs to human beings, in a search of high profits at lower risk. (Un office on drugs and crime)
>>>
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation eradicating slavery, yet more than one million people are enslaved in the U.S. today.
>>>
Every 10 minutes, a woman or child is trafficked into the United States for forced labor
>>>
76% of transactions for sex with underage girls are conducted via the internet
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The U.S. government spends 300 times more money per year to fight drug trafficking than it does to fight human trafficking?
