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Posts Tagged ‘man’s inhumanity to man

Selling People

June 3, 2010

I attended a conference on Human Trafficking recently. Human slavery is frightening, to say the least. Here in our lily-white U.S., we like to think that such things aren’t happening here to any great extent, although the UN estimates it’s a 12 billion dollar annual international industry. It’s happening everywhere, including here. And, it’s a […]

Being Different

May 7, 2010

Just read an article about the killing of albino people in Burundi — killing albino people for their body parts, to bring “good luck”. (link to article) If you happen to be born a human being and you happen to be a bit different, it doesn’t bode well for you. I’ve yet to see such […]