The Girls Next Door (Mexico-USA Sex Slave Trade)

New York Times Magazine ^ | January 25, 2004 | PETER LANDESMAN

[Travis McGee]

Indeed!

[DoughtyOne]

I thought I responded to this the other day, but I agree with your comments here.

[GeronL]

"Donna M. Hughes, a professor of women's studies at the University of Rhode Island and an expert on sex trafficking, says that prostitution barely existed 12 years ago in the Soviet Union

I didn't buy that for a second either...

[jjm2111]

You should be in MENSA with logic like that.

[XBob]

are you serious or sarcastic?

[jjm2111]

I was being sarcastic. I think countries where the Catholic Church has an strong influence on the secular government a certain cultural dynamic is produced, esp. in the pre-vatcian II era, but to say that Catholic Confession is the cause of that dynamic is a bit thin.

South-of-the-border corruption is a relatively complex issue and shouldn't be laid sqaurly on the shoulders of the Catholic church.

BTW, thank you for your service.

[XBob]

86 - "South-of-the-border corruption is a relatively complex issue and shouldn't be laid sqaurly on the shoulders of the Catholic church. "

Well, I have lived and worked in several 'catholic' countries, and the corruption was similar, and not just south of the border, but on the other sides of the world.

I can figure no other commonality.

PS, as an agnostic, I am not anti-catholic for religious reasons - just an observer.

[r9etb]

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the Cyber Crimes Center in Fairfax, Va., are finding that when it comes to sex, what was once considered abnormal is now the norm. They are tracking a clear spike in the demand for harder-core pornography on the Internet. ''We've become desensitized by the soft stuff; now we need a harder and harder hit,'' says I.C.E. Special Agent Perry Woo.

This rings true. But, of course, we all know that pornography is completely without impact. Just good, not-so-clean fun....

[jjm2111]

Which "Catholic" countries did you live in?

[XBob]

89 - Before I answer, please come up with another plausable commonality among catholic countries other than religion/culture.

[jjm2111]

I've got two:

1. Race - Most of Latin America suffers from a very bad race problem. 2% of the population have kept pure racial lines from their European ancestors. The rest are a mixture of European and Natives, European and Blacks, and Natives and Blacks. Since such a large percentage of the population has such a hard time "making it" they will take money any way they can find it, including lots of palm greasing.

2. Socialism - Most "Catholic" countries including Spain and Portugal have democratic socialism. Since the state controls such a large portion of the economy people will look to enrich themselves personally by gaming the system.

Ok, so which countries did you live in?

[XBob]

91 - What does race have to do with anything? The Japanese and Koreans and Chinese and Israeli's and Americans and Germans and Brit's do pretty well.

autocratic Socialism - ah, now you are getting somewhere - Catholic culture supports/accepts autocratic rule.

Where? Philippines, South Vietnam and a bit in Italy.

[templar]

This ongoing horror show could not exist without the "open borders" our elites seem to love so much.

The Bush legacy in action.

[templar]

Where? Philippines, South Vietnam and a bit in Italy.

I think you may be a bit out of touch. There is no South Vietnam any longer. There is only Vietnam, and it isn't Catholic.

[XBob]

94 - "There is no South Vietnam any longer. There is only Vietnam, and it isn't Catholic."

I am not out of touch. I was never in Vietnam. I was in the Republic of South Vietnam, which was Catholic.

And IMO one of the reasons that it no longer exists is that it was Catholic, and full of corruption.

[iopscusa]

"the corruption lies with the culture which is based on religion". xBob you hit the nail on the head. The history of Mexico/Central & S.America is one of corruption and human travesty starting with the Aztec/Incas then the Spanish/Catholics and the Communist/Fascist/Elitist...in other a series of very bad Governing and it is following theses Illegals into our country via, once again bad Governing!

[XBob]

96 - You seem to speak from personal knowledge, cowboy.