Posted on 04/20/2008 3:29:27 PM PDT by Soothesayer
DAKAR, Senegal - On the day he decided to run away, 9-year-old Coli awoke on a filthy mat.
Like a pup, he lay curled against the cold, pressed between dozens of other children sleeping head-to-toe on the concrete floor. His T-shirt was damp with the dew that seeped through the thin walls. The older boys had yanked away the square of cloth he used to protect himself from the draft. He shivered.
It was still dark as he set out for the mouth of a freeway with the other boys, a tribe of 7-, 8- and 9-year-old beggars.
Coli padded barefoot between the stopped cars, his head reaching only halfway up the windows. His scrawny body disappeared under a ragged T-shirt that grazed his knees. He held up an empty tomato paste can as his begging bowl.
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/end sarcasm
Well, it’s certainly sad that anyone has to live this way, but it’s not unique to Islam. Anyone who has ever been to places like Tijuana, or even Jamaica knows this.
Organize! These boys need the Teamsters! /sarc/
The world is a wonderful, magical place.
Celebrate Diversity!
Peace and love and alms-giving! lovely! /sarc
What other religion routinely tortures little kids?
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