Umm, you know I seldom argue that our current regime is long on talk but light on action (apart from the eagerness for initiating wars) however, there have been a number of initiatives lately by the government... mostly in response to the concerns of UK charities (I got leafleted not long ago about the issue -- and there's been a couple of street campaigns). Also there's been much concern about children and women being trafficked into the UK, and although many of the women and children concerned are Eastern European, a percentage are from further afield.
There's also been legislation passed by many countries which allows for the prosecution of their citizens for crimes against children which have been committed in other countries. This isn't an issue that's being ignored. Err, wait a second... I suspect that would mean there's a major possibility of you and your associates being prosecuted should any of these girls (and boys?) prove to be underage.
You also mention repeatedly about how dangerous rescuing these girls will be. That someone might even be killed. When you talk about how Blood Rose will be willing to do whatever is necessary, that sounds a lot like engaging in violence. Does that mean injuring or killing those holding the girls? How do you plan on removing individuals without harm to innocent bystanders? And, if your action is met with the kind of violence which could result in Blood Rose deaths, are you concerned that this might also result in the deaths of the girls you're proposing to rescue? Our host can speak to this far better than I can, but as I understand it there is always a risk in hostage rescues etc that hostages will be killed. Even if that doesn't happen, should the rescue mission fail will the girls be questioned and subjected to punishment for having "liaised" with Blood Rose? It might be cheaper, and safer for everyone concerned, just to buy the girls.
How could you help apart from the fantasy island project? Well... the point of closing down the sex tourism trade was to make it necessary for certain countries to take the problem more seriously (losing the income from sex tourism requiring them to find alternative industries). Continued gentle poking is usually helpful. And the next step might well be to make these children more valuable to their families -- many children in brothels get there because they're sold/rented into slavery -- education and the provision of employment opportunities outside the sex trade can be useful in turning unwanted extra mouths into potential retirement funds. While prostitution is certainly not a lifestyle I want anyone to have to live much of the point is that those involved don't have an alternative that'll actually allow them to live (and in the case of being sold as a slave, allow other family members to stay alive too -- and that's apart from the large number of prostitutes sending money home). Even low level education -- frex reading and writing in their own language -- can open up new possibilities. Plus schemes similar to the various Prince's Trust initiatives -- providing seed money, practical support, and start-up loans etc to small business ventures seem to be working in other areas, where grand designs imposed by outsiders who've no grasp of the local geography and economy (World Bank funded schemes etc) tend to sink under the weight of their apparent good intentions.
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Re: Founder Response
Date: 2007-07-06 02:51 am (UTC)There's also been legislation passed by many countries which allows for the prosecution of their citizens for crimes against children which have been committed in other countries. This isn't an issue that's being ignored. Err, wait a second... I suspect that would mean there's a major possibility of you and your associates being prosecuted should any of these girls (and boys?) prove to be underage.
You also mention repeatedly about how dangerous rescuing these girls will be. That someone might even be killed. When you talk about how Blood Rose will be willing to do whatever is necessary, that sounds a lot like engaging in violence. Does that mean injuring or killing those holding the girls? How do you plan on removing individuals without harm to innocent bystanders? And, if your action is met with the kind of violence which could result in Blood Rose deaths, are you concerned that this might also result in the deaths of the girls you're proposing to rescue? Our host can speak to this far better than I can, but as I understand it there is always a risk in hostage rescues etc that hostages will be killed. Even if that doesn't happen, should the rescue mission fail will the girls be questioned and subjected to punishment for having "liaised" with Blood Rose? It might be cheaper, and safer for everyone concerned, just to buy the girls.
How could you help apart from the fantasy island project? Well... the point of closing down the sex tourism trade was to make it necessary for certain countries to take the problem more seriously (losing the income from sex tourism requiring them to find alternative industries). Continued gentle poking is usually helpful. And the next step might well be to make these children more valuable to their families -- many children in brothels get there because they're sold/rented into slavery -- education and the provision of employment opportunities outside the sex trade can be useful in turning unwanted extra mouths into potential retirement funds. While prostitution is certainly not a lifestyle I want anyone to have to live much of the point is that those involved don't have an alternative that'll actually allow them to live (and in the case of being sold as a slave, allow other family members to stay alive too -- and that's apart from the large number of prostitutes sending money home). Even low level education -- frex reading and writing in their own language -- can open up new possibilities. Plus schemes similar to the various Prince's Trust initiatives -- providing seed money, practical support, and start-up loans etc to small business ventures seem to be working in other areas, where grand designs imposed by outsiders who've no grasp of the local geography and economy (World Bank funded schemes etc) tend to sink under the weight of their apparent good intentions.