K&R

My wife & I splurged last night for a rare shrimp meal...My wife found a recipe on Pinterest a few moths back & we decided to by some fresh shrimp & cook it last night & now I feel sick.

When my wife reads this she is not going to be happy at all.


This is going on in Qatar as well...They bring in workers from India & Nepal, take their Visas, basically work them the to death! It is estimated that over 4000 workers will die in Qatar between now & when they host the World Cup!

The world is fucking cruel place...We are very LUCKY to be able to complain about our problems here in the USA. VERY FUCKING LUCKY!!

One from me, and one from you. I mean, more comments would be good even if for no other reason than to keep the story alive in the minds of all the people who come here. Admittedly, not everyone comes here to get depressed about these accounts - even me. I just wish more people would add their thoughts, and I didn't even post the thread to begin with!

Anyway, as to your point, yes, luck is part of the equation, but - without hijacking the thread - I also think we have the democracy and government which we have due to effort.

You would think Slavery 2014 would bring more people to the conversation but sadly that is not the case. Like you said it is a very depressing subject.

Hijacking a little since no one is here...I played soccer from 5yrs old up until & tore my ACL playing in United States Air Force...I LOVE soccer!! But I almost don't even want to watch the World Cup due to how Brazil & FIFA have acted!

Wont go into it much here but Brazil is screwing their citizens over big time to host the World Cup & Olympics...They should never have been awarded the Cup or the Games. FIFA is basically a slavery enabler!

and lets it go unpunished.

But you know there won't be because TPTB figure most of the world doesn't know or doesn't care just as long as they're getting their cheap seafood.

US may blacklist Thailand after prawn trade slavery revelations

Guardian investigation showing migrants enslaved on boats working in shrimp supply chain may lead to sanctions unless Bangkok can sort its human trafficking trade

Dan Roberts in Washington and Kate Hodal in Bangkok
theguardian.com, Wednesday 11 June 2014 03.13 EDT

The US is considering downgrading Thailand to a human trafficking blacklist following revelations in the Guardian that migrant workers are being treated as slaves in fisheries that supply western supermarkets with prawns.

Washington will directly address allegations of human trafficking in Thailand in an imminent report that could result in economic sanctions against Bangkok. The state department has confirmed it intends to review the country's response to abuses such as migrants being bought by shipowners and forced to work as slaves for years at sea without pay.

The review, due by the end of June, could result in Thailand being downgraded to the lowest level in a US system of rankings of human trafficking risk that would trigger automatic economic sanctions and loss of development aid, although such punishments can be waived under certain national security considerations.

"We are aware of the Guardian investigation," said Luis CdeBaca, Washington's ambassador-at-large for monitoring and combatting trafficking in persons, said in a statement to the newspaper.

More:
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jun/11/us-blacklist-thailand-prawn-trade-slavery-revelations