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Offline Pandora

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Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« on: September 11, 2012, 04:55:26 PM »
The author writes that her kid has 20, according to a .gov website.    ::saywhat::

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..... working on this week’s Monitor magazine cover story about sex trafficking, I came across a website supported by the US State Department that lets people find out their “slavery footprint.” Basically, you enter a bunch of information about your lifestyle – the rooms in your house, the sort of food you eat, and so on - and the super easy website shoots back the number of slaves you use, along with other information.

The results are sobering. But so is this: Of my 47 slaves, who is responsible for almost 20?  My toddler.

I should have known I was in trouble when the website started asking me about bath toys. But I saw I was really in for it when I read questions about the number of dresses my 18-month-old baby owns, how many stuffed animals, strollers and soft toys, how many pairs of baby jeans and baby dolls. Every time I clicked – increasingly embarrassed – my slavery count ticked upwards.

Read it if you can stomach it.  (She says we all need less stuff -- it's what's "good for the world".)

The best thing about it are the few comments; one >>>>

"RenowN

Dear Guilt Mongers, drop dead and shove this slop where the sun never shines"
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Re: Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2012, 05:01:37 PM »
Instead of a government website calculating how many slaves we have, how about a private website that calculates how many slaves the government has?  Looks like it's over 300 million and counting,
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Re: Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2012, 06:10:17 PM »
Quote from: Glock32 on September 11, 2012, 05:01:37 PM
Instead of a government website calculating how many slaves we have, how about a private website that calculates how many slaves the government has?  Looks like it's over 300 million and counting,

According to me IRS tax statement I'm supporting easily of them myself 35-40k.
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Re: Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2012, 06:17:19 PM »
I wouldn't mind a slave or two. I guess I'd prefer them to have names, instead of numbers though. Ashley, Jennifer, Katie...

 ::thinking::

I need more stuff.
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Re: Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2012, 07:05:13 PM »

Would a slave by any other name clean the house as neat?

It's the state department, once again, the state department.
The same geniuses that cause us to patronize blood sucking
Pakistan while disdaining India who would rather be our friend
but are given the short end of the stick at every opportunity.

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Re: Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2012, 07:59:06 PM »
Quote from: IronDioPriest on September 11, 2012, 06:17:19 PM
I wouldn't mind a slave or two. I guess I'd prefer them to have names, instead of numbers though. Ashley, Jennifer, Katie...

 ::thinking::

I need more stuff.

Oh, and you'd be getting more "stuff" from the Mrs.  Surely.
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Re: Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2012, 08:18:43 PM »
I guess they don't realize that if we had less stuff (or didn't purchase as much stuff) then the economy would really be in a world of hurt.
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Re: Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2012, 04:30:43 AM »
Read it if you can stomach it.  (She says we all need less stuff -- it's what's "good for the world".)

The best thing about it are the few comments; one >>>>

"RenowN

Dear Guilt Mongers, drop dead and shove this slop where the sun never shines"
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Oh, apparently it shines there quote often as the author's head is thoroughly stuck in the sand.
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Re: Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2012, 04:33:15 AM »
Talk about slaves ! I recently got a membership with Ancestry.com and traced my male line straight back to the 18th century in Maryland . During a period covering roughly four generations my direct family line owned almost two hundred of the REAL THING ! Oh , for the good old days !  ::danceban:: ;D ::bustamove::
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Re: Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2012, 08:02:32 AM »
Massa SH!

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Re: Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2012, 10:36:35 AM »
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This has come as quite a surprise to me. Like most comfortable and educated Americans, before a few months ago I barely realized that slavery – even as the somewhat more broadly defined “modern day slavery” – still existed. And if I did have a fuzzy idea about the forced labor and human trafficking that exists around the globe, I certainly didn’t think I had any hand in it.  I mean, I buy organic. I walk to the grocery story. I even had one of those "(Product) Red"  campaign Gap T-shirts, before I shrunk it. I’m a “good” consumer.

because she's stupid.  Bet she thinks there's no religious persecution in this country either.

Liberals who think they've discovered some new thing make me  ::puke:: .  China aborts their female babies--think she could work up any concern?
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Re: Do you know your toddler’s "slave footprint"?
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2012, 10:37:02 AM »

Two hundred. DAYUM!
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