Reply #9: It really bothers me he left those he wrote about behind.

[Seldona]

He could have bought these people their freedom for next to nothing. It wouldn't take much imagination to keep up the ruse while getting these people out.

I would wrestle with how to handle this without perpetuating it, much less taking part. Maybe dumping the file into law enforcement's lap when he was done, or working with them along the way? But no way I could leave these kids behind.

I commend him on his bravery in taking on this incredibly important and horrendous issue. I simply could not have remained a dispassionate observer, taking no action to better the lives of the people opening up to me.

I am not saying he had no feelings about it all. Obviously he did. But at the end of the day I believe he could have accomplished his mission of exposing the scope of this abomination, and still got those out that crossed his path.

I guess I was just hoping to read about how these kids are being well taken care of, and educated, by people who empathize and want to love them and accept them into their homes not for their bodies or what they can get out of them but for their intrinsic value as human beings. It saddens me to know the opposite is true.

I have never really liked the trappings of money, but I have never wished I was rich more than I do right now. I would set out to combat the reasons this happens in the first place. It's really not that expensive to build schools, libraries, hospitals, etc, in places like this. Though the hospitals would be the most expensive.

Also I love the idea of making micro-loans to people of even 20 or 50 dollars. Imagine three generations living in slavery for less than the price of a small gas station cup of coffee? How fucked up is that? It doesn't even seem real.

I hope someone with money sees this article and feels the same way. This is 15th century shit here, and this is a case where a few could make a large difference.

It is actually a good investment from what I have read. The payback rate on these micro-loans in impoverished nations is in the 90 percentile range. And the way you make money is to help more people!

No slavery if you fail in whatever endeavor you attempt with the money either. Even if you 'lose' the money, at least the people are still free.

Micro-lending is a smart, humane, way to use capitalism to help people's lives. Sorry about the length of response, but this just floored me.