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| Subject: The irony of our Christmas generosity is its link to modern slavery Fri Dec 22, 2017 5:41 pm | |
| It's a given that every Christmas our minds turn to family and friends. But the irony of modern slavery is that even as we try to be generous and caring we can unintentionally prop up global enterprises that thrive off slavery.
I'm in Thailand at the moment, a hot spot for slavery and a hot spot for the seafood that we import by the bucket-load to fill up the barbecue on Christmas day. At the docks, just an hour from Bangkok, you can readily see the faces of fishermen and women who exist or have existed in slave-like conditions – something we have only started to understand in recent years.
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/news-and-views/opinion/the-irony-of-our-christmas-generosity-is-its-link-to-modern-slavery-20171221-h08gi1.html |
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