A Woman. A Prostitute. A Slave. - NYTimes.com

A Woman. A Prostitute. A Slave. - NYTimes.com

It is naiveté to believe that human trafficking does not exist in America. It is the drug capital of the world, that has been proven.  The whole world knows it.  So why would anyone lull oneself into the idea that this darkness exists only in "other" countries than ours.  There is too much news in documentaries, world news, etc., to keep people abreast of this blight on any civilization, for anyone to be ignorant of it.  Therefore, there is no excuse. 

Only when evils are recognized and acknowledged can any attempt be made to do what one can to rectify the conditions or situations.  Just like parents teach their kids not to speak to strangers, not to take candy or anything else from strangers, surely parents are teaching their children about the dangers of pornography - both sex and drugs.  The only defense is knowledge and accepting responsibility for one's own safety, and one's own "knowing." 

I understand what it means to want to be free.  Yet this young woman forfeited a college degree in a country that we love to call "Communist," by allowing her boredom to land her in the worst kind of slavery that a woman can experience.  When one lives in a country that really believes in education as far as possible (and which makes great strides in a country as huge as China), surely it must not be as detrimental to one's welfare as some like to lead others to believe.   She could still be using her education were she still there.

Instead of this woman's parents and other relatives warning her of the tremendous chance she was taking with her life (although they could have and she ignored it), they aided and abetted her by putting up their homes for collateral.  That should have been a flag that there is smuggling, and then there is smuggling.  This smuggling was not the kind of "underground railroad" that leads to freedom (legal or not), but to slavery of the worst kind.  The smuggling trade is rampant in China, and America, too, as I said earlier; otherwise, there would be no "foothold" or "anchor" or "destination points" to bring slave property to for drop-off.   All over the world this trade goes on mostly quietly whereas the chattel might be among us in plain sight but cannot disclose it for fear of their lives. 

In the end, sometimes we find out things are too easy, even if expensive, and therefore they must be "fishy."  The greatest way I suggest in trying to become a citizen of another country is to go through the process, even though it might be lengthy.  At least it's legal and there is no chance of things like this happening.  It is when we try to avoid the necessity of following the rules for useful gain that we find it was better left alone.  Had she not done this, she and her parents possibly would be happier for it, and maybe sitting somewhere in one of the many McDonalds restaurants found in China, having a ball.   I hope her and others like her the best ever, and that alerts like yours serve as a wake-up call to those who should not even need it.