Poreign Folicy

"Sex trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in which individuals perform commercial sex through the use of force, fraud, or coercion. Minors under the age of 18 engaging in commercial sex are considered to be human trafficking, regardless of the use of force, fraud, or coercion."

"Once a film or image with the girl’s face is uploaded onto the Internet, it is there forever. Traffickers know this and use it as a method of control and blackmail, letting the girls know that now they are on the Internet, they can never escape the life.Traffickers force girls into pornography for a greater financial gain. It is estimated that the pornography industry’s annual revenue has reached $13 billion. Traffickers can sell sexual photos of the women in addition to forcing them into prostitution at a great financial gain ..."

http://traffickingresourcecenter.org/type-trafficking/sex-trafficking

"Following nine months of intensive research—including two investigations in Pakistan, more than 130 interviews with victims, witnesses, and experts, and review of thousands of pages of documentation and media reporting—this report presents evidence of the damaging and counterproductive effects of current US drone strike policies. Based on extensive interviews with Pakistanis living in the regions directly affected, as well as humanitarian and medical workers, this report provides new and firsthand testimony about the negative impacts US policies are having on the civilians living under drones."

© Copyright 2012 Living Under Drones by Stanford Law School 

http://www.livingunderdrones.org/

-A poem remembering the voiceless and an apology for where I have perpetuated suffering-

I consume, they make. I consume, they make. I consume, they make, they make, they make. This repetition is no mistake, I am just attempting to replicate the repetitious empty imitation of love that is so unquestionably fake. Because consequences are very real and we don't have to deal with the deep wounds that take lifetimes to heal, bastard children waiting for their next meal. Lonely women, mothers without jobs because "sexy blonde nurse in a blue hospital room wearing red high heels" has lost it's appeal. But you can bet that putting that as her job description was not where her dream started, she fills the prescription because I create the market.

How can I say that I am a man of peace and loving the least while I continue to feast my eyes upon what ever I please? You're not hearing me, I battle this too. Please hear me I still battle this too. Please hear me I am still battling this too, because I have been molded and programmed for years to be addicted to somebody else's pain and to entertain myself with the pain of another person. I learned at a young age that if I just distance the face of my problems away, I can place the blame on whoever I want.

Youtube's greatest falls, face plants, trips, biffs, bike crashes and headshot shots- - sound familiar? We have been so consumed with the seduction of power and the submission to fear that now ever our bombs are controlled from miles away; airstrikes and drones that will even ignore children at play. Men behind desks not knowing or caring that they're scrolling over mothers wearing the blood of their fathers, trying to mourn over pieces of their daughters. But how do you hold half of a body, a dismembered little girl burned and bruised with her hair still in braids? What if we saw that here daily in the states? What if we had to deal with the repercussions on the other side of the button, or the click of our mouse. Have we forgotten that our screens are displaying real people praying "God make it stop! Make it stop! God please make it stop!".

But I can't say that I am surprised when we live in a nation that so defiantly places those who are suffering so far away to silently hide the scars of those who were so inclined to strive for more. But are now violently beaten and told whore, if you don't comply with me tonight you'll be sleeping on the floor. There is so much that we don't see behind the scenes of porn, and in the eyes of those who are casually blown off as casualties of war.

The scales are off in this UN-justice system when we are using myth to tip blame all towards the victim. There is nothing casual about a casualty. There is nothing casual about a casualty! How are we so casual about these global tragedies?