Originally posted by rileytardell
Originally posted by Dragonfly79
Name a country or place on this planet where there is no suffering.
Try to Name one that's not Buddhist with a sex slave market like Thailand.
Thailand is quite unique in how they deal with prostitution. It is very visible and accepted. Add poverty and people are willing to sell their bodies,
even their children to rich foreigners. I think it's a sad thing. But most of the sexworkers are not slaves.
In my own country we have red light districts, prostitution is legal it's just that the majority thinks going to a prostitute is something to be
ashamed of. I have no inside knowledge of prostitution but I understand it is difficult once you're in to get out making sexworkers slaves. There are
a lot of ties with organized crime, things like taking away one's passport to keep them working as prostitutes happen or getting a person addicted on
drugs, there are a lot of women from east europe and former USSR who are being used as sexslaves in this way even in my civilized country with
Christian roots.
Take a look at Africa, where rape is almost common. I bet there are a lot of women in some of the african countries being used as sexslaves.
Consider these links:
www.pbs.org...
www.nytimes.com...
Illegal sexual exploitation of men, women and children happens all around the globe and isn't confided to Thailand.
It doesn't matter what they saythe Buddah said - its what they DO.
Then stop talking about buddhism but say Thai do this, Tibetans do that...
No Buddha says to just accept it. Its karma - so selling your 10 year old girl for $100 is ethical to a Buddhist.
No it's not ethical but I'm feeling this is not going anywhere.
Is it a luxury now for a 10 year old to not be raped by old men?
I guess this is a miscommunication then.
The innocent victims of it. And the fact there is an International Buddhist Conspiracy. The evil Buddhists make the Illuminati look like altar boys.
The real NWO will come from TIBET.
You probably mean Dharamsala? I doubt it. Actually, buddhism is not that popular in the west. Which is easy to explain; the West has a lifestyle based
around gathering material things while buddhism teaches to be detached of material belongings. And it's too complicated for most westerners who want
instant gratification rather than spending years of sutra study.