Originally Posted by
bcpilot
I agree with you that it is not fair for such small children to work but Perhaps there is another reality that you seem to overlook.....
The 9 yr old who is making those soccer balls has 4 siblings to feed.... That 9 yr old provides for the entire family.
If you (read the western world) doesn't buy that soccer ball, those 4 siblings will most likely starve to death....
Since this conversation has for all intent and purpose strayed far from the OP's subject, and perhaps I played a partial role, I will post only the following and then resign from it.
In response to your last 2 paragraphs, that is EXACTLY the attitude I'm describing. Wanna help humanity? Give them the tools for a better future, instead of justifying their enslavement through condiscending implications of proxy gratitude for it. Out.