Originally posted by bradybaker
We're not talking about how the media portrays the companies, its how they portray the facts about child labour. Child labour and child slavery and not the same thing.
well, you asked about child labor... child labor is in a sense child slavery. these companies set up shop in financially ravaged cities, they offer the children and families money, money that they need to survive... i don't see much choice in the matter if you're starving. then they pay them enough to live. in return the children are deprived of an education and forced to work for money/food. -- the media portrays the facts on child labor true... they show one side of it... they show the dark side... now how does that make them any less reputable facts... and how does that make child labor any different from slavery? it doesn't. of course the companies give the families money... but it's not enough to earn a better life... it's just enough for the families to get by.

so with you're logic i can give a homeless man just enough money for food and shelter as long as he devotes the majority of his waking hours to me and my needs. and if he gets hurt helping me i'll just get another homeless man... so on and so forth.

child labor is bad. to find the good in it is like finding good in slavery. "well gee, we got those blacks out of the jungle, put a roof over their head and gave them food... WE'RE HELPING THEM!"