IS FORCED LABOR REALLY THAT BAD? [+] serious ballot by Kev24 1,340 rescued from forced labor (Xinhua) Updated: 2007-08-13 18:22 TAIYUAN -- A total of 1,340 people, 367 of whom are mentally handicapped, have been rescued from forced labor since the notorious brick kiln forced labor scandal came to light in June, a joint investigation group reported on Monday afternoon. During the campaign to crack down on illegal kilns, mines and workshops, 277,000 work units with 12.67 million workers were inspected, said Sun Baoshu, vice minister of Labor and Social Security and head of the investigation group, which represents the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the Ministry of Public Security and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. The use of forced laborers hit the headlines after more than 400 parents in central China's Henan Province posted an online petition, calling for help in rescuing their children who had been kidnapped to work in small brick kilns in Shanxi and Henan as forced laborers. An employee of a brick kiln at the center of the forced labor scandal has been sentenced to death for manslaughter and unlawful detention, the foreman was sentenced life imprisonment and boss of the kiln was given a jail term of nine years. A total of 95 Party officials in Shanxi have been punished in the wake of the slave-like labor scandal. ^ so is forced or slave labor really all that bad? i mean it's common practice in many countries, like china. so if the jet-setters of china are doing it, can it really be all that bad? should the west embrace forced labor in this day and age? yes! mindy needs a new fondu pot, so make them work, work, work! no. they are but weak innocent children. they should be playing and not working i'll divert this topic onto something else let me enlighten you with my wisdom Ballot #117010 : SEE RESULTS Comment: Register to submit comments You may still vote without registration show your vote with comment?

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