sammiealice's blog post - just some thougths

i just finished reading the girl with the dragon tattoo. what a book!!!!!!!! it took me a while to get into it, but once i was there, i could not put it donw. it brought home so vividly that we must alway be aware of the violence, violation and damage that is done to other in the name of protecting them or in the name of the law. also, many want to think that the only slavery which every existed was in the usa, but the truth is that it is alive and well and people are captured, bought and sold every day-----and sex slavery is just one of the examples.

the other thing that it reminded me of was wide spread the totalitarian thought was during the 1930's and how careful we have to be to make sure that we do not go down that same road. it worries me that many of the problems which we have seen since world war ii are just a continuation of the "racial purity" from the 1930's. sometimes i worry that for all the trapping of civilization and culture, right below the surface are all of the prejudices that were so obvious before ww ii.

so, be careful when you travel, watchs your kids, and look for how we are all similar and our differences made us unique, not lesser people.

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