AC joins coalition to combat child sex tourism
Nov 19, 2010, 8:06 am
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AC joins coalition to combat child sex tourism
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/...164/story.html
MONTREAL - Air Canada is partnering with the Montreal police, the Sureté du Québec and non-profit groups in a campaign to combat child sex tourism abroad.
The airline is showing videos on its planes and posters will be displayed at airports in Montreal and Quebec City to increase awareness about child sex exploitation in foreign lands.
An estimated 2 million children a year are sexually abused and exploited.
And the PR with a bit more on the campaign:
http://www.marketwire.com/press-rele...sm-1356116.htm
MONTREAL - Air Canada is partnering with the Montreal police, the Sureté du Québec and non-profit groups in a campaign to combat child sex tourism abroad.
The airline is showing videos on its planes and posters will be displayed at airports in Montreal and Quebec City to increase awareness about child sex exploitation in foreign lands.
An estimated 2 million children a year are sexually abused and exploited.
And the PR with a bit more on the campaign:
http://www.marketwire.com/press-rele...sm-1356116.htm
Nov 19, 2010, 8:53 am
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Saw some of these ads on a recent research trip to/from Cambodia. Tragic as you look around the plane and see that there are basically three kinds of travellers: 1) Cambodian residents 2) NGO folk 3) Sex tourists. If there is a hell, I hope there is a special place there for those who prey on children!
Kudos AC for raising awareness and not standing idly by! ^
Kudos AC for raising awareness and not standing idly by! ^
Nov 19, 2010, 9:44 am
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Ummm. Many regular tourists visit Cambodia as well. In fact, I was there last week with Mrs. Scoop. Lots of couples and backpacker types. Japanese tour groups, Chinese tour groups...
Kind of ridiculous to generalize like that.
Kind of ridiculous to generalize like that.
Nov 19, 2010, 10:18 am
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+1 My wife and I are planning on visiting Angkor Wat next year. While Cambodia and Thailand do tend to have more of "those" types of visitors than say...Australia...there are also many other attractions to visit in the area.
Nov 19, 2010, 10:34 am
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+1 here too. My husband and I are visiting BKK in February -- is everybody on the plane going to look at the early-30s white gay boys and judge? I better get a tshirt that says "NOT A SEX TOURIST THANK YOU"
Nov 19, 2010, 10:44 am
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Saw some of these ads on a recent research trip to/from Cambodia. Tragic as you look around the plane and see that there are basically three kinds of travellers: 1) Cambodian residents 2) NGO folk 3) Sex tourists. If there is a hell, I hope there is a special place there for those who prey on children!
Kudos AC for raising awareness and not standing idly by! ^
Kudos AC for raising awareness and not standing idly by! ^
Nov 19, 2010, 1:03 pm
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Nov 19, 2010, 2:27 pm
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Saw some of these ads on a recent research trip to/from Cambodia. Tragic as you look around the plane and see that there are basically three kinds of travellers: 1) Cambodian residents 2) NGO folk 3) Sex tourists. If there is a hell, I hope there is a special place there for those who prey on children!
Kudos AC for raising awareness and not standing idly by! ^
Kudos AC for raising awareness and not standing idly by! ^
Yes I was there researching with an NGO ... and YES, legitimate tourism is a big part of the Cambodian economy -- of which many legitimate tourists are there to see and experience a beautiful and wonderful country.
So... that said, my apologies to generalize, and we can then introduce the legitimate 4th category of "responsible, fun-seeking tourist, and/or general non-child-sex-trade-seeking person" .
Nov 19, 2010, 5:23 pm
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Nov 19, 2010, 5:46 pm
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Sigh, I thought we were done with the "raising awareness" types of feel-good campaigns in the 90s. How does putting up a few depressing posters to disturb travellers trying to enjoy their vacations make the problem go away?
Nov 19, 2010, 10:51 pm
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How does ignorance of social problems make them go away? In order for someone to attempt to solve a problem they must first become aware that a problem exists.
Nov 20, 2010, 9:31 am
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