Message from ppeterson

[Anonymous]

Yesterday, while driving through the city where I live, rialto, California, 60 miles northeast of here, I looked up and saw a billboard that said, "Human trafficking...present day slavery--please call..." what odd coincidence to see that billboard for the first time on the very day that we have a discussion about human trafficking. How so very sickening for this to be a reality period, and as selfish as it may sound (for this remark I apologize beforehand), how so much more sickening for it to be a reality that is happening right here in our own backyard. When things are far removed from you, it is always easier to see an atrocity and say “wow, how sad,” and then go on about your business, never thinking about it again. But, sadly, it is only when the atrocity is happening in your face that you may seem more apt to act, to want to do something, to say, “this can’t be true, how is it happening, what can I do,” instead of just “wow, how sad.”