{"id":14,"date":"2010-05-17T07:20:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T07:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/05\/the-exploitation-of-children-in-our-culture.html"},"modified":"2010-05-17T07:20:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T07:20:55","slug":"the-exploitation-of-children-in-our-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2010\/05\/the-exploitation-of-children-in-our-culture.html","title":{"rendered":"The Exploitation of Children in our Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When this video came on, I was sick to my stomach. I&#39;m not sure if it was watching the video that made me sick, or hearing the roaring crown in the background &#8211; perhaps both. Something has gone dreadfully wrong when we subject seven year old girls to what you&#39;re about to see. Yes, you heard right &#8211; seven years old. What does this say about the parents of these kids?&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Our culture is over sexed and will has no standards regarding what it will exploit. When this becomes entertainment, we have lost our innocence. These kids have certainly lost theirs.&#0160;Every culture today claims, in theory, to place the highest value on its love for its children. What does this video say about that value?&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>God help us.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>I found this on the&#0160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=66541351019&amp;ref=ts\">Stop Child Trafficking Now<\/a>&#0160;Facebook page.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&lt;<object height=\"287\" width=\"448\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/embed.trilulilu.ro\/video\/djandrew10\/52326eef446527\/0xe9eff4.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"durataAudio=121&amp;titluEmbed=Little%20girls%20working%20it%20to%20%27Single%20Ladies%27%20and%20they%20are%20Killin%27%20It%21\" \/><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" flashvars=\"durataAudio=121&amp;titluEmbed=Little%20girls%20working%20it%20to%20%27Single%20Ladies%27%20and%20they%20are%20Killin%27%20It%21\" height=\"287\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.trilulilu.ro\/video\/djandrew10\/52326eef446527\/0xe9eff4.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" \/><\/object><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trilulilu.ro\/video\/Sport\" title=\"Sport\">Vezi mai multe video din Sport<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When this video came on, I was sick to my stomach. I&#39;m not sure if it was watching the video that made me sick, or hearing the roaring crown in the background &#8211; perhaps both. Something has gone dreadfully wrong when we subject seven year old girls to what you&#39;re about to see. 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