Posted on 02/15/2005 5:31:12 PM PST by franksolich
Georgians convicted of white slavery
An Oslo court Tuesday convicted two men from Georgia of keeping two women as virtual slaves. The women were raped, held captive in an Oslo flat and forced into prostitution.
One of the men, convicted of human trafficking, pimping and kidnapping, was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Prosecutors had sought 13 years.
The other man was sentenced to four years for pimping and kidnapping.
The women, one from Russia and the other from Lithuania, were brought to Norway by the men and forced into prostitution from an Oslo flat. Neither was allowed to keep any of the money that their male customers paid.
Six other men were also convicted in the case, found guilty of rape and organizing prostitution operations against the women's will.
The case ranks as the biggest of its kind in Norwegian history.
Those two women were only doing work that Norwegians wouldnt do.....?
Well now, you might have the wrong country, sir.
I never paid attention to Norway, never gave Norway a second thought, never lost any sleep over Norway, until the "Norway ping list" got started three weeks ago, after which I discovered a great many things about Norway.
When one thinks of Sweden, he thinks of "sex;" when one thinks of Denmark, he thinks of "good food;" and apparently, at least from news stories the past three weeks, when one thinks of Norway, he thinks of "aquavit."
"You know the sorts of quilts; they are used all over America.
Rather than just decent bed-coverings, the sort that is plumped up with stuff on the inside--I know next to nothing about quilts, other than what I do not like.
When I hit the sack, I just hit the sack.
Those lumpy quilts (generic, not Norwegian, remember) remind me of nothing more than teddy-bear bedside lamps, frilly curtains, baskets of scented soap, and doilies, put in a bedroom to make it look "nice."
Bah, humbug. When I hit the sack, I just hit the sack.
These lumpy quilts in bed-and-breakfasts are not all they are made out to be; I spent one night in Wexford, Ireland with three of them on top of me, and my clothes (including my shoes and long overcoat) on, but that was perhaps the coldest night I had ever spent in my life, despite the thickness of the lumpy quilts.
The essentials, madam; just a place to lay down, and a couple of blankets, is all that is required. I assume three-quarters of the charges of bed-and-breakfasts is to pay for the things to make a room look "nice."
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Well, I can see what you say, somewhat. Except many American quiltmakers take pride in what they produce. Many quilts are worth lots of money. Especially, if they are old.
B&B's don't have quality quilts.
I agree, Madam; there is a certain art and skill to making quilts, a level of craftsmanship that is a gift from God.
It has suddenly occurred to me I have been using the wrong word; perhaps "quilts" is not the word. I guess I am thinking more of "downers" or "comforters," those lumpy bed-coverings that one buys at discount stores because they "look pretty."
So is the slavery better or worse when it's "white"?
I am not sure how that term "white slavery" originated, sir; I believe it was first used in the Mann Act of about a hundred years ago, an act which prohibited the importation of women from one state to another, so as to profit from their prostitution.
Since this was about a hundred years ago, and there were still many living who had memories of slavery, perhaps the appellation "white" was used to differentiate; "black slavery" (thank God) having been abolished about forty years before, but still in the national consciousness.
Dolly Dimple might be the biggest pizza chain, but most pizzas are made in fast food places that are not part of a chain. I for instance have not eaten dolly dimples. The most sold pizza by a big margin is Grandiosa. A Norwegian pizza made by a Norwegian firm based in Norway
Well, my thoughts:
Quilts usually are home-made and beautiful. Many families hand down quilts though generations. I have a few.
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Downers and comforters, you say?
No comparison, shopping in discount stores. None, whatsoever.
Goodness - I didn't know stuff like this happened in Norway. Call me naive. The "Georgia" caught be by surprise, at first, too. I was initially expecting to find out that the thugs were from the Atlanta area...and then I thought, "Ooohhhh, THAT Georgia!"
lumpy bed-coverings that one buys at discount stores because they "look pretty"
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Those aren't quilts.
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