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ronnie624

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4. Sorry. I didn't mean to imply anything about you.

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 10, 2016, 05:40 PM

Apr 2016

There really is very little to go on in the article. It only mentions three children specifically. One was drugged, and it isn't clear why. There's no statistics at all to support the claim that drugging and "renting" babies is a widespread problem. Surely the number of people who would do such things to their own children, is very small.

Vilifying Muslims in news media is common these days, and this article definitely has that element.

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Drugged beggar babies for rent in Indonesia [View all] WhiteTara Apr 2016 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Vilis Veritas Apr 2016 #1

Sensationalistic and sketchy. ronnie624 Apr 2016 #2

I never thought about it that way WhiteTara Apr 2016 #3

Sorry. I didn't mean to imply anything about you. ronnie624 Apr 2016 #4

They drug the babies so they are quiet and compliant WhiteTara Apr 2016 #5

Only one baby is mentioned specifically, ronnie624 Apr 2016 #6