Yesterday, while walking through Chinatown, I saw several children selling pirated copies of the lastest movies. One child specifically caught my attention because all he kept repeating was, "three for ten dollar," and just continued playing with some random toy he had. He couldn't have been more than ten years old. I've seen people selling illegal copies of DVDs before, but the shocking part was the use of children. From a criminal standpoint, I understand why children were the ones peddling the wares on the streets, but it somehow still seemed wrong. If they get caught, they'll serve less time. Hell, they probably won't be charged with anything because it's obvious that they're not the masterminds behind trade. I just couldn't believe it... and yet I did nothing 'cause I couldn't think of anything to do.
On a slightly different note, this is my 200th post. Yay me. It only took me just under five years to reach this plateau. What can I say? I'm just that slow.
2 comments:
ha,
well i guess that's chinatown.
some kids from my english class followed a china woman up to her apartment and into her room and into her closet to get handbags and dvds. it was pretty funny.
but its kinda like how drug dealers have kids play outside the house and if they see a car they dont recognize, they make a yell or a noise or something. people use children for illegal purposes far too often.
not only did you NOT do 'nothing', you BOUGHT some of those lovely dvds!
p.s. thanks for the dvds!
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