Because I live in Wisconsin where football – or at least Packers – is a state religion, I’ve been poking around the edges of the thing because I don’t get it, and I’m absolutely sure it’s not because I mind beer, yelling, processed foods and funny hats. Beer + yelling + processed foods + funny hats are my idea of a good time, generally speaking.
I came across this sentence the other day. at change.org:
The trafficking of children for sale at the Super Bowl is well documented.
And I was honestly flabbergasted: not surprised, because where men with money gather, children are sold for sexual pleasure. Still, it’s sickening. So many people watch and play football because it’s fun — shoot, even I go to Super Bowl parties! What a way to mess up an otherwise (mostly) harmless sports event.
I’m impressed with the “I’m Not Buying It” campaign, especially the one by Jay Ratliff, which is spare and direct and forceful. Then, too, there’s Troy Dooly:
(and he even pointed out that trans, gay, & lesbian kids get it worse than their straight peers! I am now a fan of Troy Dooly’s.)
It’s sad that sports – which otherwise teaches people cool things, like how to lose graciously, and more importantly, how to win graciously – should be used in such fucked up ways.
(Okay, I admit it: for the sake of the mood here in Appleton, I actually am hoping the Packers win. It’s good for the local economy, & I really don’t want everyone I know to be in a shite mood on Monday.)
I never imagined this took place or on such a scale what a shame.
Is this well documented as in a tv news outlet in hawaii documented this one particular case well, or is this well documented as in there have been hundreds or thousands of documented instances of sex trafficking at the superbowl? because as disturbing as this is, i think the elephant in the room is that this genren of criminality goes on all around the world every day of the year. the fact that someone got caught at superbowl is really beside the point.
Smells like the entirely unfounded but often repeated and reprinted (does the fact something gets printed many times make it well documented) claim that partner assaults spike during superbowl.
In this case there is a real instance of sex trafficking that actually happened at the superbowl, but I don’t think there is a causal relationship here beyond the fact that the pimp figures with a large gathering of people who are out of town and likely staying in hotels there’s a chance he’ll have some customers.