Catbox
forgiveness
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517092,00.html
i don't think i could sell my daughter... is there a reason to sell your child?
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some_random_panda
Flamesuit essential
+454|6693

That's what comes of taking advantage of poor people.

*This is not agreeing with the action*

Last edited by some_random_panda (2009-04-20 02:02:24)

Varegg
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Hollywood economically raped him and now he eyes the chance of atleast getting his daughter and the rest of his family a good life ... I think desperation is a good word ...
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ghettoperson
Member
+1,943|6951

Wait, so basically they weren't paid for her role in the movie?
Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|6967|NT, like Mick Dundee

[TUF]Catbox wrote:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517092,00.html
i don't think i could sell my daughter... is there a reason to sell your child?
Here's your choice:

Keep your daughter living with you in a massive slum with restricted access to fresh water, no real sewage system, no education beyond what you can provide, worrying about her next meal...

Or...


Do a deal that will get you, your other children and your wife out of the slum and into some relatively decent housing and get your daughter a proper education in a western country with fresh, running water, decent housing, good food and access to healthcare...



I'd find that a bastard of a decision to make once it occurred to me.


Srsly wtf would you do? Improve try improve things for everybody in your family or continue living in one of India's ever growing slum cities?
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Braddock
Agitator
+916|6592|Éire
Extreme poverty would be the motivating factor I guess, I'm not saying that makes it right though... could just be a publicity stunt to highlight how the people who starred in this multi-million grossing movie got shafted and are still living in abject poverty.
FatherTed
xD
+3,936|6802|so randum
i thought only muslims sold their kids?
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Varegg
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FatherTed wrote:

i thought only muslims sold their kids?
Nah ... I think Muslims are the ones that eat their children ...
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Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6923|London, England
Why was it that Slumdog Millionaire was such a Muslim based.....cast/characters? The main guy was Muslim, half the cast seem to be Muslim. It doesn't make any sense. And the only reason it won so many damn Oscars was because of the attacks on Mumbai a few months earlier.
Man With No Name
جندي
+148|5877|The Wild West
dont be hatin'
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6923|London, England
It just seems like a grossly inaccurate representation in terms of demographics, I dunno. I just don't see why they had to go down the whole minority route for a film that's supposed to represent so much
Diesel_dyk
Object in mirror will feel larger than it appears
+178|6296|Truthistan
The politics of embarrassment

This should get the hollywood crowd motivated to dish out some money.
$250k is chump change to quiet this guy.

I say, well played.
Varegg
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Mekstizzle wrote:

Why was it that Slumdog Millionaire was such a Muslim based.....cast/characters? The main guy was Muslim, half the cast seem to be Muslim. It doesn't make any sense. And the only reason it won so many damn Oscars was because of the attacks on Mumbai a few months earlier.
One of the plots is a Hinduistic attack on the poor Muslims ...
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Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|6967|NT, like Mick Dundee

Varegg wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

Why was it that Slumdog Millionaire was such a Muslim based.....cast/characters? The main guy was Muslim, half the cast seem to be Muslim. It doesn't make any sense. And the only reason it won so many damn Oscars was because of the attacks on Mumbai a few months earlier.
One of the plots is a Hinduistic attack on the poor Muslims ...
Either of you two know much about the Bombay area's politics?

Since the 1960s a rather nationalist group has been gaining power and took control of the area in the 1980s I think. Part of why Bombay was renamed. There is violence there. Anybody who doesn't assimilate into the local people's customs and cultures faces real trouble with street gangs and in dealing with the local government. The philosophy of the party is that they are all Indian first but their local culture is superior to the other regional cultures of India and if you move to the area you must assimilate.


Maybe the writer just took a bit of artistic licence with the violence.
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Turquoise
O Canada
+1,596|6707|North Carolina

Diesel_dyk wrote:

The politics of embarrassment

This should get the hollywood crowd motivated to dish out some money.
$250k is chump change to quiet this guy.

I say, well played.
Indeed...
tkoi
Utahraptor!
+148|6449|Texas
I think I trust BBC a bit more than Fox...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8008359.stm
Catbox
forgiveness
+505|7018

GGF0RCE wrote:

I think I trust BBC a bit more than Fox...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8008359.stm
nice... classy UK paper...
The father of a Slumdog Millionaire child actress has denied trying to sell her in what he called a "dirty" undercover operation by a UK newspaper.
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AussieReaper
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+5,761|6455|what

^ didn't stop Fox from running with the story. lol
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