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   Message 137,069 of 137,311   
   Dorothy J Heydt to Scott Dorsey   
   Re: The government shutdown   
   10 Nov 25 02:47:07   
   
   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <10erh2k$h2q$1@panix2.panix.com>,   
   Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >Keith F. Lynch  wrote:   
   >>Joy Beeson  wrote:   
   >>> The people who do the actual calling are slaves.   
   >>   
   >>What is your evidence for this claim?  In what nation are these slaves   
   >>being held?  And what nationality are the slave?  In my experience,   
   >>they nearly all have Indian accents.  Does India have slavery?  Or   
   >>are neighboring countries kidnapping and enslaving India's citizens?   
   >   
   >She's referring to the scam call operations in the Golden Triangle.  Most   
   >of those calls go to China but an awful lot of them do come to the US.   
   >   
   >Where they are held might be Burma but it's a special economic zone that   
   >is under the control of Chinese nationals not associated with the Chinese   
   >government.   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   The BBC has an article up on the Chinese government cracking down   
   on the scam operations, particularly in the Chinese border region   
   of Myanmar.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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