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POSSIBLY NOT QUITE WHAT HE HAD IN MIND: We admire Ricky Martin's determination to end exploitation of children, and his concern that post-Tsunami Thailand might be offering numerous untracked opportunities for kids to be sucked into the netherworld without many people noticing. The trouble is, when he tells CNN:

"A lot of children in Thailand became orphans after the tsunami. They are perfect preys for the traffickers to go on with their business. We cannot let this happen[...] These are 600,000 children that could be perfect -- could be preys for the traffickers. We're talking about a third of the population of the victims. They can be abducted. They can be forced into prostitution. They can be forced into child pornography, organ trafficking. It is a really scary business, but this business is generating $7 billion a year. It needs to be stopped. [...] awareness is the most important thing. There is a lot of denial about this issue. This issue is so dark. People don't want to even hear about this. And I just need to be very, very stubborn about this issue and talk. Talk, repetition, I think, is the most important thing that we can do to educate someone."

... he sounds less like someone trying to stop an enormous injustice, more like a travel agent trying to sell Gary Glitter an all-you-can-eat buffet? Maybe Martin should try and focus his media interview slots on why its wrong, and how it will be stopped; the punishments that are already in place and how offenders will be caught?