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Forced labor does occur in many industries, especially those where the workers are migrants or otherwise vulnerable, and this needs to be addressed.
And yes, it can often be the case that these people smugglers demand exorbitant fees, coerce migrants into work they don't want to do and abuse them when they're vulnerable.
But they're also vulnerable, vulnerable not only to natural disturbances like bark beetles that preferentially attack big old trees but high-grade logging and clear-cut logging.
These simplified forests lack complexity, and they're really vulnerable to infections and bugs.
We know that, and we know how vulnerable we are to the impacts of climate change.
This is a very vulnerable thing to do, and it can be very rewarding.
Part of what I've learned in my research and reporting is that the art of living well is often practiced most masterfully by the most vulnerable.
We need policies that reflect that everyone deserves to be vulnerable or care for vulnerable others, without becoming destitute.
And it was the same everywhere ... Afghanistan, Kashmir, Burma, Philippines, Chechnya; petty warlords got the young and vulnerable to kill one another in the name of jihad.
As long as these predator-free circumstances last, the birds thrive, but they are vulnerable to changes in their environment.
In contrast, the poor and the most vulnerable in our societies are using devices that leave them completely vulnerable to surveillance.
So the lack of default security in Android is not just a problem for the poor and vulnerable users who are depending on these devices.
And so if we do nothing to address the digital security divide, if we do nothing to ensure that everyone in our society gets the same benefits of encryption and is equally able to protect themselves from surveillance by the state, not only will the poor and vulnerable be exposed to surveillance, but future civil rights movements may be crushed before they ever reach their full potential.
As they end up failed by the education system, they're on the streets where they're vulnerable to violence, police harassment, police brutality and incarceration.
And they inspire me even more because although our society is telling them, you're not wanted, you're not needed here, and they're highly vulnerable and subject to abuse, to wage theft, to exploitation and xenophobic attacks, many of them are also beginning to organize in their communities.
We didn't wait any prerequisite amount of time for our courtship; we told each other the vulnerable truths up front: I am a transgender man, which means the F on my birth certificate should have stood for "False," instead of "Female."
It's about us, and our ability to experience joy and love and to improve our reality comes only when we make ourselves vulnerable and we accept responsibility for our actions and our inactions, kind of like Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks.
I had to be vulnerable like Stephanie and sacrifice my ego.
What felt brave to me was that other kind of harvest and transplant, the soul marrow transplant, getting emotionally naked with another human being, putting aside pride and defensiveness, lifting the layers and sharing with each other our vulnerable souls.
For example, we might find a mentor or a trusted colleague with whom we can exchange ideas or have vulnerable conversations or even role-play.
Children, without a doubt, are the most innocent and vulnerable victims ... but not just from the obvious physical dangers, but from the often unspoken effects that wars have on their families.
But it's often those that are the most vulnerable, that we're trying to support, that we actually don't ask.
Until we stop armed conflicts raging throughout the world, families will continue to be displaced, leaving children vulnerable.
So I can tell you that when you go into one of these situations and settings, it is absolutely thrilling ... for about 30 minutes, because that's about how long it takes before you run into a situation where you realize how incredibly vulnerable you are.
Time and the march of progress is used to justify a stunning degree of violence towards our most vulnerable populations, who, being perceived as space-takers rather than world-makers, are moved out of the places where they live, in service of bringing them into the 21st century.
But these gatekeepers are vulnerable to internet attacks and also makes the censorship and the surveillance easier.
We put ourselves in a vulnerable place, sometimes.
Subconscious manipulation: companies can analyze your emotions based on your photos and chats, targeting you with ads when you are at your most vulnerable.
I am very vulnerable in certain situations: airports, hallways, parking lots, loading docks.
When times are difficult, when you're short of money, when you're feeling insecure and vulnerable, it's almost a natural human tendency to turn inwards, to think of your own needs and to discard everybody else's, and perhaps to start to imagine that the past was somehow better than the present or the future could ever be.
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