"It" Doesn't Cut It

I was reading a news story the other day, about a man who travelled to Haiti to investigate the problem of child trafficking there.  It struck me as disgusting, that the men responsible for the sale of these children, habitually referred to a victim who was to be sold, as "it".  Not "he" or "she", but "it".  People often refer to their pets with more dignity!  These children were considered to be mere, insentient objects.  I don't know how a human being can view another that way.

I don't have a big dissertation in mind, here.  I'm just running my mouth (so to speak).


I'll end with one of my favorite Bible verses:

For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
-Galatians 3:26