Reply #7: I know about the boys that race camels for sport...

[Dunvegan]

...just like horse jockeys, they are chosen (sometimes by the wealthy against their will, sometimes not) because their light weight helps in winning races. This is a sport where wealth exploits children. It is not the only way children are exploited the world around. Do you know for a fact that any of the Dubai Port executives race camels? If so, post that. Child exploitation would be relevant to ethics of the exexutives of the company. If not, it's just a bit of a weak shot.

Were you referencing these children in their plight in your post? Or, are you being disingenuous?

Honesty here: Was that meant as a coarse aside that you wouldn't apply to McGruff, or Disney, or Smurfs?

The reality is that a site hires an artist. The artist's job is to create a character for children to relate to while they tell a story that indirectly sells/advertises the company's business. I don't care for any foreign (read: Non-American) company to get these port bids in the present climate. No other country.

We have European companies that administer some American ports. If it were an Italian company with a kid's page, and a kid called "Capt'n Pirelli", would you have made a crack about choir boys and priests?

Honestly?

Think about it.