Very true,
@grayland, although in this case it does fit.
I would never think to call a deaf person 'dumb,' but these people are not mute - they
are dumb. As in stubbornly ignorant of useful ways of being in the world.
Very simply because they are lying to and taking from people who innocently believe them.
Sometimes compassion can be fierce, rather than condoning unwholesome livelihoods.
The place I
do feel compassion is for the girls individually, because they are part of a bigger 'organization,' and for whatever reason are unable to extract themselves.