Danny Archer: "So you think because your intentions are good, they'll spare you, huh?"
Benjamin Kapanay: "My heart always told me that people are inherently good. My experience suggests otherwise. But what about you, Mr. Archer? In your long career as a journalist, would you say that people are mostly good?"
Danny Archer: "No. I'd say they're just people."
Benjamin Kapanay: "Exactly. It is what they do that makes them good or bad. A moment of love, even in a bad man, can give meaning to a life. None of us knows whose path will lead us to God."

If people are basically good, how does something like this happen in the first place? Not to mention being allowed to continue by other people who are basically good. Or by premise of the above discussion, that people are neutral and can only commit good or bad acts. Are we the sum total of what we do? Is it our actions that make us good or bad? Why or why not? Some great discussion material here.

Another theme is the economic inconsistency of Americans to decry these abuses, then consume the products that supposedly create the problem. Archer refers to this when he states succinctly to Maddie, “You sell blood diamonds too.” This is an issue that we should deal with.