Stupid argument.
Kidnapping people and forcing them to do things against their will is where it becomes evil.
If they had forced her to sell cupcakes would they say that selling cupcakes was bad?
Exactly right.
While I'm usually quite supportive of law enforcement personnel, it seems to me that more and more are jumping onto the Clinton-Bush Nanny-Statism bandwagon...with the whole fake nomenclature that accompanies it. This was a crime regardless of what the forced acts--or even no acts--were.
The murder rate might be skyrocketing, people might be getting mugged, but it's far easier to go after prostitution (except with Spitzer, of course), so it gets demonized. And the "broken-window" idea has been shown to be WRONG with prostitution, time and time again. If law enforcement would focus on other crimes--like this kidnapping/slavery type of situation--a lot of benefit could be gained.
Are the cupcakes being sold without the proper licenses and inspection and are taxes being collected. I need to know before I make a moral determination. Oh! almost forgot. What flavor cupcake?
I think the police spokesman is confusing prostitution with sexual slavery.
Have you ever heard of someone being forced to sell cupcakes? Yet you'll find women forced into prostitution even where it's legal. Why do you think that is?