Posted on 06/01/2005 4:05:37 PM PDT by Dashing Dasher
In a civilized and progressive country, buying sex from a prostitute would be no different than buying meat from a butcher. Indeed, most Western countries have reasonable laws regarding prostitution, in the U.S. we are faced with Christian fundamentalists imposing their values on the rest of us. If they can't browbeat us into joining their moral crusade, then they will enact laws to prevent us from doing what they secretly wish they could.
Buy sex from a hooker in liberal Oakland, Ca and you many lose your vehicle and see your mug shot plastered on a billboard or bus shelter.
Oakland police initiated a new "shaming campaign" to crack down on the oldest profession. The program will include surveillance cameras erected along busy streets. Videotapes of those soliciting ladies of pleasure will be handed over to Oakland police and Alameda County prosecutors. Customers convicted of soliciting prostitution could see their visages featured prominently on billboards and at bus stops. In addition to enduring 15 minutes of infamy, johns will also have their automobiles seized by the police.
The role of law enforcement should be to prevent crime, protect citizens and apprehend criminals -- it should not be to shame, ridicule or humiliate lawbreakers.
In a theocracy like Saudi Arabia, police officers acting in their capacity as moral guardians, sometimes publicly flog transgressors. But in a secular democracy, cops should enforce the law of the land and not attempt to shame citizens into being "morally pure."
When I lived and worked in Oakland , my biggest fear was not being solicited by a lady of the evening. I was more worried about having my home broken into or being hit upside the head by a crack addict.
Instead of implementing a "shaming campaign" to deal with the issue of prostitution, the city of Oakland should legalize it. There are many benefits to legalized prostitution. The benefits include (1) allowing law enforcement agencies to allocate their resources to more serious crimes, (2) freeing the criminal justice system from nuisance cases, (3) helping women who are trapped by prostitution, and (4) preventing children from being ensnared into streetwalking, and (5) enabling trysts to happen within controlled environments that bring about safety for both the customers and the working girls.
Trying to shame citizens into being morally upright should be relegated to the dustbin of history. What's next, if a husband wins his divorce case against his wife, will she be forced to sew a "Scarlet A" on all her outfits?
Ping.... dahlink
I never cease to be amazed by these male news stories.
Don't worry about being a good father, loving your wife, and only your wife, or even checking that prostate.......NO!, let's get pissed over the laws against prostitution.
Freakin Liberal Morons
And then, DISS the USA about how backward we are in our thinking about prostitution.
You wanna talk backward thinking? Try a Burka!
Can you just see it? An office in the business district of town. John comes in for his 2:30 appointment with "Belle". LOL!!
Legal Nevada brothels probably aren't that far off from what you describe, so I don't understand the condescension. Life for the prostitutes is certainly much safer in the legal brothels than "on the street", since there are legitimate security forces who will see that anyone who assaults prostitutes will be prosecuted.
Pingable?
A Muslim extremist is bad enough. Can you imagine a Muslim Pimp?!
Do they sell wide brimmed Burkas?
A muslim pimp is usually a family member....
Didn't you hear the story this week about a muslim bride who was raped by her husbands buddies as a way to get back at her family?!
Religion of Peace my b*tt!!
I wasn't being condescending. Sorry if I came off that way. I was amused by the thought of prostitution as a regular business. Prostitution is something that I just don't understand. Why would anyone pay someone else for sex? What's the point of it? And why would anyone disrepect herself so much that she would give herself to some total stranger, for money?
I don't believe I've ever actually seen a prostitute outside of a television program. Luckily it's not a law enforcement issue in SD.
Thanks for the ping, DD, but I don't like their idea of putting the perp's pic on the billboards. Terrorists or murderers, yes; someone guilty of soliciting a prostitute, no!
It's that slippery slope thing that bothers me. Will they eventually start 'shaming' people who eat too many fattening foods at one sitting and make them wear a Red 'F' on their sleeves?
Bride gang-raped with groom’s consent
Published: Tuesday, 31 May, 2005, 11:54 AM Doha Time
ISLAMABAD: A bride was gang-raped by her groom’s friends on the first night of their marriage with her in-laws’ consent in the southern part of Pakistan’s Punjab province, a news report said yesterday.
The Daily Times said Mujahid Hussain and his family allowed the bride, Kaneez Kubra, to be dishounored in revenge for her brother’s crime of having sexual relations with their daughter.
The bride’s father, Ghulam Hussain, said four persons sexually assaulted his daughter in front of his son-in-law in his house in Punjab.
{SNIP}
Oh yeah, a Burka is for a woman right? Silly me.
We've got plenty of them here in the big city!
Swing by - bring a truck, we'll send some home with you!
(in SF - we aren't sure if they're boys or girls, most times - so be careful which ones you choose.)
The religion of backward ass weirdos who are nothing more than retarded savages.
I am not kidding here. Diplomacy with muslims is the equivalent of the sh*t flower spray.
Eradication is the only solution.
I don't think we need to do that... they have a way of showing themselves, if you now what I mean...!
I can't believe they really went through with it. The news was out in February that they were thinking of doing the billboards - but I NEVER thought they actually would.
The ACLU should be here in a few minutes.
Well, some guys like sex but for whatever reasons aren't very good at getting it. Additionally, at least in areas with licensed brothels, seeking sex in a brothel is much safer than seeking it in a bar.
As for why women do it, the money is a pretty big reason. A woman who works in a Nevada brothel will likely make hundreds of dollars per day; some make thousands. It is certainly not a lifestyle most people would choose for themselves, but how many other jobs outside of the King County elections bureau pay that sort of money to someone without a college education?
RAH RAH RAH!!!
Me feel better now.
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