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Hawaii law lets police have sex with prostitutes
Associated Press ^ | Mar 21, 2014 12:50 AM EDT | Sam Eifling

Posted on 03/20/2014 10:59:12 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Honolulu police officers have urged lawmakers to keep an exemption in state law that allows undercover officers to have sex with prostitutes during investigations, touching off a heated debate.

Authorities say they need the legal protection to catch lawbreakers in the act. Critics, including human trafficking experts and other police, say it’s unnecessary and could further victimize sex workers, many of whom have been forced into the trade. …

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: abovethelaw; donutwatch; hawaii; prostitution
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To: Olog-hai

tiny bubbles,

On your gland,

Tiny bubbles,

feel weird against my hand.

Tiny bubbles,
Drank too much wine
Make me sick
Make me feel stay at home.

Tiny bubbles
Make me warm all over
With a feeling that I’m gonna
stay with you till the end of time

So here’s to the golden pee
And here’s to the silver colloid
And mostly here’s a painful memory
To you and me

So here’s to the ginger lei
I give to you today
And here’s a kiss
That will not fade away

Like bad luggage,
Tiny bubbles,
Never go away...


21 posted on 03/21/2014 1:46:03 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: mdmathis6

That’s gotta suck...


22 posted on 03/21/2014 1:46:35 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Drew68
I've often wondered why it is that prostitution suddenly becomes legal when the sex act is filmed and downloaded onto a porn site.

Is it because the sex act when filmed acquires the constitutional protection of the First Amendment? That is not vitiated by the fact that the actors are paid. The sex act between consenting adults in private is constitutionally protected, why is that protection lost when the actors are paid?

Surely, the associated social ills alleged to be the byproduct of prostitution such as exploitation, spread of disease, degradation of morals generally, are all to be found in filming porn. And what about the additional social degradation which occurs from the fact that the porn is published while the act of prostitution for hire is presumably done in private?

The legalization of prostitution, like the legalization of drugs, and the general acceptance of homosexuality, whether for good or ill, is inevitable and we should get on with it. That is not to say that these activities are in themselves desirable it is to say that the criminalization of these activities is more harmful to society then to tolerate and regulate them.


23 posted on 03/21/2014 1:50:57 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford
The legalization of prostitution, like the legalization of drugs, and the general acceptance of homosexuality, whether for good or ill, is inevitable and we should get on with it. That is not to say that these activities are in themselves desirable it is to say that the criminalization of these activities is more harmful to society then to tolerate and regulate them.

I concur.

24 posted on 03/21/2014 1:58:14 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Olog-hai

Makes you wonder how they catch pedophiles.


25 posted on 03/21/2014 2:16:36 AM PDT by maddog55 (I'd be Pro-Choice if we could abort liberals.)
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To: maddog55
Makes you wonder how they catch pedophiles.

I suspect that most of the child porn circulating on-line was originally placed there by the FBI.

26 posted on 03/21/2014 2:25:32 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: nathanbedford

Twisted logic


27 posted on 03/21/2014 2:42:03 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Olog-hai

“Detective, have you arrested those prostitutes yet?”

“No sir, still gathering evidence...might take a few more boinks er I mean a little more surveillance...”


28 posted on 03/21/2014 3:36:27 AM PDT by hitkicker (The only thing worse than a politician is a child molester)
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To: Olog-hai

“Hi Babe, sorry working late tonight. Taking a shower before going to bed.”


29 posted on 03/21/2014 3:55:53 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Drew68

See my posting #7. The gay male prostitutes are gonna sue and claim discrimination...just you wait! (/s)


30 posted on 03/21/2014 4:41:23 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (American Christians can help America best by remembering that we are Heaven's citizens first!)
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To: Olog-hai

I need to join Hawaii Vice.


31 posted on 03/21/2014 4:49:19 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Olog-hai

Worker’s Comp claims for antibiotic shots?


32 posted on 03/21/2014 4:54:40 AM PDT by Drago
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To: Olog-hai

At least the cop got to go home sated at the end of his shift.


33 posted on 03/21/2014 4:55:00 AM PDT by eartrumpet
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To: Olog-hai
Good for them.

Me, I'd rather sleep naked in a dumpster in January.

Happy Syphillis, officers!

34 posted on 03/21/2014 5:07:33 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: Olog-hai

Who knows? Maybe another President from Hawaii may come of it.


35 posted on 03/21/2014 5:21:43 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: Olog-hai
What could go wrong?
36 posted on 03/21/2014 5:39:47 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.")
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To: Olog-hai

“In a tyranny, everyone is a criminal, except the government or anyone who works for the government or is part of the government.”


37 posted on 03/21/2014 8:33:21 AM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: Olog-hai
And another:

In a tyranny, the real criminals are The Law.

38 posted on 03/21/2014 8:34:32 AM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: Olog-hai

What a sad joke.

When the law serves no purpose other than to leave a stain on all involved.. wellll...


39 posted on 03/21/2014 9:10:25 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: smokingfrog

What do they do, take a selfie for proof?


40 posted on 03/31/2014 9:26:57 AM PDT by Syncro (So? -Andrew Breitbart [1969-2012] RIP King of The New Media)
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