Decriminalizing Hobbying
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My husband read me some of that article until I screamed that he should shut up.
1) Prostitition itself is already quite legal. Sure there are laws against some things, like street prostitution. If we had a problem with dental hygenists dragging their chairs out on street corners, hawking their services to passers-by, performing their services in plain view of everyone, and throwing their used biotoxic supplies on the street and on the playgrounds, then we'd have to have laws against public solicitation for dental hygiene services too. It's just common sense, people! You have business? Take it private!
There are other laws -- like the bawdy house laws and living off the avails laws -- that often make us uncomfortable as they're so broad that they might encompass any of us. But at the same time, enforcement is very precise, seeming only to respond to serious problems. I agree that it poses a risk to us, but it's a compromise we all participate in for the overall good. If having the laws be so broad helps the authorities to quickly and effectively deal with an exploiter or someone causing serious problems, then it's worth it to us all to walk the fine line.
2) This is quite hilarious coming from The Sun because they're the biggest pimps in town. Starting up in Ottawa in 1988, the Sun never really did do much to develop its classified ad market share beyond the quick and easy adult services venue. A few years back, when someone pointed this out to them, they got their faces in a knot and decided to discontinue carrying our ads -- but that didn't last long. Turns out they need us more than we need them!
And they still haven't learned their lesson. They continue jacking up our rates and offering us sub-par service, all the while enjoying the proceeds from our business on their back pages while they rant against us "holier-than-thou" in their editorials and run the odd titillating exposé in their front pages.
I nominate The Sun for Ottawa's Purple Fedora and Diamond Studded Gold Tooth Award for the decade.
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1) Prostitition itself is already quite legal. Sure there are laws against some things, like street prostitution. If we had a problem with dental hygenists dragging their chairs out on street corners, hawking their services to passers-by, performing their services in plain view of everyone, and throwing their used biotoxic supplies on the street and on the playgrounds, then we'd have to have laws against public solicitation for dental hygiene services too. It's just common sense, people! You have business? Take it private!
There are other laws -- like the bawdy house laws and living off the avails laws -- that often make us uncomfortable as they're so broad that they might encompass any of us. But at the same time, enforcement is very precise, seeming only to respond to serious problems. I agree that it poses a risk to us, but it's a compromise we all participate in for the overall good. If having the laws be so broad helps the authorities to quickly and effectively deal with an exploiter or someone causing serious problems, then it's worth it to us all to walk the fine line.
2) This is quite hilarious coming from The Sun because they're the biggest pimps in town. Starting up in Ottawa in 1988, the Sun never really did do much to develop its classified ad market share beyond the quick and easy adult services venue. A few years back, when someone pointed this out to them, they got their faces in a knot and decided to discontinue carrying our ads -- but that didn't last long. Turns out they need us more than we need them!
And they still haven't learned their lesson. They continue jacking up our rates and offering us sub-par service, all the while enjoying the proceeds from our business on their back pages while they rant against us "holier-than-thou" in their editorials and run the odd titillating exposé in their front pages.
I nominate The Sun for Ottawa's Purple Fedora and Diamond Studded Gold Tooth Award for the decade.
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yep to summerize their track record so far...
Legalizing prostitution will encourge a criminal element...
rock and roll will corrupt our youth...
Witches float when dropped in water
The earth is flat...
The earth is the center of the universe
UHHG no can make fire
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