ERS section on Craigslist may disappear for Ontario

[fuji]

Family values conservatives, gotta love 'em. Hypocrites in everything they do.
And yet they're the ones with the most sexually related scandals (in the U.S. at least).

They prefer to make their vices illegal, they get more of a kick out of it that way. There's nothing a religious conservative likes better than feeling guilty, the more illegal it is, the more guilty they get to feel. They get off on it.

 

[colt]

Update: The federal Justice Minister has now requested that Craigslist pull the erotic services ads from their Canadian sites. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/101103/national/nicholson_craigslist

I guess it is good politics but it is surely nothing more than that. In the US, as has been pointed out on multiple occasions, prostitution, in and of itself, is illegal in many states. Craigslist likely pulled the ads because of a legitimate fear of being prosecuted under some offence akin to aiding and abbetting in prostitution. In Canada, prostitution, and hence the services advertised under the Erotic Services section of CL are perfectly legal. What I really have a hard time with is the fact that the Toronto Sun, Eye and Now have all had ads largely equivalent to what is on Craigslist for years and no one has complained.

I think it is something to be concerned about. If the governments (fed and prov) succeed in convincing CL to pull the ads (note there is no mention of any threat of criminal charges or regulatory prosecutions because there is no basis for any such actions) why would they stop at CL? Why would they not target this board and any other like it that are equally, if not more, explicit as CL?

As I said, I understand that it is good politics but to say that because CL pulled the ads in the USA, it should also pull them here is simply intellectually dishonest because of the two completely different legal regimes in play.

 

[zz000ter]

I don;t understand why people are so upset. I have read so often that people here do not trust CL. I have also read about all the CL scams and the potential human trafficking. CL is horrible.

I support the industry and the rights of people to do what they want but I think there should be more discretion.

Re "Premier Family Man" - What is wrong with trying to maintain at least a small semblance of decency in society? If this is what the public wants then what is wrong with that?

Let me ask you this - do you really want your children to see those CL ads?

I don't think this is a "Women's Rights" issue.

 

[mrcrrm]

Let me ask you this - do you really want your children to see those CL ads?

My kids WON'T see those ads. Not in my house anyway. I take responsibility for the things my kids can access on the internet and don't try to blame others if\when my carelessness allows them to see a boob every so often.

 

[fuji]

I don;t understand why people are so upset. I have read so often that people here do not trust CL. I have also read about all the CL scams and the potential human trafficking. CL is horrible.

You're wrong. CL is not horrible, it's pretty good, and there are scams everywhere, not just on CL. There are SP's advertising at all price ranges on CL.

Let me ask you this - do you really want your children to see those CL ads?

What stops your kids from visiting terb?