S. Carolina to Craigslist: Ditch the Smut And Sluts

[odannyboy000]

It seems to me that if you want to ban craigs list from having those services, you might as well take down myspace or facebook or any other site were people can communicate with one another.

Prostitution should be legal.

 

[Parrdacc]

They, the states involved in the prosecution, strike me as being more about going after craigslist then they are about going after the real criminals. You would think that the state attorneys and the police would not touch craigslist and just use it to catch these people. Ooops, forgot that actually requires them to actually do their job and we can't have that now can we? I mean instead of patrolling areas and such the police can actually just setup stings through the use of craigslist by replying or posting. On CNN last night they had, I am guessing did not get the whole thing, a police representative on about the whole craigslist thing and he even said that use craigslist to catch those people who post. So it begs the question why, if they already use it to do their job, force craigslist to get rid of a tool that actually helps the police? "Cops. If I was a tad bit dumber I could have been a cop too."

 

[gm0n3y]

Lucky for us Canadians, escort services are completely legal. The only prostitution laws in Canada (that I know of) are against soliciting for sex on the street and running a brothel. So putting ads in a newspaper or online is perfectly legal.

 

[v1ze]

That's because Canada is a modern country, whereas the United States only thinks it is. I am an American.

 

[rooket]

Hmm their erotic services are still up.

 

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]v1ze[/nom]That's because Canada is a modern country, whereas the United States only thinks it is. I am an American.[/citation]

As far as I know, those laws have been around in Canada for a long time, so I'm not sure if modern is the correct word. It is probably has more do with the fact that the US government is more involved in policing morals that the Canadians. Most Western governments (Canada included) give a lot more moral freedom to their citizens actually. I guess the Americans get guns and the rest of the world gets prostitutes. Of course this is either a good or a bad thing, depending on your thinking.

 

[darroch]

Not to mention that sex for money is legal in the US... as long as a third party films it and sells copies.

 

[solymnar]

[citation][nom]gm0n3y[/nom] It is probably has more do with the fact that the US government is more involved in policing morals that the Canadians. [/citation]

Which is partly I feel becoming enhanced due to a consistant increase of US parents trying to get anyone and anything to parent their kids other than themselves and then try to hold anyone but themselves or their kids accountable.


But yeah...people here don't bat an eyelash over a gristly death...but "OMG!!! I SHE SHOWED A NIPPLE!!!! DOOOOOOM!!!! CATASTROPHE!!!!"

The US media and to some extent its general population REALLY needs to sort its priorities a bit I feel.

 

[gm0n3y]

I don't understand why sex is considered a bad thing in the first place. As long as its consenting and not with children, I don't really care who sees it.