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Posted 10/15/2011 at 9:55:20 AM

In this case you can correlate the quote below to the hype surrounding what has been reported with the Michigan boards.  I'm not falling into the boat of "these bad people", they are the same as you and I and with the exception of one, were responsible board owners.  Unfortunately some of the actions of a few brought unwanted attention to all.  I don't like that it's made to look like these people are handing out drug laden candies to the poor young girls of Detroit in order to coerce them into something they didn't want to do.  People are blaming substances and others for what they have done themselves.

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Posted By: G2
Hysteria is right. They're trying to equate all prostitutions & escorts with sex slaves/trafficking

This is how they distort reality to get people worked up.
You tie the thing you want to vilify, like prostitution, to something else that's so egregious that everyone can agree it's bad- like sex slaves.  The objective, of course, is to short-circuit rational discussion and create the impression in people's mind that prostitution equals sex slavery.  We can all agree sex slavery and human trafficking is terrible, therefore, all prostitution must be eliminated.

For those who haven't been paying attention, the same tactics have been used more and more lately by groups advocating extreme positions.  A few that come to mind are the abortion rights debate, gun ownership rights in the ongoing battle against the Second Amendment, and by those promoting the global warming agenda.  It's become impossible to have a rational conversation about any of these subjects- and that's exactly the point.  They want you to react, not think.

It's the oldest trick in the book and people keep falling for it because they're easily manipulated and lack critical thinking ability.  Fortunately, most of the people on TER see right through this sort of crap.


 

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