: TER General Board Discussion : Why am I getting flashbacks to the HBO show The Deuce when reading this article lol

vorlon 119 Reviews 67 reads

posted 8 years ago

1 / 14

That was completely predictable (e)

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Trumpanzee 69 reads

posted 8 years ago

2 / 14

Look on the bright side.

You can see first hand if its a chick you want to spend fifteen minutes with.

mrfisher 115 Reviews 54 reads

posted 8 years ago

3 / 14

I've got the answer...

Make it illegal to build streets (and sidewalks!) that can be used by sex workers to conduct their business.

As a bonus, we won't have all the noise from the construction involved in making streets.

vorlon 119 Reviews 72 reads

posted 8 years ago

4 / 14

Brilliant!

And all the problems associated with all the motor vehicles will go away as well!

Crazy Diamond 12 Reviews 69 reads

posted 8 years ago

5 / 14

Back to the good ole days...

Pimps, crack hoes, strolls, the Mafia regaining control. Only government, and their allies in organized crime, the MSM, and so-called "progressives" and establishment Republicans, thinks this was a good idea...

KalyEscort 51 reads

posted 8 years ago

6 / 14

they had the inverse result

pushing the independent ladies into the mafia's hands. Now don't complain, they get what they want. Extra work.

For good luck in Spain the local police have more important things to do where wasting their time. But consecuences also touched me, I lost the best websites where find nice traveller guys.

Rako1 144 Reviews 75 reads

posted 8 years ago

7 / 14

So the law's working, some will say.

To those in favor of the law, this is flushing them out into the streets where they can be caught and put away. So the law is working exactly as desired.

And honestly, doesn't it seem like the industry is in a downturn as a result? So despite the questionable practice of policing people's bedrooms, can't the law be seen as being quite effective in curtailing an activity some people wanted to stamp out?

mrfisher 115 Reviews 70 reads

posted 8 years ago

8 / 14

I doubt arresting people on the street is an effective...

deterrent.

No policing will ever make much of a dent.

It just makes life worse for all.

justsauce16 4 Reviews 62 reads

posted 8 years ago

9 / 14

Re: So the law's working, some will say.

If you think it's curtailed anything to any extent you clearly need to get off TER and back to the wilds of the internet. It may be somewhat more fragmented, sure, but all that's really happened is that sites have been pushed off to places where the FBI has no jurisdiction.

At least on TER you had a reasonable expectation that the lady you were going to see wasn't trafficked, not so for some of the other options out there. If anything, the laws have made human trafficking a much larger problem while simultaneously making it harder to stop.

This is the classic "cut off one head and three will grow back in it's place", or the nerdier "if you strike them down they'll become more powerful than you could ever imagine".

36363jensen 4 Reviews 71 reads

posted 8 years ago

10 / 14

Yes, odd how most prohibitions

end up benefiting organized crime, inducing more government corruption and doing little if anything to stop the targeted activity -- but generally making it even a worse situation that prior to the prohibition.

You would think these people have never heard of studying history before trying something "new".