jacee Posted March 27, 2012 Report Posted March 27, 2012 They will double down in criminalization even if they believe the courts will strike it down. That way they can tell their social conservative base and they did their best but activist judges on the libral courts struck them down. Mandatory prison sentences for prostitutes, johns, and pimps would not suprise me even one bit, and would bolster the conservative adgenda to grow the prison industry until its a healthy percentage of GDP. I am TOTALLY ok with HARSH penalties for johns and (exploitive) pimps. However, I think Harper has another (moneybags) 'base' who are johns and wouldn't like that at all! Quote
Guest Derek L Posted March 28, 2012 Report Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) Pffft... I meant as a sex WORKER! I think I'll change my handle to Candy... btw... bought an SR-22 with a red dot a few weeks ago, wicked fun out with the kids. Still had to register it btw. Okay Candyhands The SR-22's are great fun, as I was saying prior, we've got the two (plus a couple of 10-22s) and their hours of fun....As I wild ass guesstimate, I’d say my son has went through over 5000 rounds with his, and my nephew has put about half as many through “mine”………Not a problem with either……Santa brought a couple of low end EoTech scopes the Christmas before last and shooting the things 50-100 yards is almost like cheating…….One thing though, if you buy any aftermarket extended mags, stick with the Butler Creek steel lips 25 rounders…they can be had from Wholesale Sports for about $30-40 bucks Edited March 28, 2012 by Derek L Quote
dre Posted March 28, 2012 Report Posted March 28, 2012 I am TOTALLY ok with HARSH penalties for johns and (exploitive) pimps. However, I think Harper has another (moneybags) 'base' who are johns and wouldn't like that at all! Why on earth would we criminalize the buying or selling of sex? Quote I question things because I am human. And call no one my father who's no closer than a stranger
jacee Posted March 28, 2012 Report Posted March 28, 2012 Why on earth would we criminalize the buying or selling of sex? Show me the clear, enforcable line between consensual and exploitive ... and enforce it. The first sign that there is an enforced line will be that child sexual exploitation - always nonconsensual - will disappear. Let me know when that's done. Quote
stopstaaron Posted March 28, 2012 Author Report Posted March 28, 2012 Aren't the Conservatives just going to use the Notwithstanding clause to stop this? Quote Don't ban me bro. Oh behave, I'll behave. I'll be a good little boy.
dre Posted March 28, 2012 Report Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) Show me the clear, enforcable line between consensual and exploitive ... and enforce it. Thats backwards thinking. We have a huge sex industry that is not subject to any normal operational regulation because honest, regulated, tax paying businessmen are not allowed to participate. Only criminals are. The transactions still happen, but they happen in the blackmarket and thats a sure way to INCREASE the exploitation of workers... this has been proven time and time again. Criminalization keeps the massive profits generated by the sex industry in the hands of criminals who then use it to fund all kinds of other crime. When you move this type of business out of the shadows and subject it to normal regulation you can monitor it... you know who these businesses are and who the workers are... and you can collect taxes from them to fund agencies that license them, investigate them, assess penalties and so on. And the work no longer has to be done in such a dangerous and unhealthy environment. All employers use their employees to create or deliver products and services to profit the employer. By supporting criminalization you rob sex workers of all the benefits and protection that workers in every other industry have, and force them to work in very dangerous conditions. Its admirable that you want to decrease exploitation but criminalization does the exact opposite. Edited March 28, 2012 by dre Quote I question things because I am human. And call no one my father who's no closer than a stranger
WLDB Posted March 28, 2012 Report Posted March 28, 2012 Aren't the Conservatives just going to use the Notwithstanding clause to stop this? They better not. I loathe that clause. Whenever the constitution is opened again that thing better be the first to go. Quote "History doesn't repeat itself-at best it sometimes rhymes"-Mark Twain
stopstaaron Posted March 28, 2012 Author Report Posted March 28, 2012 They better not. I loathe that clause. Whenever the constitution is opened again that thing better be the first to go. CPC were going to use that clause against the supreme court ruling on InSite but since the judges did not strike down any of the provisions, they couldn't ..I'm not certain that these judges could do the same with the prostitution laws..I'm not sure you could make brothels legal without striking down the law..I could be wrong though Quote Don't ban me bro. Oh behave, I'll behave. I'll be a good little boy.
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