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wraith808:
^ Pretty much what I think. Other than the bit about prostitution. Well, prostitution that doesn't involve pimps. I don't hold the same disdain- they're people like any other, and the negative connotations I have are associated with johns that have other obligations. A police friend of mine once told me they busted a guy with a ring and a baby seat in the back. That's low.
40hz:
BTW: I don't see where the term "witch hunt" has any applicability here.
A witch hunt is when people go out and look for somebody (anybody) they can hang a label on by extension and then burn it.
This guy burned himself. He displayed reprehensible behavior and caused a lot of pain for no reason other than the simple pleasure of pushing buttons and watching people squirm. And he did it in a cowardly manner by hiding behind a mask - and then counting on the occasionally warped morality of the web (which says: It's all good.) to protect himself.
Sorry. Doing what this person did is plain evil. And like most things truly evil, it's amazing how utterly pointless and banal it is in its practice and intent.
Funny how, according to some people, you have the god-given right to inflict as much pain and mayhem as you want to with impunity - and anyone who says otherwise is a bigot, a statist, a fascist, or any of the other labels the techno-hipster crowd is fond of slapping on anyone who dares ask "Should we really be putting up with this sort of thing?"
Perhaps it has something to do with upbringing? :)
Oh well...the Reddit spin doctors are out in full swing trying to build a case for how this individual is actually a very nice guy and didn't actually mean to cause all the suffering and annoyance he did. It was just done in fun - and screw you if you can't take a joke. Besides, all these dumb chicks were asking for it anyway, right?
Yup...that's the age old macho-male argument anytime one of their number is called to book for acting like a yahoo.
Like I said...must have something to do with upbringing. :-\
Stoic Joker:
A police friend of mine once told me they busted a guy with a ring and a baby seat in the back. That's low.
-wraith808 (October 16, 2012, 10:55 AM)
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Really, why? ...Maybe he wanted to try something that his wife didn't. Is he really obligated to be stuck eternally wondering what it would be like? Why is that fair?
Here's the screwed up part. You can legally have at it with as many of anyone as is consenting...and it's all perfectly legal ... Unless somebody gets compensated for their time. That's just stupid puritanical nonsense that should never been allowed to become law.
Renegade:
Hey, sway me one side or another... I just don't see it ATM. :(
40hz:
anyone as is consenting
-Stoic Joker (October 16, 2012, 12:04 PM)
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Agree up to a point. But then there's the issue of what you'd consider "consent."
"I think you're really hot and I'd like to go to bed with you!" is pretty clearly consensual.
But so is: "Ok. I'll do ya for $50 instead of $75 - but only because if I don't come back with enough money tonight, my Man is gonna beat the living hell out of me again." It's just a different form of 'consent.'
So too with a runaway fourteen year old who is thinking: "If I don't wanna turn tricks anymore they said I can go back living out on the street anytime I want to. So maybe this ain't so bad compared to the street."
Gotta be careful with arguments defending prostitution in the USA.
I was involved in a crisis call center at one point in my career. Got an earful enough to last a lifetime. And trust me, while there may well be thousands of "high-class call girls" and "sly-boys" out there who "love" their job, there's easily ten times that many homeless, brutalized, blackmailed, and drug-addicted prostitutes on the payroll of your average "procurer" or "madam."
It's an ugly business. Until you see up close how it actually operates, you have no idea just how ugly it can be.
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