ACLU Joins Historic Case Against Anti-Prostitution Laws

Trump has nothing to do with issues concerning prostitution unless it deals with trafficking or crossing state lines.

The ACLU lost all credibility with this. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95942&page=1
I will never thank them for anything. Originally Posted by bytra2121

Read about the ACLU before you denigrate their name. They defended a group that has an opinion about something. Someone took that information and committed a crime and the suit claimed that be found psychological comfort by reading that groups website material and so the website is responsible. The ACLU said you can't sue the group that creates the website because they have free speech. You cannot criminalize groups like that and the ACLU defended the rights of that group not to be sued. If that is made illegal, then all websites are on the chopping block coz all I have to say is "I got a science idea from Nova and built a nuke" and now all those who died can sue Nova? I am sure you of all would appreciate their efforts in defending that.

Some of their work includes defending a 13 year old girls right to privacy from being strip searched by adults, fighting single handedly against Japanese internment camps, gay rights, voting rights, against torture. I can keep going but what am saying is that they have done much good in protecting the rights of those who couldn't protect themselves through the law.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I lived in a country where everything is legal (the UK), and let me tell you, the climate of the scene was awful. You had girls flooding the market and pretty much willing to do any and everything for very little, so a very low standard of service overall; gents refusing to screen because they had no reason to, since they had no fear of legal backlash, no review sites such as this one to help guide punters in picking the better providers, etc etc.

Personally, I actually think things are safer for everybody the way it is now. You guys get reviews on us, we get to screen you beforehand, so it is a safer bet for everyone before you walk into a bad situation, or open the door to a psycho.

And I also agree if it ever becomes fully legal, you know the gov't will regulate the hell out of it. No thank you. Originally Posted by Victoria of Houston

Interesting. My experiences in London were quite different. There are several review boards in the UK, and I never had a problem with getting the GBP equivalent to my USD rate all day long, sometimes a bit more depending on the time of year.

Yes, there are lots of Eastern European ladies who flood the market, but a lot of them also lacked basic English skills, so they really weren't a threat to the market as a whole.

As I said, the ACLU could be a great organization but they pick and choose which "liberties" they will defend. They have actually defended the KKK, with black lawyers. I am not a supporter of the KKK but I will defend their right to free speech and to have all the hate they want as long as they do not commit crimes against people.

This idea that hate is a crime is wrong. We already have laws against acting upon your hatred.
Fucking thought police.

Yes, there are lots of Eastern European ladies who flood the market, but a lot of them also lacked basic English skills, so they really weren't a threat to the market as a whole. Originally Posted by GracePreston

I lived in the ever so expensive Central London for dam near a year of my life; and even though I hadn't delved into the occasional P4P at the time; I can attest that Eastern European Ladies who lack basic English skills was / is a very good thing.

As I said, the ACLU could be a great organization but they pick and choose which "liberties" they will defend. They have actually defended the KKK, with black lawyers. I am not a supporter of the KKK but I will defend their right to free speech and to have all the hate they want as long as they do not commit crimes against people.

This idea that hate is a crime is wrong. We already have laws against acting upon your hatred.
Fucking thought police. Originally Posted by The2Dogs

If they defended the KKK ( a group you claim you're not for) why are you complaining about them? Give me an example of how they pick and choose liberties that is unsatisfactory to you.

Read about the ACLU before you denigrate their name. They defended a group that has an opinion about something. Someone took that information and committed a crime and the suit claimed that be found psychological comfort by reading that groups website material and so the website is responsible. The ACLU said you can't sue the group that creates the website because they have free speech. You cannot criminalize groups like that and the ACLU defended the rights of that group not to be sued. If that is made illegal, then all websites are on the chopping block coz all I have to say is "I got a science idea from Nova and built a nuke" and now all those who died can sue Nova? I am sure you of all would appreciate their efforts in defending that.

Some of their work includes defending a 13 year old girls right to privacy from being strip searched by adults, fighting single handedly against Japanese internment camps, gay rights, voting rights, against torture. I can keep going but what am saying is that they have done much good in protecting the rights of those who couldn't protect themselves through the law. Originally Posted by iquit

I have read about them several times and disagree with your take on them and what they defended in that case.

I agree with you completely that the ACLU has done some great things in the past however when they crossed the line with the nambla deal they lost all their creditably with me. There have been several other times they were way off the mark (imho) that is just the most glaring.

Not complaining, just said they pick and choose.
Their intrusion into public schools and being able to find activist judges that broadened the reach of the central government was, in my opinion, restricting the civil liberties rather than expanding them.

The government does not have the right to determine who can and cannot be offended.

The ACLU could be a great organization...many would think twice before wanting it to be "legal" rather than decriminalized. Originally Posted by The2Dogs

Really good points that I have never thought about. I've thought about government regulations on businesses, but never with prostitution.