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Craigslist Agrees With State AGs To Curb "Erotic Services" Ads
The New York Times reports that Craigslist has reached an agreement with 40 state attorneys general to tame its notoriously unruly "erotic services" listings. Clever diplomacy: according to the article, Craigslist "said that it will charge erotic services vendors a small fee for each ad — about $10, Mr. Buckmaster said — and require that they use a credit card for the payment. It will donate the money to charities that combat child exploitation and human trafficking. This, theoretically, will let the company confirm not just a phone number but also an identity." I hope they work on cleaning the weird spammers from the ordinary personal ads, too.
Even more mind-boggling is that making porn movies is legal. So it's only illegal if one of the people gets paid and the other doesn't.
I'll pay $100 if you:
Contract a performer that I represent for a $50 fee.
Star in an art performance with the performer (who may or may not be me), in which you give him a blow job.
Drum up some paperwork at legalzoom.com and it's air tight.
*porn* is not protected by the first amendment. *adult films* are.
Not that i agree, but thats how the supreme court ruled long ago. Its why they have to have a plot ( however thin ) and a dialog ( however small )
---- Booth was a patriot ----
I don't have first-hand knowledge, but I'm pretty sure that the smarter prostitutes pay income tax anyway, and list their occupation as something legal. You pretty much need a bank account, especially if you're in a job that dangerous. That's a paper trail; vice cops are one thing, but the IRS is a beast nobody wants to tangle with.
Of course, it's easy to tax brothels. I believe that one of the reasons why the Nevada cathouses have never been shut down is the fact that so much of the municipal government's revenue comes from taxing prostitution. Brothels, of course, have their own unique problems, though.
I don't believe in time. It's a grand conspiracy designed to sell watches.
Pimps are kept in business by the ban on prostitution. Legalize it, and they'll have to find another way to make a living.
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Get real. Minimum wage workers in most places don't have to put up with being beaten on a regular basis, not to mention risking their life on daily basis to do their jobs.
I don't have numbers to back up how many craigslist prostitutes get "beaten up on a regular basis" and I bet you don't either.
In any case, coal miners risk their lives on a daily basis, and workers in such dangerous jobs often get paid more to risk their lives. Kinda like prostitutes.