Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Underground

Post by busterarm » Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 7:27 AM UTC

stevenicr wrote: post #37

dzonga wrote: post #21

the reason, backpage was shut down is that the gvt couldn't get a cut. and like all activities that are morally, grey. once the gvt stops getting their cut, they will scoop in. it's just the same, way the mafia is allowed to operate unions etc and once they ruffle feathers and stop contributing to politicians then all of a sudden the mafia is running a racket. Yet the gvt runs the biggest racket, protection scheme. s…

I believe it was shutdown not because they didn't get a cut, but because they were the perfect boogeyman to create a large cut of other pies. From 'im a do-gooder' message in campaign ads, to raising money from church groups - backpage was popular enough for just about everyone to have known about it, and many people likely to have an associate that actually uses it.. from Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, and all of his…

Post by otabdeveloper4 » Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 7:39 AM UTC

Post by bluecalm » Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 7:59 AM UTC

Iv wrote: post #63

bluecalm wrote: post #34

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Human trafficking is not the only consideration. There is health and safety of sex workers, issue of tying public resources to police voluntary victimless acts as well as just freedom to make choices about your life. Prohibition makes all the above significantly worse. You would need a lot of compelling evidence it helps reducing trafficking to even get into a reasonable debate on it. I highly doubt it was ever about…

> It's about various groups (on both right and left) wanting to tell people what they are and are not allowed to do with their bodies. Exactly. That's what makes me bitter about these questions. Legalization of prositution is actually an interesting question as you can find left-wing and right-wing arguments for and against. It has a potential of being very divisive or unifying across party lines. And about health is…

Post by throwawaybbb » Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 8:09 AM UTC

dgzl wrote: post #76

paulgb wrote: post #30

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It was so infuriating to watch Democrats willingly get played by the religious right into supporting something that was so blatantly designed to legislate morality rather than actually help victims of trafficking. Glad that elected officials are now rethinking it, at least.

I'm more curious about people who still think Democrats and Republicans are so different from each other

Post by bigwavedave » Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 8:32 AM UTC

technobum wrote: post #25

dzonga wrote: post #21

the reason, backpage was shut down is that the gvt couldn't get a cut. and like all activities that are morally, grey. once the gvt stops getting their cut, they will scoop in. it's just the same, way the mafia is allowed to operate unions etc and once they ruffle feathers and stop contributing to politicians then all of a sudden the mafia is running a racket. Yet the gvt runs the biggest racket, protection scheme. s…

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