Prostitution is not wrong but human trafficking is..so Stop supporting Bob Kraft
future POTUS and Senator in training
Retired Queen Troll of TUSCL...who will succeed my reign?
he bought sex from place with ties to human traficking. Ur support is disgusting.
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Until we have legal, safe and regulated prostitution, our country is creating a market for human trafficking. Said another way,w e aren't going to prevent people from seeking out sex (no matter how many sting operations arrest and embarrass customers) so we need to provide a legal and safe alternative that operates under the same legal constraints that would apply to any job where worker safety is protected. That would allow customers (mostly men if history is predictive) to have legal and safe alternatives to pursue their sexual needs and cut off much of the revenue for illegal AMPS.
Of course, I can't wait to see the OSHA guidelines for safe operation of a massage parlor!
How was Kraft to know?? Do you think his masseuse told him? Did he get a tour of the kitchen and bedrooms in the back?
The damage to Kraft's reputation by his name being dragged through this is bullshit.
Increase criminal penalties for human trafficking and decriminalize prostitution and solicitation.
If they want to really do anything about it they’d legalize it and do inspections for business licenses to know who works there. Until then I don’t believe a word that comes out of the government or advocacy groups mouths. Its just politics.
I agree there is some hypocrisy to be found in the enforcement but it doesn’t change the fact that he did this (twice). If you do the crime be prepared to do the time. Or as my republican brothers are so fond of saying, we are a country that respects the rule of law (unless it involves illegal porn star payoffs, handjobs, obstruction of justice, perjury, witness tampering, etc. etc. etc.)
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Shit. My brain was ranting faster than my thumbs could type.
Since you're focusing on AMPs, let's stick with that ethnicity. How do you know for sure that the workers at your favorite Asian restaurant are not being trafficked? Do customers need to search the restaurant premises to make sure that the workers are not living in the restaurant? Should you ask the workers if they have freedom of movement and are being treated well by their employer? Many of the workers cannot speak English so how would the customer know if he/she was supporting a business that was trafficking its workers? The same argument applies to clothing-- do you need to visit the factory in India or Vietnam to make sure that the workers who are producing your garment are being treated fairly. How about the workers who clean you place of business-- what steps do you need to take to insure that they are not being exploited?
Trafficking is immoral and illegal-- no problem there. But the issue is how to prevent and combat it? People to need and want to eat food, including Asian food. People need clothing, People want a clean office environment. And certainly people want (some would say need) sex. So the exclusive focus on the customer (including posting mug shots of men who have been accused, but not convicted of soliciting) is not going to solve the problem -- those needs still exist. And that approach (punishing the consumer/purchasers) has not worked in our country, including prostitution and alcohol (Prohibition)).
How about trying a new approach? Make sure that customers have legal choices (restaurants, clothing manufacturers, office cleaning, and yes, even massage parlors and sexual services) where worker rights are protected by scrutinizing employers and educating the employees about their rights. Under those conditions, then customers who patronize KNOWN illegal businesses over legal businesses can be held accountable.
More importantly, workers can then choose (a first cousin of consent) whether the nature of their employment and their compensation is acceptable. Would some women voluntarily choose to work in a massage parlor or by analogy to provide "extras" in a strip club? Obviously yes; it may well be their best source of income given their options or they may actually enjoy the work. Should over zealous religious fanatics and even misguided feminists (those who fail to recognize women's rights to make informed and consensual decisions about their own bodies) prevent women from making voluntarily choosing this line of work? No! And we should adjust our laws on prostitution to allow those women who are willing to to exchange sexual services for pay, to do so in a safe environment.
By the way, if the law enforcement officers were so concerned about trafficking, why did it take them 8 months to put a stop to this business. This type of delay did little to protect the women who were being trafficked, although it did allow them to collect lots of customer photos to plaster across the internet.
Apologies for the rant!
“How do you know for sure that the workers at your favorite Asian restaurant are not being trafficked?”
The answer here is we don’t. In fact, years ago a story came out that the owner of my favorite sushi restaurant was using illegals, having them live in the restaurant and stealing their tips. Did I feel responsible? I don’t think so. Did I feel shitty that I supported the crimes with my patronage? Absolutely fucking yes.
I do think there’s a difference between AMPs and restaurants. Most AMPs have at least the air of some crime or seedy enterprise. Prostitution is a crime whether the workers are willing providers who made a choice or trafficking victims. So, yes, I do think it’s reasonable to assume there’s a chance the workers are illegals. Most restaurants are likely not staffed by illegals, but it’s certainly prevalent. My buying the food isn’t a crime but I certainly will feel bad if I learn the owner is a criminal.
I still don't like the idea of men being satisfied after paying 4 sex...I think what y'all do is really disgusting bc it defeats what I think sex is all about.. I am sorry
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Hell why don’t they mention the other twenty or thirty guys that got caught up in this, my guess is there’s nothing in it for them, just the trophy scalp counts SMH.
BTW I sorta root against the Patriots every chance I get so you aren’t unusual in that respect.
Would you please check that crystal ball you have and give me the lottery numbers for tonight? Thanks!
The first reports about this always turn out to be wrong. When the truth finally comes out, we will discover a political motive behind this.
The Bloomberg article on this stresses repeatedly how the Trump golf course is nearby. I think that’s a clue to what this sting was hoping to accomplish.
And, since police were essentially running an illegal enterprise, I expect a lot of the charges to be thrown out.