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Thread #109330 Message #2284887
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
10-Mar-08 - 08:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: Spitzer - The Great Disappointment
Subject: RE: BS: Spitzer - The Great Disappointment
Is that a rugburn, Eliot, or did you fall fast from a great height and get windburn?
You'd think someone in his position would know better. I thought it was a great idea to give illegal aliens drivers' licenses, and I was sorry he backed down. He did a lot of good work, but now, in one fell swoop, everything you say about Spitzer is going to have a sly or sexual innuendo.
Americans take sex way too seriously, and prostitution is one of those areas where some of it victimizes the prostitute but a lot of it is victimless. Serial murderers like the Green River Killer probably wouldn't have had so many to prey on if they hadn't been forced into the fringes to begin with. There are lots of good debates that can go on to do with prostitution. COYOTE has been around for a long time.
With Spitzer, the question is "how in hell does a fellow who made his name as a crime fighter think he's going to get away with participating in an activity that is criminalized in this country?" From several states away I could hear the satisfied "Snort!" as those he has prosecuted picked up the paper and read these headlines.