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Originally posted by Rokenn:
I still think there is something stinky in the Dallas PD though. Would it not have been more civil of the police to inform the store owner they should remove the comics? But then they would not have gotten all the headlines showing how they are 'protecting' the fragile minds of the youths of Dallas from these nasty comics [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img]
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Agreed. My wife prosecutes misdemeanor cases regarding prostitution. Yesterday, she ran across a cop who makes 90% of his busts at Asian massage parlors. He is an interesting character -- he hates the parlors yet he loves his work. He sometimes is forced to go 1 or 2 times prior to the final arrest, just so he can let them think he is a regular customer.
At these parlors, $150 average gets you a full body "massage," including below-the-belt action. If you ask for more, another $100 buys oral sex, and a big tip on top of that and she'll climb on top of you. Now, mind you, when he goes to these parlors, he is spending $150 tax dollars minimum and getting a free hand job. He does this a couple of times, then he asks for more, they offer oral sex, and he arrests them. Well, as I said, he is certainly one of those conflicted persons who hates the parlors yet loves his work.
Can you believe my taxes fund this?
My wife asked him about the "Johns" (guys buying sex), who are the REAL problem (if there IS a problem -- LOL), because the women are really in a powerless position, and are only doing what the must to survive in many instances. Well, his answer is that the women are easier to catch. Well, if that answer isn't unsatisfactory enough, there is also the implication he simply LIKES catching them more.
Here's the real kicker. The punishment the women gets: she pleads guilty, takes 6 months "supervision" and no conviction is recorded. Second and later offenses, depending on how much time has passed, will result in a similar sentence or, at most, a conviction with the punishment being "time considered served" (TCS -- only the night(s) spent in jail awaiting the initial bail hearing).
So, we are funding one horny police officer, arresting a poor woman, paying an attorney to prosecute, paying a judge to sit there -- all for what we all know will result in a mere slap on the wrist every single time. ECONOMIC WASTE. Why we aren't revolting in the streets I don't know. Wait -- I do know -- we're too busy having our brains numbed by TV and Starbucks to care or bother to investigate the reality of today's "government."
How's that for some insightful inciteful thought?
[ 08-14-2003, 11:54 AM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]