[QUOTE=LateNighter; 1716152]These articles and announcements from city councils are mostly to put the church crowd at ease. A couple facts come to mind when I read this. One, they're all legitimate massage places as long as their permits are up to date. What goes on between a masseuse and the client behind closed doors is up to them. They would have to assign a government monitor to every parlor to monitor activities in order to regulate them. Two, the job of the police is to protect the peace. So as long as parlors aren't openly ripping people off, running illegal activities out of them or disturbing the peace and have their permits up to date there is no reason for them to get involved. And thirdly, since alpharetta has to compare the regulations of just the surrounding cities it seems the local authorities aren't actually all on the same page. Any type of crackdown in the eyes of some is simply harassment of a legitimate business. If the place has it's permits up to date then as long as there are no complaints filed from clients there is no reason to bother a legitimate massage therapy place any more than a pawn shop or liquor store.
And going back to my first point. What two people agree on as services rendered in private is up to the two people involved. If you pay someone to paint your house and in the agreement you both agree that at the end of the job you get to kick the painter in the balls. Then it's not something the local government can intervene in. Hell if the agreement is that at the end of the job if his wife loves the new color, and all parties agree to it, the painter can get a handy from the wife. Isn't the free market great?[/QUOTE]You are making a political or policy argument about what government should or should not being doing. By all means run for office. I'm sure many on this board would vote for you.
But as Nite points out it's not that simple. The police can and do a lot more than you think they ought to. That is reality. And if they really wanted to make things rough they could do more. I'd elaborate but I don't want to give them any ideas.
If we are talking political tactics, if these Asian Parlors really wanted to fight, I'd hire me a big time civil rights attorney & PR firm and sue the City for tens of millions and make this whole thing a Racial/Discrimination harassment/discrimination issue. In the City of Atlanta there was a big time raid of a gay nightclub a few years back & the patrons did just that: fought back. Now you don't hear about raids of gay clubs in ATL. It is bascially unless there are gunshots, live and let live. If it worked for the Gays why not the Asians?
