[QUOTE=TroyWess;3868007]It's deeper than that (cue ominous music). The law enforcement industry grabbed on to the "trafficking" tag as a way to justify anti-prostitution operations. Which they love because they're pretty easy to do, fairly low-risk, probably fun to do, are a great show of power, don't get backlash because nobody wants to be on the side of prostitution and it gets on the news pretty much every time. The anti-prostitution crowd, which now includes "feminist" and other left-side groups as well as right-side Christian types, saw the "trafficking" tag as a boon for their cause, so they began using that for political pressure against Craigslist and then Backpage as the most obvious prostitution markets. Congress was happy to play along, and dragged Backpage up for a flogging. When they realized Backpage couldn't just be shut down because Section 230 "protected trafficking", they came up with SESTA / FOSTA to strip away those protections. Only the most strident free-speech types dared oppose it. Because "trafficking" . And it sails through with 388 votes in the House and 97 in the Senate.
Only then does any actual conversation start to happen about the effects of the law. And the market is finding its workarounds (of course). Law enforcement will, no doubt, find the new marketplaces and get back to their "trafficking" busts, but I love that they're upset over the development they set in motion.
[blue]This thing right here.
Tip o the hat from us.
You should post more.
A2[/blue][/QUOTE]Not to mention that the cops have to fill their quota too. Especially when there is an election coming up or pressure from somebody political like a city councilman. I got very excited last week. I saw on the news that 19 homes were being raided in Gwinnett and from that headline alone I was rooting for the police because I thought the days of the drug cartels in Norcross were finally coming to an end or some huge bust was happening but then that excitement turned to disappointment when I saw 19 homes were being raided to bust some asians growing marijuana. My 15 seconds of high hopes were shattered.
