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[QUOTE=Dbiz01;4460248]This info might already have been disseminated. If not, be aware of what's happening in Northbrook.
[URL]https://patch.com/illinois/northbrook/owner-northbrook-massage-parlor-accused-pimping-employees[/URL][/QUOTE]They waste their time on this shit. That money could be used in other areas. Areas that that need it.
Northbrook-massage-parlor bust
I was planning on visiting the area in a few weeks, can anyone tell me the name of the place so I can avoid it?
Let's call it what it is: Fascism in Northbrook!
Sorry to hear of the recent bust in Northbrook. It's a shame to see the government wasting resources in this way. These ladies aren't hurting anyone. In the overwhelming majority of cases, they willingly provide a valuable, consensual service, which is perfectly legal in many well-functioning societies around the world, and which is perennial to humanity.
Additionally, in many cases when these busts occur, the authorities just end up taking away the only source of decent income that these women have, and reinforcing the perception many of them rightly have, which is that the authorities are not their allies. An undesirable consequence of this is that in the rare cases where the women are actually coerced, they do not feel comfortable going to the authorities for help. The solution? Bring this industry out of the darkness and into the light of the legal free market.
Maybe in the future, America will trend toward a more rational and liberal view about these issues. But as it is, we're living in a society that retains some archaic Puritan taboos, and you have to be a little careful here. As someone who has spent a lot of my life in Europe, I find the American attitude toward a lot of this stuff amusingly bizarre, and detrimental.
I sometimes wonder, do the cops involved with these "vice" departments even really believe in what they're doing? I suspect a lot of them just fall into it, and see it as a stimulating way to make a living (there's no doubt that it's fun to go undercover and feel like a spy on a righteous mission. It's definitely more fun than say, tax law, for most people). But I doubt they can give anything beyond a superficial rationale for what they're doing. Undoubtedly, many of them have something of a "white knight" attitude where they think they're saving women from a miserable and debauched life. But of course in reality, as you guys know, the majority of these women voluntarily choose this lifestyle, and some of them positively enjoy it as a way to make a living. I mean, if you're an uneducated woman and you have a liberal view of sexuality, it probably beats flipping burgers or working in retail for minimum wage, right?
Think of how the attitude toward marijuana has changed in a matter of what, a few decades? It was unironically considered by many to be the Devil's lettuce. A way for dark and evil forces to enter or influence a person (reefer madness!). However today, even to most conservative-minded people, that way of thinking seems so absurd and outmoded, and local governments are eagerly fighting for the spoils of marijuana revenue! Now it's rapidly becoming just another mundane part of regular life in America, no different than our society's relationship with alcohol.
Think of all the "vice" cops of a past age who fought against marijuana. What was the point? It's increasingly clear now that there was none. It was just a taboo enforced at the point of a gun, a massive waste of resources, and not a hill worth fighting for. Those in authority today in America should reflect on that case, and whether there are any other hills (cough prostitution cough) not worth fighting for.
If we take a more rational view of these issues, then those groups who have historically been adversaries can actually be allies, and then we can successfully combat those who we all acknowledge are the true enemy, namely those people who coerce and abuse women. I know I'm largely preaching to the choir with this, but maybe there are some lurkers here for which this will be a fresh argument to their ears.