[QUOTE=Ump1969; 1828259]Ump1969
Sad passing
According to news reports, it looks like a couple of longtime sex shops might be going away. They are Kings Spa and Aces in Downers Grove. I feel a soliloquy coming up. Most cops I have ever known do not take prostitution seriously. They might themselves be users. They might be having an affair behind their wives' backs. They will waste time on a victimless crime doing the arrest, paperwork, and court time so that a few girls can be slapped with a fine and back on the street before the paperwork is done. Generally only the most serious and foolish girls see any real time. Most cops don't really care. But get a few religious zealots in political office or a few nosy neighbors butting into everyone else's lives and they create a problem. The biggest problem is that prostitution is not defensible. It makes easy arrests for law enforcement as it is not usually a violent crime. It is good publicity for politicians to show they are "cleaning up" a neighborhood- ignoring, of course, other less important crimes such as robbery, drugs, etc. No politician, wanting to keep his / her seat is going stand up in public and defend it. To those girls in Downers Grove who served us for so long and put up with the political BS and hypocrisy, I salute you and wish you well.
Let me add this. Spas are not even street prostitution. It happens in buildings out of sight of the religious wackos. Do they think sex does not happen? Oh, that's right- its' about drugs and STDs! Are they going to start arresting the teens doing in the backseats of cars? How about arresting guys cheating on their wives- this is not serious to the religious nuts? How about the guys and gals hanging out at singles bars hoping to make a score- they don't use drugs or spread disease? I say arrest them all! What it comes down to is money. Are the religious wackos jealous because they aren't getting any- either money or sex?[/QUOTE]I 2nd your disgust with the system. We'll all sleep better tonight knowing there will be two fewer places to go get a hand job.
