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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:16 AM Original message |
700 arrests across country as FBI rescues children from sex trade |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yay! |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Go FBI! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. KUDOS TO THE FBI |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. It's amazing what good things can happen |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. There have been a couple large-scale busts like this. |
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forum slut (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's hard to believe that this shit is happening in America. WTF is wrong with these people? nt |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. Props to the Bureau! |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. Imagining all of the families who have an answer to what |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. over 20 years ago, I was taking a cab late at night |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. logs |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. well, this was over twenty years ago and I didn't know about logs back then |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. It's as appalling to me that he'd advertise to you so openly... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Hey, it could've been a ruse. "Cool, how much?" "$50, I'll take you to her." "OK here." "Perv!... |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 03:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
42. We were all naive about that sort of thing |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. it was over twenty years ago |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
8. Good to see the FBI do something worthwhile for a change. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
40. Yup. Instead of spying on vegetarians and peace activists, |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
11. As despicable as the pimps are, there wouldn't be a trade |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
46. That's why the johns and the pimps need to be arrested, locked up, |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. These teen-age sex workers were just emowering themselves! |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. yup, they CHOSE to be fuckholes 'cuz the money is good :sarcasm: n/t |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. How is this possible? Not *one case* of forced sex slavery was found in the UK! |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Since someone else mention that adult prostitution is legal in the UK |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Las Vegas is one of the top areas in the world for sex trafficking |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I don't know why they have so few options |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Dude, we're talking about kids. "11 year old Sally, take off your clothes..." |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
44. There is people who doesn't understand the difference |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. "legal brothels" = "slave like conditions"? I may be as anti-capitalist as they come but I... |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. That was an actual description from articles about the legal |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. dupe |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Easy enough to find 'em. My main problem is *child* sex slavery, not prostitution (do what you want) |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I have this book about legal prostitution in Nevada |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I am well aware of Melissa Farley's work, however, comparing adult legal brothels to child sex trade |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Not really. It's all part of a continuum. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I'd say that about *any* monetarily oriented market forced social mechanism. |
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mrbarber (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. Throw the fuckers in prison.. |
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retired af major (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. what about political events? any comment? |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. But, but, but |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here we go the puritans will start to compare pedophilia with adult consented prostitution |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It has nothing to do with being puritan. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. So Eliot Spitzer was violating the rights of Madam Butterfly and Ashley Dupre? n/t |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
39. "Prostitution is a human rights violation, regardless of age. Period." |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
26. Nearly 700 arrests, 52 children, 60 pimps... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. It's unclear, they "rescued" 52 children, but if they're street kids, the others may have vanished. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I guarantee it. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
43. YAY!!! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
47. Great news but 700 arrests freed only 52 kids? Better than 0 or 51, but seems disproportionate. |
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