Hrm... this joint looks abandoned. Here's to trying to revive this blog (I don't even like the design anymore. Green's too in my face). I'll ease my way into doing so by posting this link: Former NY governor Elliot Spitzer is getting a get-out-of-jail card after he admitted hiring a prostitute.
I think this opinion piece makes a good argument on how not prosecuting Spitzer allows levity where there should be outrage, indirectly condones the "demand for paid sex (that) drives the sex businesses," lessens the importance of addressing the underlying causes that lead people into prostitution (poverty, child abuse, lack of education) and undermines the importance of firm state and federal efforts (and firm public support toward those efforts) to combat human trafficking.
Food for thought. I certainly declare myself guilty, before reading this, of letting out a small chuckle when I read Spitzer was getting off the hook...
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