What utter nonsense, Europe is doing quite fine! I love what you call "moral decay", or as we call it, "not being stuck up and adhering to a fake double standard concerning sexuality", wouldn't trade it for anything in the world+. Every ****ing nation on that planet has prostitution, even goddamn Iran. The difference between Europe and other places is, that we don't call it a sin upfront and the go on doing it anyways. Moral decay my ass! It's been around since the begining of humankind, not even the most religious societies managed to get rid of it, so why still do the stupid condemnation schtick? It achieved and achieves nothing! We don't need the idiotic lip service of ages past!Europe is in moral decay and you know it. No good thing can come out of this. And it matters not if they are forced into it, they are doing it. And legal doesn't always mean "good".
And beacuse they make a lot of money from it, makes it right?? Bad things usually make tons of money. That's nothing new. But the flip side is that the chickens always.....ALWAYS come home to roost.
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Fewer window prostitutes in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A non-profit corporation has purchased a large number of the buildings where prostitutes pose in windows in Amsterdam's Red Light district, the city said Thursday, in a deal that may lead to a third of the windows being shuttered.
The move is intended to break a logjam in an multi-year effort by the city to cut back on the windows, which it says are a magnet for crime and money laundering.
Mayor Job Cohen said the move was not intended to get rid of prostitution entirely, since it is part of the area's history and a major tourist draw for the city.Huh??
"What we do want is to get rid of the underlying criminality," Cohen told local television station AT5.
In Thursday's deal, public housing corporation NV Stadsgoed purchased 18 buildings with 51 windows for $35 million. That is around a third of the windows in the Red Light District, though there are other prostitution zones in the city.
NV Stadsgoed will redevelop some or all of the buildings, and because they are not likely to be worth as much as housing or regular commercial real estate, the city has agreed to reimburse the corporation by up to $21 million.
"We don't know yet what's going to come in their place," Cohen said. "We're very busy making a development plan, and we hope to have that ready by the end of the year."
Amsterdam has been conducting a crackdown on criminality in the city center for nearly five years, using a 2002 law that forces business operators to disclose detailed accounting in order to have their licenses renewed.
The seller in Thursday's deal, "Fat" Charlie Geerts, was ordered by the city last year to close the windows because the city said he failed to meet standards.
But he filed a legal protest and Amsterdam's District Court granted an injunction against closures while he fought the decision.
With its scantily clad prostitutes posing in brothel windows and coffee shops oozing the pungent aroma of cannabis smoke, the Red Light district's seediness has always been part of its attraction.
Prostitution is legal in the Netherlands, and coffee shops are licensed to sell small amounts of marijuana. But the district is a magnet for petty criminals and, authorities believe, human traffickers, drug lords and mobsters who take advantage of the situation to launder money.
Prostitutes' rights organizations have generally been indifferent to the crackdown, arguing that pimps are the main source of problems, not landlords.
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How Stupid are these people? These are the smart Europeans that a lot of you brag on. They want to get rid of the crime but not the hookers???
Seedy activity will attract seedy people. Wanna clean up crime Holland?? Get rid of prostitutes! News Flash!!!!!! Mobsters reeeally like hookers!!! They like drugs too. But Holland doesn't want to give up those things.
Well guess what? The problem will never go away. They want their cake and eat it too.
Europe is in moral decay and you know it. No good thing can come out of this. And it matters not if they are forced into it, they are doing it. And legal doesn't always mean "good".
And beacuse they make a lot of money from it, makes it right?? Bad things usually make tons of money. That's nothing new. But the flip side is that the chickens always.....ALWAYS come home to roost.
Plus if you can't buy ass, how would one eat bacon?
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It is legal over there!! IT'S NOT WORKING!What's your next idea?
) it holds no appeal. For those not adjusted to emotions and what not; they might see some appeal in buying sex, since it holds no value other than physical release.
[/b]What a great way to get the best out of your citizens.
And I'm dense????
It is legal over there!! IT'S NOT WORKING!What's your next idea?
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But the flip side is that the chickens always.....ALWAYS come home to roost.
My guess on this is; since you are well adjusted emotionally (I assume
