Why haven't they done this earlier?

"the internet is really really great......for porn."

When are prosecutors going to understand, these services are here because people will use them, not the other way around. You take down one service, someone will take advantage of the criminal demographic.

They should be using these services to catch criminals, and lessen the illegal traffic to these services, rather than the punishing service providers for irresponsible criminals.

I think McMaster is doing this largely because he's seen as a strong candidate for the up-coming gubernatorial election, which are the same year as the next AG election. It sure could help cinch his nomination (and subsequent election) if he managed to get a highly-visible case where he's seen to be tough on smut/hos and "THINGing OF THE CHILDREN!!!" Nobody would dare call him on it unless they're itching to be seen defending prostitution. It's all a huge stunt which will probably have a negligible positive impact on prostitution, if not a big negative one.

Realistically, the "erotic services" section of Craigslist probably helps contain and reduce the amount of illicit for-pay lovin' that goes on through the service.

This also highlights one of the idiosyncrasies with the law and prostitution. It would be perfectly legal to put out or answer a personal ad with every intention of just shacking up for the night. As soon as any money changes hands, however, that's vice and illegal!

*also "THINKing of the children. Most legislators don't want to be caught thinging the children.

Damn and almost had enough for a new PC from selling myself to lonely wives on craigslist. Oh well..

Truth wheels...on both counts.

Granted the which hunt is silly (as most are). It would be far better if the prostitutes are allowed to clearly inidcate they want to get paid for sex so that people NOT interested can avoid those ads.

Its not like forcing prostitutes to word things more cryptically will suddenly make them dissapear. /sigh

So apparently taking a women out to an expensive dinner in hopes of getting laid is morally preferable to just giving one money outright for sex. The crime is that prostitution is illegal, it's nobody's business... One needs to look no further than Amsterdam's red-light district to see how harmless it really would be to legalize it...

It shouldn't be illegal. I do suggest that the police leave the independents alone and go after the human traffickers. Just click on any Asian posting and there you go.

Or you could prefer to do neither and see if they like you for your interests, life, and hobbies instead. That always seems to work out best for me anyway.

That said...yeah...I tend to agree that outlawing prostitution has never had positive effects and legalizing has yet to prove a bad thing. Both in terms of the quality of life for the people who choose that line of work and it seems for society as a whole, they pay taxes like anyone else.

Prostitution needs to be legalized, taxed and regulated.

I wonder how frequently these politicians use these services themselves.

whats next S Carolina is going to ban the whole internet for the state? what retards

Hilton Head (yes, that's a real city)

OK are you kidding me? Why would you need to put it's a real city? Hilton head is a well known area, especailly for golf. Are people here that perverted that they would think otherwise.....

The first part yes the second two no. We don't need even more bureaucracy. If legalized prostitution will start regulating itself like it did in the 1800's and before.

For people whom care about avoiding disease there would be proper whore houses where the clients and prostitutes are checked for disease, they could even be listed in customer review websites so those known to harbor diseased workers would lose business thus enticing them to stay clean. Their would also be the ordinary street walkers for people whom do not care about disease. Right now there is only the choice of a street walker loaded with disease in most states.

Although personally I don't think I would ever use the services of a prostitute. An actual relationship is much more preferable.

dude...you need to keep that out of Tomsguide and where it belongs......in Craigslist

They funny thing is, I first checked out craigs list a little before they built those 'special' sections. I checked out the socializing/platonic friendships or something like that section, cause I'd just moved and wanted to find some people that might be cool to hang out with. Right after they built the Erotic Services section, all the platonic people disappeared... :3

Or you could read or make a post on the NSA section of craigslist.

It's about time. There was a program on MSNBC the other day about how pimps have been using Craig's list to sell their women. Unbelievable. How is this s*it legal? Why are we making these damned p*mps' jobs easier and safer? They can avoid getting arrested almost completely.

Enough about the defense that Craig's list just provides a listing service. In that case, you can claim that a newspaper that allows al qaeda to list recruiting ads is just "providing a service. "

I wonder how they are so knowledgeable of Craigslist's seedy prostitution?




And for everyone giving my other post a negative...

...THING THIS!! *grabbing crotch*

It seems to me that if you want to ban craigs list from having those services, you might as well take down myspace or facebook or any other site were people can communicate with one another.

Prostitution should be legal.

They, the states involved in the prosecution, strike me as being more about going after craigslist then they are about going after the real criminals. You would think that the state attorneys and the police would not touch craigslist and just use it to catch these people. Ooops, forgot that actually requires them to actually do their job and we can't have that now can we? I mean instead of patrolling areas and such the police can actually just setup stings through the use of craigslist by replying or posting. On CNN last night they had, I am guessing did not get the whole thing, a police representative on about the whole craigslist thing and he even said that use craigslist to catch those people who post. So it begs the question why, if they already use it to do their job, force craigslist to get rid of a tool that actually helps the police? "Cops. If I was a tad bit dumber I could have been a cop too."

Lucky for us Canadians, escort services are completely legal. The only prostitution laws in Canada (that I know of) are against soliciting for sex on the street and running a brothel. So putting ads in a newspaper or online is perfectly legal.

That's because Canada is a modern country, whereas the United States only thinks it is. I am an American.

Hmm their erotic services are still up.

As far as I know, those laws have been around in Canada for a long time, so I'm not sure if modern is the correct word. It is probably has more do with the fact that the US government is more involved in policing morals that the Canadians. Most Western governments (Canada included) give a lot more moral freedom to their citizens actually. I guess the Americans get guns and the rest of the world gets prostitutes. Of course this is either a good or a bad thing, depending on your thinking.

Not to mention that sex for money is legal in the US... as long as a third party films it and sells copies.

Which is partly I feel becoming enhanced due to a consistant increase of US parents trying to get anyone and anything to parent their kids other than themselves and then try to hold anyone but themselves or their kids accountable.


But yeah...people here don't bat an eyelash over a gristly death...but "OMG!!! I SHE SHOWED A NIPPLE!!!! DOOOOOOM!!!! CATASTROPHE!!!!"

The US media and to some extent its general population REALLY needs to sort its priorities a bit I feel.

I don't understand why sex is considered a bad thing in the first place. As long as its consenting and not with children, I don't really care who sees it.