Craigslist Agrees With State AGs To Curb "Erotic Services" Ads 402
The New York Times reports that Craigslist has reached an agreement with 40 state attorneys general to tame its notoriously unruly "erotic services" listings. Clever diplomacy: according to the article, Craigslist "said that it will charge erotic services vendors a small fee for each ad — about $10, Mr. Buckmaster said — and require that they use a credit card for the payment. It will donate the money to charities that combat child exploitation and human trafficking. This, theoretically, will let the company confirm not just a phone number but also an identity." I hope they work on cleaning the weird spammers from the ordinary personal ads, too.
"I hope they work on cleaning the weird spammers" (Score:5, Funny)
Amen. The spammers from the ordinary personal adds are really dirty and urgently require cleaning of any kind. You'd think these guys are allergic to showers...
Sum it up (Score:5, Funny)
This immediately made me think 'so you are saying that some prostitutes want Craigslist to call them?'. Now that's kinky.
Re:"I hope they work on cleaning the weird spammer (Score:5, Funny)
As long as they don't mess with continued additions to the best of craigslist [craigslist.org] I'm ok with the changes
"Mr. Buckmaster said" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sum it up (Score:5, Funny)
Combat child exploitation (Score:3, Funny)
If they are donating money to a charity to combat child exploitation, can we please have that charity fight the constant "think of the kids", "harm to kids", "oh noes, kids might see this" exploitation?
Their motto should be a George Carlin quote: "Fuck the children!"
Re:I've always wondered about these... (Score:3, Funny)
It's okay, you can tell us, which one is it? http://slashdot.org/~religious+freak/friends/ [slashdot.org]
I'm kind of suprised ... (Score:2, Funny)
On second thought it is kind of hard to get a date when you're living in your mom's basement.
Re:To quote Geroge Carlin... (Score:5, Funny)
The illegality of each of those things is negative. So, when you multiply them together, you are bound to wind up with a result that has positive illegality, duh. It's pretty basic arithmetic. Of course, it does lead to the little known fact that doing any two legal things together is illegal. Aside from selling fucking, driving while blindfolded is another relatively obvious example. Most minor cases of doing two legal things at the same time are never prosecuted, but standing while muttering is technically not legal, thanks to math.
Of course, the circumvent the issue, you just need to do a third legal thing while you whore yourself out, like read a book. Then the extra minus sign multiplies through and they can't do anything to you.
Bummer (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"I hope they work on cleaning the weird spammer (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I doubt they're allergic to golden showers. :-)
Re:Censorship (Score:5, Funny)
Don't forget "is".
In related news ... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:"No victims" (Score:1, Funny)
Pffff, making it illegal makes it less susceptible to criminal influence, just like booze.
Re:Analogy to copyright? (Score:4, Funny)
Yes. What you did was like slowing down the car with the handbrake instead of downshifting.
Re:back on the streets (Score:4, Funny)
So, even though prostitutes wouldn't have to spend precious time and resources looking over their shoulder, getting arrested, going to court, going to prison, going to halfway houses, being able to file charges on their pimp should they still bother to have one, NOTHING will change? I think you need to show your work there.
We do have a duty to reduce activity that harms others
It would also be nice if we didn't enact laws that do exactly the thing they're "supposed" to be protecting. Awww, who am I kidding, let's just go ban something else!
Re:I'm kind of suprised ... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm anti-prostitution, and I'll tell you why:
At some point, some pointy-haired boss type will realize that, if prostitution is legal, that means they can add sexual services to whatever job description they want.
After that sucking corporate cock won't just be a metaphor for hating your shitty job, it'll be the literal truth.
Re:"I hope they work on cleaning the weird spammer (Score:3, Funny)
So I guess this would count as a 'gaming partner [craigslist.org]'?
Re:pre-paid credit cards (Score:1, Funny)
I disagree. With a prostitute you get something for your money.
Re:Sarcasm (Score:3, Funny)
remember that these women are earning thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars a month for basically unskilled labor.
Unskilled???
No, this is. (Score:1, Funny)
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/cht/654534964.html [craigslist.org]
It got chilly in here all of a sudden. BRB, someone just entered through my back do@%
Re:To quote Geroge Carlin... (Score:4, Funny)
Because it undermines the Church's attempt to monopolize men's source of pussy.
So true. But also other women of the non-prostitute variety, would also like to control men's access to pussy.
Which is why many of them look at prostitutes as if they were scabs crossing a picket line.
Re:back on the streets (Score:2, Funny)
what IS love
Oh thanks a lot; now I'm going to have a pain in my neck and that song stuck in my head the rest of the day.