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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:14 PM Original message |
Pressured by sex workers, Taiwan OKs prostitution |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gov. Sanford to move to Taiwan! |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 04:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Spitzer also. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Hmmm. You DO know the scandal ratio is at the VERY least 3-1 for Republicans, right? |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. How does it work out for Presidents? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I would say the entire Bush II presidency was a continuous scandal That, plus Watergate, |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Don't forget Iran-Contra |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. lol at 'happy ending' comment |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. I hereby declare it is an accurate description. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. The 'masseuses' in Thailand yelled that at us... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Must have been some interesting lobbying. n/t |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. I wonder how much revenue the US could raise |
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KTinaY2008 (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Not only that but it would go along way in keeping the women... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Yep, get the criminals out of the business |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Also the access of prostitutes to pensions, disability benefits and the right to live with dignity |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 05:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I don't like the idea of taxing prostitutes any more than other lines of work. |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Sure, taxing prostitutes would sully the government's reputation! NOT... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. What job can you have, legally, where you aren't taxed? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I'm talking about the funding-happy "let's tax the shit out of things currently illegal " thing ... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Like we currently do for alcohol |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. Good for Taiwan. Meanwhile, mapping out its own puritanical path, the mainland declares war on porn. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Porn is prostitution but with mental side effects for the voyeuristic masses |
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Bankhead_ATL (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. Hey if you going to sell it why not get paid for it |
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