Legal Hooking

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Stop underage strippers, why not hookers?

hey rappers, here’s the beginning of our discussion this week on prostitution…we’ve all heard how indoor prostitution is legal in Rhode Island…then we heard that minors can dance in ‘gentlemen’s clubs’.  Almost immediately, the Providence City Council came up with an ordinance to ban minor strippers…but will they ban adult hookers?  Here’s your take:

Regulate and tax as so there’s a profit for city/State….that in turn,  will directly lower the taxpayers’ burden.
Paul

What in the world is this State thinking allowing teens to be strippers?  This the first I’ve heard of this and I think it is appalling that this is really happening, no wonder teens are out of control.  This is telling them that whatever they do including such a disgusting thing is fine this is certainly sending the wrong message.
P. Cranston

There is nothing wrong with prostitution! Two consenting adults should be able to do whatever they want! Most of this country’s laws where formed by puritan religious wacko’s. when will we learn that making things illegal doesn’t stop the crime, it only over burdens the court and prison system wasting even more money. legalize all these things, prostitution, marijuana, (I don’t even smoke or like pot and i think it should be legal) and regulate and tax them, make money on these things instead of wasting money on them, DUH!
getting back to prostitution, your always going to have different levels of the service. there will always be the street walking crack whore, selling herself for her next fix. then you will always have the classy concubine, courtisan woman for the upscale clientele. It’s time to put these ridiculous puritan laws where they belong…...The past.
RW

Yes.  It’s a no brainer.  This almost seems like a trick question on an exam.
  This issue has once again caused Rhode Island has become a joke on national news stations.
Kerri, Warren

The age old practice will go on why make it illegal. Are we really back to the age of chastity belts where chastity is extolled as a virtue?

No. They should tax the service that enflames the psychic, emotional, instinctual, and biological drives and also levy it on to the gifts the Representative gives to their trophied significant/s.
zuke

That’s by Monday…feel free to comment, and we’ll get on the air with the best on Friday.  I am quite surprised at how many people are in favor of keeping prostitution legal…maybe there is suppport for the General Assembly’s lack of action on this.  Comment right here, or e-mail me at .
see you in the rapp session.

7/30/09
here’s a few more comments…it doesn’t seem like a lot of rappers are worried about the exploitation of women here..
This debate starts off with the much larger & more serious issue of human trafficing/slavery, which unfortunately gets pushed to the margins soon after the debate starts. Aren’t there international laws against this activity? If so & if the women in these spas are victims of human trafficing/slavery & are being forced into prostitution because of that then where are the law enforcement people that investigate & enforces those laws? I would think that those laws would trump any “loophole” that allows indoor prostitution, otherwise this is just your basic run of the mill anti prostitution debate.
Hound Dog,  Bristol

Why is it not a crime behind closed doors? Commit murder behind closed doors and it is still a crime. I guess this shows the intelligence of some of our lawmakers. A crime is a crime is a crime. To quote Walter Cronkite….That’s the way it is.
Lee L. Woonsocket

Given how stupid it would be for Providence to outlaw prostitution, they surely will. It is already legal in this state, so we should do as Nevada does and regulate and tax it. I understand the moral issue but that didn’t stop the state from making money off gambling. The worlds oldest profession is not going away, no matter what the law. Better to make money from it than waste money trying to eliminate it.
  Bill G, Cranston

Wait a minute, I thought prostitution was already illegal?
Is it a don’t ask, don’t tell thing?
The state is so broke they should make the state the new Mustang Ranch
and tax it. Make up for all the money they don’t collect from massage parlors.
stuckinri

hey you tv viewers…had to kill the rapp session on air this week…tell your friends to check online here for your comments, and i’ll try to get them on next week.  thanks.  bill