"Can't turn no Ho into no housewife!"

/said to make the thread playa

Hell, I'd do the same thing if I could.

If only the government would realize they'd get more money taxing prostitution than they do arresting prostitutes.

Snarfangel: If only the government would realize they'd get more money taxing prostitution than they do arresting prostitutes.

That would make sense, so of course that will never happen. I bet you think that marijuana should be legal. Damned hippies. Get a job!

So in other words, he's doing what we're all at Fark doing, only with prostitutes.

Secret vice officer?

What kind of qualifications would someone need for that job? 'Cause I could sure use the 80 grand and working with prostitutes on the street has got to be better than working with them in cubicleville.

What a incredible waste of taxpayer money. Even if he was doing his job, he might bust maybe 1% of the total sex trade workers in King county. At a total cost of 200-300K per year and make absolutely no impact on it.

Little hint: As long as people still want sex, there will be people willing to sell it.

At least he wasnt out shooting black people

/sarcasm

Interesting trumps Obvious?

Headline is totally unoriginal. It _sounds_ made up, but damn.. he really was Capt. Save-A-Ho(tm)!

Does he have ho cakes?

I thought I was the only one who used the "Captain Save-A-Ho" expression. Can't believe it's actually in the article. Still good for making fun of nerds who leap to the defense of any female on a web forum though.

what would this world be without sluts & ho's
god bless the working woman!

lordofthefries
My nickname used to be Ho Cake.

/no i am not joking
//do not know if that is a good or bad thing

Also wanted for questioning...

Damn, I knew I shoulda went to vice cop school 'steada rocket engineer school.

Izzit too late to switch? I'm only 40.

This guy should have the "hero" tag because of all the hookers and drug users he has kept OUT of jail thus saving the tax payer millions over the course of 10 years.

I say BRAVO!

2005-08-02 01:27:41 PM Sussman -- Secret vice officer?

Ayup. In charge of double-secret "probe"-ayshun.

HOE?

it takes an interesting cop not to admit that the most desireable position for a criminal is, in fact, a cop.

So, he got paid $80,000 to be a pimp and do drugs. Wow, I'm in the wrong line of work.

>>After a 3 1/2-year investigation, and just days before trial, the Sheriff's Office let Ring retire and the prosecutor dropped all charges against him.<<

Not a bad gig, if you can get it.

/Hostess Ho-Hos?

Why not the "HERO" tag?

Prostitution is the exploitation of women. It can never be "good".

My name is E-40, and I approve this thread.

Ho's gotta eat too.

If only the government would realize they'd get more money taxing prostitution than they do arresting prostitutes.


Not really. Laws against things allow the government an excuse to get bigger - the DEA wouldn't have nearly as much business if reefer was legal. The IRS would have more power, but they don't generally take all your assets when they find out you're even in business, or have as much of an excuse to knock down your door with guns blazing. The government loves laws that allow it to do whatever the hell it wants to "lawbreakers".

Personally, I'm glad there aren't taxes on prostitution. It would make my hookers more expensive, and take out of their cut.

At least they did not put him on double secret probabtion!

Ring also made 18 checks on Taylor and her associates on an even more powerful and exclusive police tool known as WACIC and NCIC. Operated by the Washington State Patrol and federal law enforcement agencies, these databases are restricted to police personnel.

Using such tools to track his ex-wife, Ring found Taylor had made a credit purchase in Nevada -- at Victoria's Secret -- and noted it in his Outlook file in his computer.

and people are up in arms about the patriot act?

cmon now. time for everyone to see where the ground actually is.

morren - Headline is totally unoriginal. It _sounds_ made up, but damn.. he really was Capt. Save-A-Ho(tm)!

Yeah, first time I heard it was on some HBO thing a few years back, maybe "Hookers on the Point" or something.

One of the girls said that's how they made fun of the guys who were always trying to be their knights in shining armor and rescue them from "the life."

2005-08-02 04:39:53 PM krovvy

Prostitution is the exploitation of women. It can never be "good".

Don't generalize so much. There are some women who do such things by choice. There's no reason why it should be illegal. Well, no logical reason anyway. I'm not saying there's no exploitation, but rather that your claim is too broad and doesn't represent the full spectrum of the profession over the last several thousand years of human history. Maybe if it was legal, exploitation would be minimized or eliminated.

Look all throughout human history and ask yourself if it really makes sense to outlaw prostitution.

// happily married and have never bedded a prostitute

krovvy

Prostitution is the exploitation of women. It can never be "good".

Value judgements like this do nothing to make the world a better place. I would argue a prostitute is no different that some women who hangs out in clubs and takes random men home to fark. Here in Tallahassee, they are called Sorrostitutes. Being a college town, we got pleanty of them. In my mind, they are different than a call girl hanging out on the street.

People do what they do for their own reasons and odds are those reasons are not your own. You aren't protecting women by making them criminals, you're just making them criminals. There are alternatives.

Snarfangel
If only the government would realize they'd get more money taxing prostitution than they do arresting prostitutes.

I didn't realize that the purpose of government is to make a profit...

madcat033

I didn't realize that the purpose of government is to make a profit...

Where have you been the last fifty years?

// or the last five thousand for that matter...

Snarfangel
If only the government would realize they'd get more money taxing prostitution than they do arresting prostitutes.

but what about the children?

madcat033
I didn't realize that the purpose of government is to make a profit...

no? how about dictate morality? is that it's purpose?

There are some women who do such things by choice.

Er...no. There are some women who have been forced into this choice by the lack of job opportunities availible under the patriarchy.

He found that a naked suspect is rarely a docile suspect.

but what about the children?

Charge more for the children??

/one please, window seat

krovvy

Are you sure your husband gave you permission to use the internet?

Drug dealer

just trolling. I've got nothing better to do. :)

Geez that was a looooong article.

it's a series.

tellin ya i have no problems with any government agency looking at my life. the documentation is nuts with that stuff.

rouge cops are the worst, and unfortunatley, this is just one who's story made it anywhere.

usually they squeeze the media before it gets out.

Agreed, CruiserTwelve. I stopped reading about 1/4 of the way down.

Shadowspawn, there's a reason why my Sicilian great uncles (legitimate businessmen, each and every one) used to frequently make comments like "that guy's either a cop, or a crook." They're both cut from the same cloth.

Who said there isn't accountability in government positions. His supervisor should be fired as well.

krovvy

Why did you say no to chaoscube's comment? s/he qualified her/his statement with 'some', just like you did. That says to me that both are possible: some do it for fun and profit, some are forced into prostitution by people (men AND women) with no scruples.

I've met all kinds of women and some just like to fsck and don't mind getting paid for it. Hell, when the economy took a down turn a couple woman-folk I knew held a few 'private parties', with cover charge, to pay the rent.

Are you saying they were forced to give ass for cash?