Published: 20 Apr 11 09:08 CET | Print version
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Grunts heard through a wall were enough for police in southern Sweden to arrest a 46-year-old man on suspicion of buying sex.
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Whats the point exactly....Or, am i wrong?
I understand but disagree with it. It should be legalised and properly controlled with heavy penalties for women or men who go outside the system. In the end it is a profession that will never ever be stopped, so should be allowed in a very controlled manner... IMO
I agree the law is a complete ass.
If it criminalises men then surely it does likewise with the women who sell it..
As for the sad nosey cops with nothing better to do, the least said the better.
Yes, let's waste tax dollars on staking out private homes instead of busting these hoodlums setting cars on fire. Great.
No wonder you can never find a Swedish policeman. Half of them are camped out eating donuts, and listening to other people having sex, and the other half are in court explaining why they have assaulted another member of the public.
And I agree with all who said it is waste of tax money for polis to go after this kind of thing. Really! It is unbelievably wasteful !!!
I respect Sweden for many many things but this is absurd;
Compare this to Belgium and Holland, where you can find beautiful girls behind the windows in the red light districts of many cities, where men can go to relax, and its totally legal, as it should be...
And it is a well known fact that lack of self-confidence among men contributes to alcoholism , impotence , failures of marriages and relationships etc etc.
It can be proved that husbands that use prostitutes when they are sexually frustrated at home , are less likely to have love affairs with other women . This simply means that prostitution helps to save marriages instead of destroying them .
It can also be proved that professional prostitutes are a good and effective substitute for psychology therapists , who actually charge more for the same things some prostitutes do for their clients .
The point is that if prostitution is allowed to be "demystified" one will see that it is not any different a right than homosexuality or smoking tobacco infront of ones small children .
Consider this : Anne , is free to have an operation that makes her a man . She is free to marry another woman . She can enlarage here breasts or cut them away . She is free to smoke in a car whith he small children . She is free to abort if she chooses to . But she is not free to live on her body if she chooses to ????????? !!!!!!
SAUDI ARABIA
surely when the case gets to court the poor sap/s in question can say entrapment and muddy the water somewhat!
staking out a place for this purpose is just plain freaky, almost as freaky as a pedo sitting outside a school yard!
would be embarrassing if he just had a massage and then had to hang a dump, he paid for a massage and had a free dump!
This must have cost thousands and thousands in police, court and administration costs.
I don't find it at all amusing - it's a waste of resources.
But that would involve having some balls, so...
The situation in Sweden where male clients of female prostitutes can be prosecuted will drive prostitution underground and lead to blackmail, extortion and corruption.
What of the situation where a woman pays another woman for sex? Will she be prosecuted?
What of the situation where a husband and wife want a threesome and pay a woman to join them for 3 way sex?
I believe there should be strict licensing controls over prostitution both concerning the sex worker and the client.
Come on grow up you stupid feminsts who support laws that convict clients of sex workers.
Oh by the way I am an Australian heterosexual male.