Quote Originally Posted by BitchHunter View Post
Denis Naughten.

www.denisnaughten.finegael.org




It's a myth is it? Are you sure you're not just trying to push your moral agenda using the myth of trafficking?

The 'happy hooker' myth a far cry from reality of sex trade - Analysis, Opinion - Independent.ie



Bullshit.

1,000 women involved in sex industry every week, Dáil told - The Irish Times - Thu, Nov 19, 2009



The absurd:



Language schools act as fronts for brothels - Naughten - The Irish Times - Fri, Jun 19, 2009

Finally, some truth:



Wow, surprise surprise, most are asylum seekers or those living here illegally who when caught trying to make an extra buck claim they were "trafficked" in order to avoid deportation.

Dennis, if we have this huge trafficking problem then why aren't there more cases?

65 suspected human trafficking cases investigated - The Irish Times - Mon, Jun 29, 2009

If this cunt gets into a situation of power he'll stop at nothing to make prostitution out and out illegal in Ireland, no TD will vote against this, who wants to be the TD who voted FOR prostitution?

Dennis Naughten is Ruhama's puppet.
Quote Originally Posted by Patricia View Post
Ruhama are a Catholic organisation. There spokesperson Gerladine Rowley, otherwise known as "Sister Gerladine Rowley". They are basically nuns who want to stop prostitution, lap dancing, adults buying dildos at Ann Summers. The Magdalene Launderies closed and Ruhama opened. Their agenda is to stop prostitution etc, so they take a lot of money from government grants etc and they spend the vast majority paying themselves and making PR videos portaying Irish men as rapists for using escorts etc. They do very little if anything to help sex workers. I think they have a van on the streets 2 nights a week or something like that for street prostitutes to come into if they want a cup of tea but I doubt they do anything practical like give out free condoms. Ruhama have jumped on the trafficking issue and are trying to make out all escorts are trafficked, because this is their only means of gaining public support. Their plans will only drive prostitution further underground and make it more dangerous for all sex workers.
Agreed. Completely.

So what do we do about it? Our lifestyle is under threat by people who want to force their morality on us. Didn't some escort in ireland go public a while back in defense of legalized prostitution? Whatever happened to that?

Every punter and escort on here should give monthly, whatever they can afford, to promote the idea of legalized prostitution in Ireland. The escorts themselves and the punters need to go public. Speak to journalists. Get our message out. If prostitution is such multi-million euro business in Ireland then surely some of those euros should go towards defending our way of life.

Escorts:

How about donating €5 from what every punter gives you for session. Pay it directly to PayPal or Irish bank account?

Punters:

Every time you punt you independently pay €5 to this fund as well.

Patricia:

You donate €5 every time an escort places an ad or re-advertises.

This would work on the honor system and the funds would be controlled by an organization who's goal is to lobby for legalization of prostitution. This funds could go to pay their salaries, pay for ads on tele and print.

We need to get the message out there that escorts in this country are not trafficked or pimped. That to date no cases of trafficking have been proven. That we are against trafficking where it does exist. That we believe in out and out legalization of prostitution for the safety of escorts, the safety of punters, and the control of STIs. (maybe instituting something akin to the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation, which helped set up a voluntary standard for STI testing for pornographic actors?)

My point is we can no longer sit back and do nothing. We have to organize and fund a defense.