Sex and Irish media hypocrisy

[Davidontour]

Not so much a debate as a propaganda piece. No-one can blame Charlton for pushing her sales pitch -- money is important to us all and if she can secure funding via lies and half-truths, then fair play to her for trying. But the 'Drive Time' bias on the issue is quite breath-taking and falls far short of what should be expected from a major broadcaster.

As for Jimmy Carter, perhaps he should consider that (other than a few parts of Nevada) buying and selling sexual services has been illegal in the US for a century, yet official figures estimate the number of sex workers at well over 1 million, with $14 billion generated overall. A 2004 TNS poll reported 15 percent of all men have paid for sex and 30 percent of single men over age 30 have paid for sex.

In other words, criminalisation simply doesn't work. What it does is give the appearance of doing something and provides lucrative funding for the laughably named 'rescue industry.'

[Parrot]

Complain then

http://www.bai.ie/?page_id=115

[Deven]

First thought, quickly followed by the fact you cant complain anonymously, given the stigma associated with escorting would you like to put your name to paper?

[The Libertarian]

Derek 220K per year Mooney, recently got into trouble with the BAI over wishing a gay couple well and hoping that they would be able to married in the future! Now it was a nonsense of the BAI to do that, but surely this is significant! COMPLAIN!

[The Libertarian]

First thought, quickly followed by the fact you cant complain anonymously, given the stigma associated with escorting would you like to put your name to paper?

It's not about the punter, it's about protecting sex workers' lives which along with increasing funding for ICI and Ruhama this law is evidently aimed at destroying!