Re: OT: Utterly OT (was : Brothel s and other urban facilities (WAS: Scandinavian meeting.))

On 06/03/08 00:05:23, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> Well, yes, the US is amazingly conservative overall.  Probably has
> something to do with the fact that we were founded by the folks who
> got kicked out of Europe for being too uptight.  Apparently 400 years
> isn't long enough to get over that.
>     Still, AFAIK, prostitution is still illegal in most of Europe
> (the
> Netherlands being an obvious exception).  So the lumping is still
> weird.
I agree the lumping is weird. I am surprised prostitution is perceived
as illegal by default. There was a brothel in between the station and
my high school when I went; everyone knew it was there. More recently,
there have been text-only billboard ads for them (signs outside
brothels are less subtle; I've never been to one, but I could certainly
direct you to half a dozen). Australia manages to be relatively
conservative; I was surprised that beer was available at cafes in
Britain, and abortion is still relatively illegal and IVF only
available to heterosexual couples who can't otherwise conceive here in
Victoria.

(Illegal prostitution also exists here, including a brothel serviced by
girls kidnapped from Asian countries. Obviously these get shut down as
they're discovered.)

--
Tristan.

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