Over the course of two nights, untold man hours and at great expense, the Lenexa police Department brought down 5 Johns in a prostitution sting. We can all breath a sigh of relief, the streets are safe, nobody will be buying unenthusiastic, on the clock punanny in Lenexa anytime soon. And channel 5 was there!The reporter Betsy Webster asked one of the unlucky 5 why he was there, he answered he was there to buy a car. Sounds reasonable to me. The giant rubber fist, wig and extra virgin olive oil he was carrying in his trench coat, sans pants, belonged to someone he loaned his coat to. Okay , I made up that last part.
Maybe now that they have cracked this monumental 5 misdemeanor caper, they can focus on the 300 drunk JOCO lawyers leaving The Angry Tortoise, or whatever yuppster bar they drink in. Don't get me wrong, I have no sympathy for any uber loser who gets caught trying to rent some burnt out strippers WhoHaa. Most of them are married, and lets face it, a little creepy, so its not like they are innocent victims who just want to cuddle with some red eyed ex-peeler named Ambrosia or Mercedes. And of course there is always talk of the Pimps exploiting the delicate flower turned BJ queen, But think about this, you rarely hear of the pimp getting popped. It happens, but more often than not its the hooker or the hookie getting pinched. This leads me to think that the vast majority of women in the sex trade in our fair city, are of an independent/ pimpless nature.
The fact that this latest sting will have as much effect on prostitution as Nancy Reagan's Just Say No campaign had on drugs, wont stop KcTV 5 from giving it plenty of coverage. And what the hell, it gives me someone to poke fun at, pun intended.
***Disclaimer**** John Lee Hooker had nothing to do with this story, but the word play was too much to resist.
Maybe there's a silver lining. This could be evidence that men in Lenexa can actually get it up.
ReplyDeleteSo you're saying that channel five news is about as trustworthy as channel five weather? Either way they're just trying to get ratings. Even if they have to make a mountain out of a molehill.
ReplyDeleteI don't even know why they are even trying to weed out prostitution. As long as both parties agree it's just a business transaction. And then there may be a beautiful love story. We all have seen Pretty Woman.
ReplyDeleteWhat a waste of police assets. It should be legalized and taxed anyway.
ReplyDeleteYeah it's the Cops fault. Blame the government. Leave no blame to the hooker that is riddled with every disease known to man, or the john that will take it home to his wife and kids.
ReplyDeleteOnce the money maker runs out the hooker (and the john for that matter) will spend the rest of her/his life spending the tax payers dime on health care and medication so he/she can survive a few more years.
I get the fact that they'll be back out on the streets. I get that it's the problem seems too big to battle. Maybe we should go to executions in the town square, or castration (male and female).
Hey great idea! I think you missed the point, but Im sure that happens often. I never blamed the cops for anything other than wasting time and money on an exercise in futility. Im sure if you had your way , shoplifting would be punishable by chopping off a hand.
ReplyDeleteNo, chopping off a hand seems a little extreme (just a little). But, I often think people miss the bigger picture when we talk about arresting and prosecuting such things as prostitution. It's not a victimless crime.
ReplyDeleteLike Meesha said, it is actually more like a business transaction Ed. Two consenting adults. I really don't understand why it's illegal. Not that I would sell my vah gi gi.. but if the john takes the herp home to his wife.. well that's his bad.. he could go have sex with anyone (other than a hooker) and still do the same shit. I'm pretty sure people have been getting v.d.s from casual sex for a few years now. So what was your point again?
ReplyDeleteIt really is a victimless crime.
p.s. M&M you really know how to put a good catchy title on blog posts. roflmao
A.F.
ReplyDeleteOh you're right since you can go to a bar and hook up with some beer laden wench or whiskey filled pecker we should just stop arresting and prosecuting johns and hookers. Wtf.
I don't know anything about official statistics but if I were a betting man I would guess that your risk of STD's goes up with hooker.
Oh really a victimless crime? Tell that to the spouse of some knucklehead that brought her home a dose of syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia or worse AIDS. Not to mention how it will affect their kids (this all plays into the previous post) and the families metal health.
You brush adultery (no matter what form it's in) off like it's some sort of teenage fling. ". but if the john takes the herp home to his wife.. well that's his bad.." You're right it's his bad and now all those around him (his spouse and kids) must pay for HIS stupidity, and that my friend should be punishable.
So adultery should be criminalized? We've seen how well that works in Saudi Arabia, pal. His stupidity already is punishable--by civil divorce. There is no compelling governmental interest in criminalizing consensual sexual behavior between adults. By your logic, we should forbid the sale of porn because some guy gets into it and ruins his marriage because wifey won't do him doggie style wearing a ball gag. When you're out there looking up STD rates in prostitution, you'll find that they are incredibly low rates in those countries where it's decriminalized.
ReplyDeleteNever said we should criminalize adultery. Don't take my comments out of context por favor. The passing of seriously contagious disease that affect the physical and mental health of others should be punishable.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore civil divorce doesn't cure AIDS.
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ReplyDeleteI understand the argument you are trying to make. The problem is that adultery, prostitution or whatever mode of catching a bug was totally irrelevant to the point I was trying to make. If someone has unprotected sex, in this day and age in a nonmonogamous relationship, then they are an idiot and are guilty of a whole litany of offenses. So we agree up to that point. That said, the act of prostitution in and of itself, unless it involves a child or someone forced into it, is a victimless crime. Spending resources to prosecute 5 people who went to a motel to pay for sex, will not make any differencee in the grand scheme of things.
If the person, male or female, gives AIDS or Hep c or another STD to a spouse or other significant other, in my opinion it is a crime if that person was prostituting himself with another. But, where are the rights for the victim who gets the disease? Does he or she even have a case in civil court? I don't know but if I was on the jury, he/she would pay.
ReplyDeleteWTF
ReplyDeleteif the wifey would just put-out
alittle then maybe john would not
be out cruising for wild
prairie beavers
Travel, they just sent a guy up last year for knowingly infecting someone with hiv, in lawrence. So yes it is a crime as it should be, and Im sure there have been civil cases as well.
ReplyDeleteWe'll just have to agree to disagree.
ReplyDeleteMeth labs are a victimless crime . . . until it is sold, someone steals to get money to pay for it and on down the line.
PS I understand the point of the post and ultimately I disagree that it is a waste of resources because of the examples I've given.
ReplyDeleteIn rural Nevada, by county vote, brothels are legal. Yep, I've been to them. It is state law that you wear a condom. You're also given the short arm inspection. If you don't pass, no fun for you.
ReplyDeleteThe gal takes half the money and the house gets the other half. The house is taxed by the State. The gals are inspected weekly and must pass or no working for them.
VD, et al, is extremely rare from a Nevada brothel since the mandatory condom laws came into effect. Disease is bad for business. This is activity that should be legal, taxed, and regulated. It works in Nevada and it works in Holland.
So, in that context I have to disagree with Edward. It is a waste of resources to combat prostitution when legalization is the answer.
The subject at hand was/is street prostitution not Government regulated brothels.
ReplyDeleteAnd street prostitution goes away with the leaglization of brothels.
ReplyDeleteThe burden of proof is on you Joe.
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