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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Class action

Posted Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 10:56 AM

The Harper government has argued that prostitution is inherently dangerous and Canada could become a sex tourism destination were prostitution-related activities decriminalized (“Bawdy crimes,” News by Lizzy Hill, August 12).

Be that as it may, our laws discriminate against the poor. High-class hookers, call girls and call boys---including some masseurs---practice their trade in safety, as do mistresses of the rich who only remain in place because they are paid.

But if you are a poor whore, or a poor john, you are a criminal. It’s all about money and society’s hypocrisy which provides one rule for the rich and another for the poor.

Federal justice minister Nicholson claims the government wants to protect prostitutes but it did nothing for Robert Pickton’s and other sadists’ victims. Mr. Nicholson needs to know that johns abuse and sometimes murder hundreds of sex-trade workers in Canada every year and the mistreatment of prostitutes by police is a national shame.

—Bill McKinnon, Eastern Passage

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