And this is precisely why I had virtually stopped downloading pirated anime but started doing so again recently. The collateral effect of acting like assholes is the consumers refusing to give you money.
That's the first thing I thought. This exclusivity bullshit needs to die a fiery death. Just make it available on Steam for a higher price. If I want to keep my stuff on Steam I will simply pay the extra. Pulling it from Steam was a dick move indeed.
I certainly agree with the need to ramp um the security for the e-mail system but it would be interesting to see how they'd enforce such requirements if they were made mandatory considering the Internet goes way beyond the EU.
These people don't know when to stop. Seriously, what does sharing 911 calls achieve? Are they going to offer weapons to the victims so they can defend themselves or something?
Advertising and tracking has gone completely out of control.
"Any man who would let himself be vetted by a hooker is not very smart."
Why?
"That the work is so dangerous says it doesn't appeal to decent men."
It appeals to me and I even had a nice time with my wife and sex workers (both male and female) and I can assure you I'm much more decent than many of your possible examples of "decent men" out there. And the work is not dangerous, society insists in making it dangerous. In fact sex workers tend to be quite diligent with their health and take regular check ups and won't do stuff without condoms exactly because of the health risks involved. I used to think like you but things changed when I found out a friend of mine was into such job and she educated me on many aspects I was squarely wrong.
"If most of the customers are decent, they should be exceptionally valued by the workers, yet they aren't."
Lousy workers exist anywhere, why would sex workers be different? I've had my share of bad ones which is why nowadays I settled with 2 that are good at their job.
"The women beta-bash all the time then complain that the alphas make it too dangerous."
I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean but I suspect it's pure bigotry.
What major event could cause 10-17% decrease and then 10-17% increase in women deaths at the exact same period? Because such an increase/decrease in a short time frame can only be explained by something major even if it flies under the radar. I've done some research and there seems to be no other possible cause for it.
"Studies can be manipulated, incorrect, incomplete, etc."
The data is public, you are free to go show the contrary. You can't.
"There was a serial killer who targeted Craigslist prostitutes." He targeted prostitutes. Now he is killing them on the streets because they can't even filter their customers based on ratings from others. Also, I'd like to see evidence this was rampant on Craiglist (because it wasn't) and how many had such problems against the 10-17% added deaths afterwards.
"No one is forcing women into this life." But people like you actively try to make their lives more miserable, harder and less safe when they choose to live that life.
"I do not believe in enabling crime, especially when that crime involves child sex trafficking." But you seem to believe it's ok for more girls to die if you don't agree with what they do. While we are at it, let's forbid cars, weapons and the whole internet because they enable crime, shall we?
"This was done to stop child sex trafficking."
We are still waiting for two things: 1- evidence that child sex trafficking was rampant in these services and 2- evidence that it decreased the activity enough to justify the extra 10-17% deaths the closure/FOSTA caused.
"Many women were assaulted by Craigslist customers."
Same with Uber, shall we ban Uber? I'll ask you another set of questions: 3- did the fact they were registered at Craiglist make it easier to find such criminals? 4- were the cases of women being assaulted by customers higher than the added 10-17% deaths that it seems the closure of ERS caused?
"FOSTA is a good law. "Sex workers" were deluding themselves into thinking they were mainstream and legitimate because they were all connected on the internet."
More questions: 5- A law that causes more deaths is good in which way? 6- What is the problem of them being protected and mainstream? 7- Do you really think pushing socially accepted and demanded professions underground is going to stop them? If yes, please comment on the alcohol prohibition from the start of last century and how successful it was and also on how the war on drugs, specially marijuana, has been doing.
I would agree with you IF there wasn't a similar increase in the death toll of female sex workers after ERS was terminated. It isn't a single event. It's the introduction and then the termination of the service and both were followed by significant changes in the murder rates. Can you point any other event that may have caused those changes that occurred exactly in the same period ERS was introduced and at the time it was shutdown?
So basically those grandstanding against letting sex workers use online services and for FOSTA are aiding murderers. Pretty nice to have blood in your hands eh? You may not be pulling the trigger but you are putting the girls in front of the guns.
Former public servants in such key positions should be forbidden to work to companies they oversee/regulate for at least 2 presidential terms after they leave. And senators and congressmen (and women) should be forbidden from proposing or voting in legislation that would impact their sponsors. Should but maybe this is impractical. I wonder what would be a good approach?
Re: "They wouldn't do it if they didn't need the money"
Not to mention "sex trafficking" is only allowed to truly thrive because we cant help being utter hypocrites and full of prejudice and taboo. If it's included as recognized labor with all the benefits and governmental protections this brings with then people would be safer to offer such thing, it would come out of the dark alleys and into the open where trafficking wouldn't prevail. And cops would be able to invest their money and manpower into catchin what's actually shady behavior instead of normal human stuff that exist since apes started exchanging stuff.
Ah yes, in Europe. Fair use is an US construct. But even then, you can still succumb under the weight of the costs of defending yourself even if it is a sure win.
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And this is precisely why I had virtually stopped downloading pirated anime but started doing so again recently. The collateral effect of acting like assholes is the consumers refusing to give you money.
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That's the first thing I thought. This exclusivity bullshit needs to die a fiery death. Just make it available on Steam for a higher price. If I want to keep my stuff on Steam I will simply pay the extra. Pulling it from Steam was a dick move indeed.
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I certainly agree with the need to ramp um the security for the e-mail system but it would be interesting to see how they'd enforce such requirements if they were made mandatory considering the Internet goes way beyond the EU.
On the post: Wireless Carriers Busted Sharing User 911 Location Data
These people don't know when to stop. Seriously, what does sharing 911 calls achieve? Are they going to offer weapons to the victims so they can defend themselves or something?
Advertising and tracking has gone completely out of control.
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Eh
weird, in the preview it worked. Well, at some point I'll learn it heh.
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I figured it
after a few attempts. But in all seriousness it could be something simpler!
Thanks for the tip
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My first thought. She ran on a platform that consisted essentially in listening to the people. And won.
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I have to get my markdown skills settled, the format of the comment is pretty crappy, I apologize.
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"Any man who would let himself be vetted by a hooker is not very smart." Why? "That the work is so dangerous says it doesn't appeal to decent men." It appeals to me and I even had a nice time with my wife and sex workers (both male and female) and I can assure you I'm much more decent than many of your possible examples of "decent men" out there. And the work is not dangerous, society insists in making it dangerous. In fact sex workers tend to be quite diligent with their health and take regular check ups and won't do stuff without condoms exactly because of the health risks involved. I used to think like you but things changed when I found out a friend of mine was into such job and she educated me on many aspects I was squarely wrong.
"If most of the customers are decent, they should be exceptionally valued by the workers, yet they aren't." Lousy workers exist anywhere, why would sex workers be different? I've had my share of bad ones which is why nowadays I settled with 2 that are good at their job.
"The women beta-bash all the time then complain that the alphas make it too dangerous." I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean but I suspect it's pure bigotry.
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What major event could cause 10-17% decrease and then 10-17% increase in women deaths at the exact same period? Because such an increase/decrease in a short time frame can only be explained by something major even if it flies under the radar. I've done some research and there seems to be no other possible cause for it.
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"Studies can be manipulated, incorrect, incomplete, etc." The data is public, you are free to go show the contrary. You can't.
"There was a serial killer who targeted Craigslist prostitutes." He targeted prostitutes. Now he is killing them on the streets because they can't even filter their customers based on ratings from others. Also, I'd like to see evidence this was rampant on Craiglist (because it wasn't) and how many had such problems against the 10-17% added deaths afterwards.
"No one is forcing women into this life." But people like you actively try to make their lives more miserable, harder and less safe when they choose to live that life.
"I do not believe in enabling crime, especially when that crime involves child sex trafficking." But you seem to believe it's ok for more girls to die if you don't agree with what they do. While we are at it, let's forbid cars, weapons and the whole internet because they enable crime, shall we?
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"I see the evidence but I don't agree with it because I am awesome and a complete bigot." Fixed your comment for you.
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"This was done to stop child sex trafficking." We are still waiting for two things: 1- evidence that child sex trafficking was rampant in these services and 2- evidence that it decreased the activity enough to justify the extra 10-17% deaths the closure/FOSTA caused.
"Many women were assaulted by Craigslist customers." Same with Uber, shall we ban Uber? I'll ask you another set of questions: 3- did the fact they were registered at Craiglist make it easier to find such criminals? 4- were the cases of women being assaulted by customers higher than the added 10-17% deaths that it seems the closure of ERS caused?
"FOSTA is a good law. "Sex workers" were deluding themselves into thinking they were mainstream and legitimate because they were all connected on the internet." More questions: 5- A law that causes more deaths is good in which way? 6- What is the problem of them being protected and mainstream? 7- Do you really think pushing socially accepted and demanded professions underground is going to stop them? If yes, please comment on the alcohol prohibition from the start of last century and how successful it was and also on how the war on drugs, specially marijuana, has been doing.
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I would agree with you IF there wasn't a similar increase in the death toll of female sex workers after ERS was terminated. It isn't a single event. It's the introduction and then the termination of the service and both were followed by significant changes in the murder rates. Can you point any other event that may have caused those changes that occurred exactly in the same period ERS was introduced and at the time it was shutdown?
On the post: New Study Says The Removal Of Craigslist Erotic Services Pages May Be Linked To An Increase In Murdered Females
So basically those grandstanding against letting sex workers use online services and for FOSTA are aiding murderers. Pretty nice to have blood in your hands eh? You may not be pulling the trigger but you are putting the girls in front of the guns.
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Money. That's the legal basis.
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Former public servants in such key positions should be forbidden to work to companies they oversee/regulate for at least 2 presidential terms after they leave. And senators and congressmen (and women) should be forbidden from proposing or voting in legislation that would impact their sponsors. Should but maybe this is impractical. I wonder what would be a good approach?
On the post: Another Pre-Super Bowl 'Sex Trafficking Sting' Busts A Bunch Of People Trying To Buy Sex From Cops Pretending To Be Teens
Re: "They wouldn't do it if they didn't need the money"
Not to mention "sex trafficking" is only allowed to truly thrive because we cant help being utter hypocrites and full of prejudice and taboo. If it's included as recognized labor with all the benefits and governmental protections this brings with then people would be safer to offer such thing, it would come out of the dark alleys and into the open where trafficking wouldn't prevail. And cops would be able to invest their money and manpower into catchin what's actually shady behavior instead of normal human stuff that exist since apes started exchanging stuff.
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Ah yes, in Europe. Fair use is an US construct. But even then, you can still succumb under the weight of the costs of defending yourself even if it is a sure win.
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Is this the same state that's facing an outbreak of measles because the anti-vaxx bs is running out of control and vaccinating isn't mandatory?
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