Comments on: Amsterdam Closes One-Third of Prostitution ‘Windows’ in Famed Red Light District

By: Evil Sandmich

Evil Sandmich — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:48:10 +0000

Religious Right? There? Seriously, is the air that bad in California?

By: Named

Named — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:57:29 +0000

In Amsterdam, when you join the sex trade you get rights, union and all the benefits of a salaried career. No pimps (except for the government, who pimps us all) and the rest of the stuff that happens when it’s illegal. Prostitution is the oldest trade. And why can you give it away for free but there’s a moral issue with selling it?

You can send your daughter into the sex trade if you like. It’s your choice after all. Others make different choices. And some children grow up and WANT to be in the sex trade. Sometimes they have no choice due to bad environments / situations / choices. But, it’s legitimate, which is a huge benefit.

And the Dutch government has swung very far right as of recent history… standard operating procedure for humanity. A big swinging pendulum.

By: Dallas

Dallas — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:26:41 +0000

Ohhhh… Is THAT what those ladies near the windows are for ….

By: John Paradox

John Paradox — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:03:08 +0000

At least they’re not closing any of the coffee houses…

Comment by Smartalix — 11/30/2006 @ 5:55 pm

Actually, they are

J/P=?

By: Cognito

Cognito — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:27:15 +0000

Are you completely sure it wasn’t Microsoft complaining that the Dutch Windows was affecting the reputation of their ‘Windows’?

By: traaxx

traaxx — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:07:07 +0000

Any connection with their Muslim population or is it really just money laundering, like that hasn’t happened there before.

Maybe the could just launder the rest of the windows into something that dignifies a human, liberals are supposed to be big into that. I can’t think of a much more liberal government that theirs. Of course what right do we have if it’s there only way to make a living, does that also go for families that only have the ability to sell their children in a sex industry, is that ok. Or would it be ok to sell excess organs?

Where does a socialist ideology draw the line at for human diginity, apparently not at the human bondage involved in the sex trade.

By: KB

KB — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:56:34 +0000

The city said a 2003 law allowed it to deny or revoke prostitutes’ licenses when it suspected operators would use them for money laundering or other illegal financial activity

Still, with “suspicion” being the basis for shutting down businesses, you can’t help wonder if the real crime will involve who gets to decide who gets shut down.

By: Smartalix

Smartalix — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:55:25 +0000

At least they’re not closing any of the coffee houses…

By: joshua

joshua — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:25:48 +0000

#2…Frank….and guess who one hell of a lot of the customers are??
Every time my mates and I have been to Amsterdam, we saw primarily Muslims and American tourists going into the brothels. Figures, since these 2 groups are the most sexually backwards and repressed in the world.

By: Frank IBC

Frank IBC — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:14:39 +0000

The only “religious right” in Holland are the Muslims.

By: Roger M

Roger M — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:48:15 +0000

That’s a shame. I’m sure the easy access might have kept some clients from going bonkers
On a second note, it should give even more business to the remaining ones……