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I'm Down to One Last Breath,And With It Let Me Say...
by anna at 10:37 PM on January 23, 2003
Hi, it's me, Anna Landers. What, you'd thought I'd died? Well, to quote Ellen DeGeneras, rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
I must respectfully disagree with my twin sister's response to Vic in North Carolina. Last I checked, pimping remains illegal in North Carolina and 48 other states. Vic solicited a prostitute to alleviate his pal's virginity, and now must face the consequences. He's lucky those don't include a visit from the police.
Not so had he resided in Nevada, where prostitition and betting on sports events are thriving industries. Is this fair? I think not. Consider the case of a prostitute and her john straddling the California-Nevada border as they consummated their transaction. One could be hauled off to jail while the other might flounce away scot-free.
Further consider the case of a convicted numbers runner who must watch TV commercials sponsored by State-run numbers rackets. How could any right-thinking person reconcile that in their mind?
Most everyone has partaken of an illicit substance. For all I know, you're taking bong hits as you read this. Many have either prostituted themselves, come damn close to it or paid for sex. (Don't forget those bachelor parties. She didn't do that for free.) And who hasn't bet in the office football, NCAA or death pools?
There is no way to balance the State's desire to curtail this sort of activity and the populace's affinity for it. The failure of the so-called"War on Drugs" proves that beyond a doubt.
Oh, you thought I had a pat solution to this vexing problem? Think again. I'm just an advice columnist and a dead one at that.
comments (3)
Gee Miss Landers, that entry was pretty long for just one breath.
I'm not entirely sure I agree with your interpretation of the problem, though. The way I see it, the parents are overreacting.
Granted they are shocked/disappointed/upset/embarrased(?) but that gives them no right to hold their 40-yr-old kid hostage. As far as I'm concerned, the friend hiring a hooker is the lesser of the two evils in this situation.
by Lucy at January 24, 2003 12:40 PM
Lucy: in all seriousness, I thought about that. 40 years is a long time to go without sex. And presumably, his disability precludes making those arrangements himself. But if I were the parents, my concern wouldn't be with who procured the whore, but whether my son used protection. The last thing he needs on top of everything else is chlamydia or something.
by Anna at January 24, 2003 6:29 PM
I believe one is still a 'virgin' if the only sex one has had is through 'prostitution'. I simply cannot claim that having free-market sex(whores) can be considered a man 'scoring'. The score is still zero for me, because I only dated crack whores who take U.S dollars up front.
by The Seeker at January 25, 2003 7:53 PM