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Thursday, January 7, 2010

The Dallas Prostitution Program: Have Your Say

Now that you've read the opinions of our panel, have your say by leaving a comment.

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  1. Art HastingsJanuary 07, 2010

    Ms. Frangione doesn't want her tax dollars going to the reform of hookers; she's quite happy wasting them on cycling prostitutes in and out of jail, repeatedly, so they may continue to spread infections and be abused by their customer and pimps. This program, which has been failing for decades, is apparently preferable to trying something new.

    Ms. Frangione also wants to pretend that this pilot program is just another welfare scheme for lazybones who want to continue feeding at the public trough after making "easy money" in hot pants and stilettos, which doesn't make one bit of sense. If women were making such an easy living, effortlessly and by choice to begin with, why would they want to stop and get government aid, which is much more limited and has strings attached? The ones who would make use of such a program are more likely the ones who are desperate to get out of the game; the ones who were beaten and forced into prostitution by older "boyfriends" and even abusive relatives.

    This morning's Portland Oregonian has a news story about a 13-year-old girl whose drug-addicted, 29-year-old male relative hired her out to other men for drugs and money. The story goes on to say that the U.S. Department of Justice estimates 293,000 American kids are being trafficked for sexual exploitation, and most tend to be runaways or street kids who were abused by their families and have turned to prostitution to to support themselves, not aspiring career girls.

    There's always a chance that a professional is already living in Ms. Frangione's neighborhood, minding her own business and not endangering Ms. Frangione's innocent children at all. The people who run afoul of the law are the poor, dumb, vulnerable, abused, and exposed ones. The real pros know how to duck under the radar.

    Finally, Ms. Frangione comments that she "researched" the Dallas program, but doesn't say what she found, other than that other cities are studying it too. Where's the evidence of a "poor success rate"? She seems to have forgotten it.

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