Comments on: Brothels in My Backyard http://www.simpleandloveable.com/brothels-in-my-backyard How to make Simple and Loveable businesses Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Umamiblog » Blog Archive » Guerrilla marketing: brothel-style http://www.simpleandloveable.com/brothels-in-my-backyard/comment-page-1#comment-3862 Umamiblog » Blog Archive » Guerrilla marketing: brothel-style Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:47:37 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/brothels-in-my-backyard#comment-3862 [...] I found out I live in the same suburb as Simple and Loveable ’s Nat. As she reported, Mt Vic residents received a letter from the banana-republic-styled “Mt [...] [...] I found out I live in the same suburb as Simple and Loveable ’s Nat. As she reported, Mt Vic residents received a letter from the banana-republic-styled “Mt [...]

]]> By: Jack Yan http://www.simpleandloveable.com/brothels-in-my-backyard/comment-page-1#comment-3855 Jack Yan Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:15:29 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/brothels-in-my-backyard#comment-3855 One of the big issues surrounding legalization, from what I recall, was that prostitutes could not be protected from assault because they were engaged in illegal activity. Rather than go the whole hog with legalization, it could have been a good halfway-house position to at least extend police powers to protect the prostitution industry. You are right, Nat: ‘To solve prostitution would be to solve a society where people are looking for all the wrong things in each other’. In this society, we have problems—and it perhaps is not surprising that prostitution is legal. One of the big issues surrounding legalization, from what I recall, was that prostitutes could not be protected from assault because they were engaged in illegal activity. Rather than go the whole hog with legalization, it could have been a good halfway-house position to at least extend police powers to protect the prostitution industry. You are right, Nat: ‘To solve prostitution would be to solve a society where people are looking for all the wrong things in each other’. In this society, we have problems—and it perhaps is not surprising that prostitution is legal.

]]> By: Nat http://www.simpleandloveable.com/brothels-in-my-backyard/comment-page-1#comment-3852 Nat Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:44:11 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/brothels-in-my-backyard#comment-3852 I actually know the exact address as well. The residents association told me in their petition ( You caught me out on a slight exaggeration!). GREAT free advertising. I bet the brothel is thanking them Bruce, I was never a maths wizz, but funnily enough, the calculations I did last night were correct, I just mucked up today. I agree with you both. To be honest, I sometimes think the residents association needs to move on or get over themselves... But that's mostly because of the woman who harassed me about my bare feet. The morality of prostitution is a bit weird. I think you're correct Bruce, the line is so thin. To solve prostitution would be to solve a society where people are looking for all the wrong things in each other, and from what I hear, prostitutes themselves are more therapists than anything else. Which is why it's probably not the end of the world to have a brothel in our neighborhood. I actually know the exact address as well. The residents association told me in their petition ( You caught me out on a slight exaggeration!).

GREAT free advertising. I bet the brothel is thanking them

Bruce, I was never a maths wizz, but funnily enough, the calculations I did last night were correct, I just mucked up today.

I agree with you both. To be honest, I sometimes think the residents association needs to move on or get over themselves… But that’s mostly because of the woman who harassed me about my bare feet.

The morality of prostitution is a bit weird. I think you’re correct Bruce, the line is so thin. To solve prostitution would be to solve a society where people are looking for all the wrong things in each other, and from what I hear, prostitutes themselves are more therapists than anything else. Which is why it’s probably not the end of the world to have a brothel in our neighborhood.

]]> By: Jack Yan http://www.simpleandloveable.com/brothels-in-my-backyard/comment-page-1#comment-3851 Jack Yan Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:26:52 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/brothels-in-my-backyard#comment-3851 My attitude is that the Association should spend its efforts petitioning central government rather than target what is now a legal activity, unless there are zoning issues about commercial properties in a residential area. The interesting thing is I know where one of them is, and no, it’s not your street. And I hasten to add that the reason I know is because of the immediate neighbour being a friend of a friend, and not personal experience or being friends with a madam. My attitude is that the Association should spend its efforts petitioning central government rather than target what is now a legal activity, unless there are zoning issues about commercial properties in a residential area. The interesting thing is I know where one of them is, and no, it’s not your street. And I hasten to add that the reason I know is because of the immediate neighbour being a friend of a friend, and not personal experience or being friends with a madam.

]]> By: Bruce Hoult http://www.simpleandloveable.com/brothels-in-my-backyard/comment-page-1#comment-3850 Bruce Hoult Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:10:29 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/brothels-in-my-backyard#comment-3850 I think you lost the factor of three clients a day. That would be 60 clients a month, not 20. Morality is an interesting question. It would be great if everyone had long term partners (ideally lifelong) who satisfied their every desire. Back in the real world of friday night "hookups" (which I'm sure your Resident's Association would disapprove of) I find it very hard morally to distinguish someone who says "buy me dinner and take me to a show/club/concert and I'll sleep with you" from someone who says "don't take me out, just give me the money directly". Pimps and/or madams who keep naive and powerless women in semi-slavery are of course an evil that should be stamped out, regardless. I think you lost the factor of three clients a day. That would be 60 clients a month, not 20.

Morality is an interesting question. It would be great if everyone had long term partners (ideally lifelong) who satisfied their every desire. Back in the real world of friday night “hookups” (which I’m sure your Resident’s Association would disapprove of) I find it very hard morally to distinguish someone who says “buy me dinner and take me to a show/club/concert and I’ll sleep with you” from someone who says “don’t take me out, just give me the money directly”.

Pimps and/or madams who keep naive and powerless women in semi-slavery are of course an evil that should be stamped out, regardless.

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