THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING A PLAN TO GO
AFTER JOHN'S WHO ARE SOLICITING PROSTITUTES IN ONE
PARTICULAR AREA OF THE CITY.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE IS NO HARD-CORE EVIDENCE LINKING
THESE INDIVIDUALS TO ANY TYPE OF CRIME, BUT THESE LETTERS
COULD BE CONSIDERED NONETHELESS.
LOS ANGELES IS CONSIDERING SENDING DEAR JOHN LETTERS
TO THE HOMES OF MEN WHO SOLICIT PROSTITUTES HOPING THE MAIL
WILL BE OPENED BY MOTHERS, GIRLFRIENDS AND WIVES.
PRIVACY ADVOCATES ARE SLAMMING THE IDEA.
THE PLAN WOULD USE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS TO
GENERATE THE LETTERS, WHICH WILL BE AIMED AT SHAMING JOHN'S.
NURA MARTINEZ, ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, RELEASED A
PRETTY STRONG STATEMENT.
"IF YOU ARE SOLICITING, YOU HAVE NO REASON TO WORRY ABOUT
FINDING ONE OF THESE LETTERS IN YOUR MAILBOX.
BUT IF YOU ARE, THESE LETTERS WILL DISCOURAGE YOU FROM
RETURNING.
SOLICITING FOR SEX IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IS NOT OKAY.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL IN LOS ANGELES APPROVES THIS,
THEY'RE GOING TO SOME OF HIS LETTER ñ THESE LETTERS,
EVEN IF THERE'S NO PROOF OR NO WAY TO PROVE THIS.
WHAT A STUPID THING TO DO.
YOU ARE TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT NOW NO ONE IS
GOING TO GO YOUR COMMUNITY DOES GOD FOR BID IF YOU ARE DRIVING
TO THE COMMUNITY, WOULD YOU
CONSIDER PROSTITUTION ZONES, YOU MIGHT GET ONE OF THOSE
LETTERS SENT TO YOUR HOME, AND YOUR WIFE, YOUR KIDS.
YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO WAS IN THE CAR WITH THAT PERSON.
YES, THERE WILL BE EXCUSES LIKE THAT, BUT BY THE WAY,
PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HELP PROSTITUTES, GIVEN
COUNSELING, FOOD, SHELTER, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE, TAKE
PICTURES OF THEIR LICENSE PLATE AND SEND IT TO THEIR HOUSES.
HOW STUPID IS THIS?
AS BUNGLING AS GOVERNMENT CAN BE, COMING TO A RED LIGHT
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT LANE, AND STOPPING AT THE RED
LIGHT,
ARE WE SURE THAT PICTURE IS NOT GETTING TAKEN AND SENT?
BY THE WAY, EVEN IF THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION, AND A WAY TO
FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT THESE PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY SOLICITING
PROSTITUTES, IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO COMBAT THIS ISSUE?
IT IS WHAT A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DOES.
IT REMINDS ME OF THREE-WAY CALLS, WHERE YOU WANT TO
GET ONE PERSON TO TALK SHIT ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON, YOU
HAVE SOMEONE TO STAY SILENT ON THE OTHER LINE.
AND HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN
ARRESTED, OR CONVICTED OR TRIED.
I THINK IT WOULD BE OUTRAGEOUS EVEN IF YOU HAD NOT STOPPED
THE MAN CONVICTED THEM, BUT IN THIS CASE WE DON'T EVEN
KNOW THAT IT IS THEM.
I MEAN COME ON, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE.
BY THE WAY, THIS IS ALREADY BEING DONE IN OAKLAND,
MINNEAPOLIS AND DES MOINES.
THEY ALREADY DOING IT IN THREE CITIES IN THE COUNTRY.
DON'T LET THEM TAKE PICTURES OF US AND VIDEOS OF US
NONSTOP, THEY ARE GOING TO INVADE OUR PRIVACY.
AND HERE THEY ARE.
THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY, THEY ARE INVADING OUR PRIVACY.
THIS IS ONE WAY TO START IT, ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE LICENSE
PLATES IN FRONT OF PEOPLE BUYING LEAD WHERE IT IS LEGAL?
WHERE ELSE ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE LICENSE PLATES FROM?
THIS IS THE STATE ñ I MEAN, IF YOU CARE ABOUT BIG
GOVERNMENT INTRUDING INTO OUR LIVES, THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE.
THERE IS NO BALANCE OF REASON, WE HAVE TO STOP THIS.
SOMEBODY SAID IT RIGHT HERE, THEY CALLED IT DIGITAL
MCCARTHYISM.
THAT IS WHAT IT IS.
AND YOU WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF PROSTITUTION?
OF COURSE, ALL THE WOMEN AND PEOPLE WHO DO THIS SAY, IT
IS BECAUSE I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE WOMEN WHO ARE DOING IS
AGAINST THEIR WILL AND UNDER AGED PROSTITUTES.
THEN WHY WOULD YOU NOT SEND COPS TO LOOK AT THE UNDER AGED
PROSTITUTES AND PROTECT THEM?
IF YOU REALLY DID CARE ABOUT THAT, THIS WOULD BE THE
LAZIEST POSSIBLE WAY OF DOING IT.
YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, YOU JUST HATE THE PROSECUTION.
IF YOU CARE ABOUT UNDER AGED PROSTITUTES, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE
FORCED INTO IT AGAINST THEIR OWN WELL, YOU WOULD LEGALIZE IT
AND REGULATED.
YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONSENSUAL PEOPLE DO SOMETHING THEY
WANT, AND LET THEM GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES, AND THAT WOULD
WEED OUT THE UNDER AGED, THE UNWILLING, ETC.,
AND YOU COULD HELP THEM.
BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO HELP THEM, YOU WANT TO SMEAR THEM.
PUT COPS ON THE STREET, FIGURE WAY TO INCREASE
INVESTMENT IN THE AREA, THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT.
WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME, DON'T WASTE MONEY GOING AFTER
PROSTITUTION.
WE'VE GOT MUCH BIGGER CRIMES.
THAT BEING SAID, I GET IT, YOU WANT TO CLEAN UP A
NEIGHBORHOOD, I GET IT.
THAT IS ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU SHOULD LEGALIZE AND
REGULATE IT, SO THEY WON'T BE ON THE STREET.
BUT THERE IS ANOTHER WAY, BRING IN COPS AND SAY THIS
IS NOT ALLOWED.
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS HERE.