Comments on: trafficing and giant lizards http://www.arnold.se/chris/2009/03/trafficing-and-giant-lizards/ My webblogging experiment Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:23:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gustav http://www.arnold.se/chris/2009/03/trafficing-and-giant-lizards/comment-page-1/#comment-809 Gustav Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:16:21 +0000 http://www.arnold.se/chris/?p=175#comment-809 One of the most effective ways to combat the problems within prostitution and human trafficking for sex slavery (which are two different concepts that can overlap) would be to legalize and regulate prostitution for those who wish to enter into the world's oldest profession of their own free will, with the dignity of being a legal worker, charging and paying taxes for your services, receiving close medical care and regular STD screenings. This would provide the customers of prostitutes a legal alternative that will take business away from the pimps and criminal groups that are involved in pressuring or forcing people into prostitution and make it less profitable for criminal groups to engage in human trafficking. But your post wasn't just about that, it was more about the outrageous and imprecise populist Swedish tabloid press... and I fully agree with that. The worst part about papers like Aftonbladet is that many Swedish people consider it real news. I don't know how the situation is in the UK, but in USA there is a huge difference between tabloids and newspapers, but Sweden's tabloids are like a mixture of US tabloids (which are totally and completely 'far out there', always stories and pictures about alien babies, bigfoot caught sunbathing in Hawai'i, etc.) and newspapers... This mixture of fact and fiction and sloppy journalism mixed with important issues causes Swedish readers to become stupid and reinforces many of the arbitrary prejudices that Swedish people have. One of the most effective ways to combat the problems within prostitution and human trafficking for sex slavery (which are two different concepts that can overlap) would be to legalize and regulate prostitution for those who wish to enter into the world’s oldest profession of their own free will, with the dignity of being a legal worker, charging and paying taxes for your services, receiving close medical care and regular STD screenings. This would provide the customers of prostitutes a legal alternative that will take business away from the pimps and criminal groups that are involved in pressuring or forcing people into prostitution and make it less profitable for criminal groups to engage in human trafficking.

But your post wasn’t just about that, it was more about the outrageous and imprecise populist Swedish tabloid press… and I fully agree with that. The worst part about papers like Aftonbladet is that many Swedish people consider it real news. I don’t know how the situation is in the UK, but in USA there is a huge difference between tabloids and newspapers, but Sweden’s tabloids are like a mixture of US tabloids (which are totally and completely ‘far out there’, always stories and pictures about alien babies, bigfoot caught sunbathing in Hawai’i, etc.) and newspapers… This mixture of fact and fiction and sloppy journalism mixed with important issues causes Swedish readers to become stupid and reinforces many of the arbitrary prejudices that Swedish people have.

]]> By: rita http://www.arnold.se/chris/2009/03/trafficing-and-giant-lizards/comment-page-1/#comment-647 rita Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:38:23 +0000 http://www.arnold.se/chris/?p=175#comment-647 Hi - I'm interested in the "stop human trafficing" or "abolition of slavery" movement. One of the problems is that many people think people who are enslaved, for sexual reasons, are doing so of their own free will, when they are actually slaves. One way that the "slaveholders" confuse the issue is by calling the these people "prostitutes" - so, yes, there is confusion and it's purposeful - also, if you read about prostitution (selling sex)you'll find that many people are not even in prostitution of their own free will - it's a technicality - there are pimps and others feeding off of them. I know there are "sex-workers" who are actually doing this of their own free will, but most prostitutes have been victims of past abuse and have an easy time falling into "the oldest profession". I am totally against prostitution and human trafficing - I don't want girls (or boys) to grow up with the attitude that they are just a piece of meat and all that goes with it. Anyway, just blowing off steam about the issue. Some of my best friends (were) prositutes, so I know. Rita R. Hi – I’m interested in the “stop human trafficing” or “abolition of slavery” movement. One of the problems is that many people think people who are enslaved, for sexual reasons, are doing so of their own free will, when they are actually slaves. One way that the “slaveholders” confuse the issue is by calling the these people “prostitutes” – so, yes, there is confusion and it’s purposeful – also, if you read about prostitution (selling sex)you’ll find that many people are not even in prostitution of their own free will – it’s a technicality – there are pimps and others feeding off of them. I know there are “sex-workers” who are actually doing this of their own free will, but most prostitutes have been victims of past abuse and have an easy time falling into “the oldest profession”. I am totally against prostitution and human trafficing – I don’t want girls (or boys) to grow up with the attitude that they are just a piece of meat and all that goes with it. Anyway, just blowing off steam about the issue. Some of my best friends (were) prositutes, so I know. Rita R.

]]> By: Rospiggen http://www.arnold.se/chris/2009/03/trafficing-and-giant-lizards/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Rospiggen Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:27:11 +0000 http://www.arnold.se/chris/?p=175#comment-645 Det jag reagerade är inte vad artikeln menade utan vad frågan var och den var om trafficking är ett problem och det anser jag att det är. Fattar inte att det finns kunder till dessa tjejer. Det jag reagerade är inte vad artikeln menade utan vad frågan var och den var om trafficking är ett problem och det anser jag att det är. Fattar inte att det finns kunder till dessa tjejer.

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