Going down on Vancouver, 2010
Feb. 7th, 2008 02:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ltmurnauY'know, sometimes I don't even know where to begin with some stories, like f'rinstance:
- what could have prompted the minister to feel he had to make a public statement on this in the first place, or
- what earthly difference it might make to anyone besides the prostitutes and their customers, or
- pointing out that our border guards can't keep out real criminals, let alone "them furrin hoo-ers" (I mean, this is hardly supportive of the principles of international free trade), or
- ignoring the blatantly obvious metaphor of who are the biggest set of prostitutes in this whole mess - at least in this case some working-class people get a bit of money out of this jock-sniff gone sordidly and horribly wrong....
Foreign prostitutes won't flock to Vancouver Games: Day
Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2008 | 12:24 PM ET
The Canadian Press
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said Thursday he doesn't foresee foreign prostitutes descending on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Day said major events such as the Olympics or soccer's World Cup traditionally have been a magnet for prostitutes and others out to make a buck from big crowds.
But the minister said stringent security at the Canadian border is likely to deter such unwanted foreign visitors.
While there's likely to be an influx of Canadian prostitutes to the area, Day says tighter policing will help control that, too.
Meanwhile, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is brushing off suggestions that legal brothels would be a good method of protecting vulnerable prostitutes in Canada.
He says the government has no intention of legalizing prostitution.
- what could have prompted the minister to feel he had to make a public statement on this in the first place, or
- what earthly difference it might make to anyone besides the prostitutes and their customers, or
- pointing out that our border guards can't keep out real criminals, let alone "them furrin hoo-ers" (I mean, this is hardly supportive of the principles of international free trade), or
- ignoring the blatantly obvious metaphor of who are the biggest set of prostitutes in this whole mess - at least in this case some working-class people get a bit of money out of this jock-sniff gone sordidly and horribly wrong....
Foreign prostitutes won't flock to Vancouver Games: Day
Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2008 | 12:24 PM ET
The Canadian Press
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said Thursday he doesn't foresee foreign prostitutes descending on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Day said major events such as the Olympics or soccer's World Cup traditionally have been a magnet for prostitutes and others out to make a buck from big crowds.
But the minister said stringent security at the Canadian border is likely to deter such unwanted foreign visitors.
While there's likely to be an influx of Canadian prostitutes to the area, Day says tighter policing will help control that, too.
Meanwhile, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is brushing off suggestions that legal brothels would be a good method of protecting vulnerable prostitutes in Canada.
He says the government has no intention of legalizing prostitution.
