Naming Names
So The Expositor is upset that the Brantford City Police didn't release the names of those charged in a recent downtown prostitution sweep. Kind of a curious stand for a paper that often doesn't publish the names of people charged with other offenses even though they are sometimes reported on the local radio station. Just who is The Expositor protecting? And there are those charged with much more dangerous offenses, such as stunt driving, whose names are rarely released but the Expositor seems okay with that.
Aren't those who are charged innocent until proven guilty? But The Expositor has stopped reporting on the courts (except in the case of sensational murder trials) so the guilty go unreported. Talk about being inconsistent.
Prostitution is not illegal, just the communicating in public for the purpose of such. An odd law. And in Brantford the City has seen that massage parlours and strip clubs have been forced out of business, so of course, sex workers have been forced to the streets. Although there are ads for prostitution in that same Expositor. Are they not just as guilty of communicating for the purpose of prostitution as those who were recently charged? And because they are also paid for these ads, could we not add the charge of living off the avails as well?
Aren't those who are charged innocent until proven guilty? But The Expositor has stopped reporting on the courts (except in the case of sensational murder trials) so the guilty go unreported. Talk about being inconsistent.
Prostitution is not illegal, just the communicating in public for the purpose of such. An odd law. And in Brantford the City has seen that massage parlours and strip clubs have been forced out of business, so of course, sex workers have been forced to the streets. Although there are ads for prostitution in that same Expositor. Are they not just as guilty of communicating for the purpose of prostitution as those who were recently charged? And because they are also paid for these ads, could we not add the charge of living off the avails as well?
posted by The Grouchy Old Man at 12:58 AM
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The Expositor had an acticle today about the OPP catching impaired drivers and no names were given. They must consider prostitution more serious than impared driving.
Another thing that the Expositor does is give an age and street for someone charged with a crime but no name thus throwing suspicion on anyone near that age living on that particular street.
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