Comments on: That Was the Week That Was (#16) http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/that-was-the-week-that-was-16/ Frank commentary from a retired call girl Fri, 24 May 2013 08:14:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Laura http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/that-was-the-week-that-was-16/#comment-23598 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:36:44 +0000 http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/?p=10597#comment-23598 This is the 1st time (unless I missed something) that my many offers to post links, petitions, etc. has been acknowledged by anyone. Thank you.

]]> By: Sailor Barsoom http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/that-was-the-week-that-was-16/#comment-23232 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:38:08 +0000 http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/?p=10597#comment-23232 Despite the UCMJ, you get stuff like Abu Ghraib. It has to be accountability, an end to the idea that “they are fighting bad guys, so they should be immune.” An end to the Dirty Harry idea that we should allow police to do “whatever it takes,” and that they get to decide what it takes, with little or no review. One thing that might help is if people knew what the risks really were — most of us will never be killed or even scratched in a violent crime, and of the few of us who are, it will almost certainly be somebody we know. Or cops.

]]> By: Rapid http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/that-was-the-week-that-was-16/#comment-23177 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:56:53 +0000 http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/?p=10597#comment-23177 “and Dennis Hof of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch opined that Secret Service agents should only hire American whores.”

Wait a minute! I don’t think that all of the Bunnies are Us Citizens.

]]> By: Maggie McNeill http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/that-was-the-week-that-was-16/#comment-23175 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:03:53 +0000 http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/?p=10597#comment-23175 Laura Agustin studied it for years; her most recent column gives an overview you may find informative.

]]> By: Hal 10000 (@Hal_RTFLC) http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/that-was-the-week-that-was-16/#comment-23170 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:16:21 +0000 http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/?p=10597#comment-23170 I must admit that I found the article about prostitution in Spain to be completely uninformative. Maybe there is a trafficking problem but that article doesn’t make the case. It reminds me of the pro-drug-war articles that consist of anecdotes about junkies and quotes from Drug Warriors. They pull facts completely out of the air (90% of Spanish prostitutes are trafficked; all prostitute in Spain are foreigner (which ipso facto means they are trafficked)). I would love to see a rebuttal piece from someone who actually knows something about the Spanish sex industry.

]]> By: Maggie McNeill http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/that-was-the-week-that-was-16/#comment-23136 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:22:56 +0000 http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/?p=10597#comment-23136 That’s not naked, though! And I can assure you very few clients allow a whore to keep her panties on for very long, at which point such fakery would surely be revealed.

]]> By: V. W. Singer http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/that-was-the-week-that-was-16/#comment-23113 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:07:12 +0000 http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/?p=10597#comment-23113 Um, it is quite possible to hide all the “junk” very effectively. The linked picture is of a TS woman with all her male equipment intact, in a very skimpy costume.

http://xxx.freeimage.us/image.php?id=8719_4F939DDB&jpg

And this is how it is done. The video is VERY explicit, so if you are of a nervous disposition, don’t look. You have been warned!

http://thecrossdresser.org/wp-content/tucking.wmv

]]> By: c andrew http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/that-was-the-week-that-was-16/#comment-23109 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:05:58 +0000 http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/?p=10597#comment-23109 Exactly right, comixchik,

Cops are the only “professionals” that are held to a lower standard than the layperson. I laugh every time I hear about how much more cops are punished than “civilians;” the evidence points in every direction except that. The only time that happens is they’ve pissed off someone higher up or they’ve become a political liability.

And the supreme court has ruled that a prosecutor, even when he suborns perjury in a death penalty case, still has absolute immunity.

I think the best way to fix this – in addition to Maggie’s suggestions – is to strip immunity from cops and prosecutors and judges – and let any jury in a criminal trial vote to re-convene themselves as a grand jury – and indict anyone in the legal process that they’ve just witnessed, including cops, prosecutor and judge. I mean, if these state actors “haven’t done anything wrong,” then what do they have to fear, right?

]]> By: Maggie McNeill http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/that-was-the-week-that-was-16/#comment-23105 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:18:01 +0000 http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/?p=10597#comment-23105 I must admit I was rather pleased with that. :-)

]]> By: aspasialibertine http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/that-was-the-week-that-was-16/#comment-23102 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:22:08 +0000 http://maggiemcneill.wordpress.com/?p=10597#comment-23102 Quoted in Vanity Fair! Go on with your bad self, Maggie! :)

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