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"Once you accept that people will always pay for sex regardless of their upbringing, I can't think of any reason to outlaw prostitution. Providing safe areas or licensed premises for this type of work, alongside ample education on the risks, and a continued rollout of sexual health clinics, is the way forward, IMHO. Maybe not in Glasgow, though. The council are a bunch of prudes." Glasgow City Council are reflecting the views of their electorate and the advice of the polis. | |||
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"Glasgow City Council are reflecting the views of their electorate and the advice of the polis. " Possibly. Does it then follow that the electorate and the police are a bunch of prudes? Also, possibly. | |||
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"Glasgow City Council are reflecting the views of their electorate and the advice of the polis. Possibly. Does it then follow that the electorate and the police are a bunch of prudes? Also, possibly." Possibly but not all of us. Elected members take into account the views of their electorate at surgeries and the recently resurrected community council meetings. You can hardly blame them for keeping the punters sweet. Then there's the elephant in the room in the shape of the influence exerted by the Catholic church. That's not to suggest the Presbyterian (and other) churches ain't against prostitution - there's no doubt they are - merely a reflection of the power Mario Conti and his chums still have. | |||
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"Possibly but not all of us. Elected members take into account the views of their electorate at surgeries and the recently resurrected community council meetings. You can hardly blame them for keeping the punters sweet." It's a tough one to call, though. How many people are going to go to a regular surgery and ask for -more- prostitution in their area? (So to speak.) Example: I take a completely liberal view. I don't care if it happens outside my flat. When the topic comes up, I tend to advocate less restriction and greater education. This position does not compel me to go along to a surgery to make a point, because it's not something I want the council to fix for me as soon as possible. Negativity toward prostitution visible at regular surgeries is likely to be primarily NIMBYism. Which is a shame. If there were an actual focussed forum in which all opinions were welcomed, then I'd go. But I'm unlikely to go along to a surgery and ask that prostitution regulation be loosened. This, in my view, is not what surgeries are for. So, your point makes me wonder if regulation is influenced too heavily by negative, reactionary knee-jerking around the problem? | |||
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"I'd hazard a guess that councillors work on the assumption that everyone who doesn't get in touch actively supporting prostitution is against it." You understand that this is a flawed assumption, right? Based on the apparent contentiousness of the issue and the inherent NIMBYism. There's a more altruistic stance here. Decisions could be heavily influenced by research and statistics, possibly leading to a fairer set of rules. | |||
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"As an aside, my councillor's response rate with regards to personal communication is exactly 0%. I do not feel compelled to get in touch if I do not know that my messages are being read." Email. You have four of them now. Play them off against each other. Make them earn your vote next time. It works a treat. | |||
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"Email. You have four of them now. Play them off against each other. Make them earn your vote next time. It works a treat." Of course, email. There is no other way! Actually I'm thinking it's my MP who has a 0% response rate. My councillors when I stayed over in Ibrox were top-notch, apart from whoever the Labour representative was, who wouldn't respond. I haven't tried while I've been in Partick. | |||
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" Of course, email. There is no other way! Actually I'm thinking it's my MP who has a 0% response rate. My councillors when I stayed over in Ibrox were top-notch, apart from whoever the Labour representative was, who wouldn't respond. I haven't tried while I've been in Partick." I don't know anything about the south side. I avoid going there. | |||
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"...... I wonder if there are similar problems to those you mention around known brothels. If not, then is the solution to allow more of them?" I guess that depends on the location. There's a couple of brothels thinly disguised as massage parlours been running quite happily for years on the fringes of the city centre. I don't know what complaints, if any, are received about them but they're stil open. Then there's the one, now closed, in the Park area (which, as you'll be aware is slowly being reclaimed for housing after years of being offices). The building next door was converted into flats and sold to people who, when they'd come to view, couldn't have missed the massage parlour sign on the building next door. As soon as they were esconced in their new homes thay began a campaign to get the place shut for resale values. fear it would affect resale values. Why aren't there more? I suppose if demand was there then there would be more. | |||
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"Why aren't there more? I suppose if demand was there then there would be more." Possibly. But then it's presumably easier to rent a flat and run your own operation via the web these days than it is to open and manage a walk-in brothel... | |||
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" so best to accept it and make it safe ..." Yep i agree with that , allow brothels in areas that will cause minimum disruption and not offend any of the general public . Ensure they meet with required health and hygiene standards and the jobs a good un , But as said it is far easier to run a business from a flat and via the web , that and the street girls is the main problem i think | |||
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"keep it legal and regulated and put tax on it! might bring down the price of petrol lol" prostitutes in Amsterdam even have pension plans now! | |||
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