tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937285970642106606.post249696976739645761..comments2024-03-27T20:47:32.937-04:00Comments on Morton's Musings: The Supreme Court has reached too farJames C Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15997892627068235554noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937285970642106606.post-3768854062227298142012-09-27T16:08:19.177-04:002012-09-27T16:08:19.177-04:00Well Rat, as usual you make a good argument but th...Well Rat, as usual you make a good argument but the answer is Ontario -- where actual prostitutes facing (potential) charges brought the application and won. As for the substance, I agree that the prostitution laws are totally screwy but again it's a democracy and so we should vote to elect people to change em!James C Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15997892627068235554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937285970642106606.post-91958836454042076432012-09-27T13:51:11.296-04:002012-09-27T13:51:11.296-04:00I doubt this would make the trade safer for prosti... I doubt this would make the trade safer for prostitutes. Legal businesses pay taxes and provide receipts for GST etc. <br /> <br /> Guys probably don't want to pay GST for head. Prostitutes probably won't charge it. The battle then becomes tax evasion.<br /><br /> I suspect that the most vulnerable women will be forced to remain underground. Does anyone really believe otherwise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937285970642106606.post-76094409862714453072012-09-27T12:55:01.358-04:002012-09-27T12:55:01.358-04:00While I am not supporter of the courts' self-a...While I am not supporter of the courts' self-appointed expansion, generally, in this case I will support them. The issue is prostitution and the laws surround communication and bawdy houses. The police, courts, and our ever intrusive community activists have done a wonderful job of shifting the focus of prosecutions away from the prostitutes and onto the johns. <br /><br />The prostitutes are the one's being endangered by the laws but they are not being charged. The problem then is the johns, not wanting to be arrested, demanding unsafe practices which deny the prostitutes the ability to screen a potential customer before moving to a private setting. The johns, the one's being charged, have no complaint or standing to make a constitutional argument regarding safety and the prostitutes just aren't charged.<br /><br />In a situation like that how else can a prostitute make a case for her own safety except as a "public interest" case?The Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762317244980526077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937285970642106606.post-66097989758674689502012-09-26T22:18:21.939-04:002012-09-26T22:18:21.939-04:00Yup. Yup. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4937285970642106606.post-51134868131578771182012-09-26T21:57:18.350-04:002012-09-26T21:57:18.350-04:00 So, could I approach the courts to determine whet... So, could I approach the courts to determine whether I should have the right to sell a kidney or some other organ before I even start the process of looking for a buyer?<br /><br /> Great article btw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com