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<blockquote data-quote="Days of Broken Arrows" data-source="post: 1182917" data-attributes="member: 4258">^^^^Good point. But the same day Backpage went dark, so did Craiglist's &quot;Theraputic&quot; section and The Erotic Reviews (TER). This is a moral panic.I'm less concerned with the subject per se, and more interested in the way people are behaving. I'm now reading uptight women using phrases like &quot;I'm am an abolitionist!&quot; They actually think they're freeing slaves by inconveniencing hookers and johns.***I'll also vouch for what Kosko said about the Internet taking hookers off the streets. There used to be a &quot;hooker row&quot; near where I went to college. I discovered this the hard way.Way back before the Internet, my buddy and I had driven to a concert* and I decided to take a shortcut back to campus. It was late and I was tired. While I was stopped at a light, I noticed all these women waving and &quot;kids&quot; on bikes.In my groggy state, I turned to my friend and said &quot;Hey! This area is like a Beach Boys song! There's all these friendly girls wearing sexy clothes and people riding bikes in the streets!&quot;He look at me incredulously and said &quot;Those are prostitutes and drug dealers you idiot! Now speed it up and get the hell out of this section of town before we get shot!!! Step on it!!&quot;Anyway, that section doesn't have a &quot;hooker row&quot; anymore, but I wonder if it will come summer.* The concert was by Jonathan Richman. Anyone remember this guy? He was a nostalgia trip even then, which is why my mind was on the Beach Boys as we left the concert. Music can alter your view of reality. It can for me, anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Days of Broken Arrows, post: 1182917, member: 4258"] ^^^^ Good point. But the same day Backpage went dark, so did Craiglist's "Theraputic" section and The Erotic Reviews (TER). This is a moral panic. I'm less concerned with the subject per se, and more interested in the way people are behaving. I'm now reading uptight women using phrases like "I'm am an abolitionist!" They actually think they're freeing slaves by inconveniencing hookers and johns. *** I'll also vouch for what Kosko said about the Internet taking hookers off the streets. There used to be a "hooker row" near where I went to college. I discovered this the hard way. Way back before the Internet, my buddy and I had driven to a concert* and I decided to take a shortcut back to campus. It was late and I was tired. While I was stopped at a light, I noticed all these women waving and "kids" on bikes. In my groggy state, I turned to my friend and said "Hey! This area is like a Beach Boys song! There's all these friendly girls wearing sexy clothes and people riding bikes in the streets!" He look at me incredulously and said "Those are prostitutes and drug dealers you idiot! Now speed it up and get the hell out of this section of town before we get shot!!! Step on it!!" Anyway, that section doesn't have a "hooker row" anymore, but I wonder if it will come summer. * The concert was by Jonathan Richman. Anyone remember this guy? He was a nostalgia trip even then, which is why my mind was on the Beach Boys as we left the concert. Music can alter your view of reality. It can for me, anyway. [/QUOTE]

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