Kinda ridiculous, wish we would spend time on actual problems.

Thus Craigslist facilitating prostitution becomes exactly the same as open air drug markets, gang violence or any other issue affecting a community.

The irony being that Craigslist reduces "streetwalkers" and "open air" hooker markets, the parts of prostitution that actually do impact communities; and the further irony being that illegalizing prostitution makes it much more dangerous for both the prostitutes and the johns.

I don't see how Craig's List "promotes" prostitution. Where do they encourage it? They also facilitate millions of private transactions that aren't reported for sales or income tax. Will that be the next target?

The Erotic Services section I would consider a promotion for escorts and prostitutes. The first time I saw this year I was stunned that it existed on such a public site. I saw this coming for years. Not that I care one way or the other, I'm just surprised it took this long.

It's like the ridiculous war on drugs. People will find a way around the rules to have some fun, whether it's morally reprehensible to some or not.

Waste of time and money. We're in the greatest economic collapse in many years and these dicks are worred about paid orgasms?

Fucking idiots.

So how bullshit is it that a cop can fuck you and then arrest you? Because that's how they all do it.

One of many drawbacks of the zero-tolerance policing philosophy is that law enforcement views all problems as equal. Once listened to a polce officer explain that we, the public, didn't understand: All law breaking is equally bad and it isn't our choice which laws are enforced and/or with what degree of severity. Thus Craigslist facilitating prostitution becomes exactly the same as open air drug markets, gang violence or any other issue affecting a community.

Is sodomy illegal in Mississippi?

Hurray for solving no problems while making prostitution more dangerous for everyone.

THIS.

All it just is does fuck up the other sections. So now when you place an ad for a personal you get an ask for $250 roses.

Hurray for solving no problems while making prostitution more dangerous for everyone.

All of us like minded liberal people believe that prostitution should be 100% legal throughout the country, right?

A North Carolina husband used the online advertising service Craigslist to enlist a man to rape his wife in the couple's home, police said Wednesday.

The 25-year-old Kannapolis man faces first-degree rape and other charges. The Associated Press, which generally does not identify victims of sexual assault, is not naming the man to avoid identifying his wife.

His wife called 911 early Sunday morning and said a man with a knife raped her in the bedroom of their home in Kannapolis, about 25 miles northeast of Charlotte, authorities said. Her husband was in the room, police said. Their two young children were also home, but were unaware of what was happening, authorities said.

The husband sought someone in the ads to come to his home and have sex with his wife using "scare tactics," police said. It was without her knowledge or consent, police said.

Authorities are still investigating the identity of the man who attacked the woman and it wasn't known if the husband paid him to do it. The woman was not seriously injured, but was treated at a hospital and released.

Investigators turned their suspicions to the husband after his statement didn't add up and because there were no signs the attacker broke into the home. The husband was jailed Wednesday on $200,000 bond.

"We share the public's horror that such a crime was committed, and our heart goes out to the victim," said Craigslist spokeswoman Susan MacTavish Best.

The online classified site had been criticized for its "erotic services" section, which Craigslist agreed to do away with last month after a Boston medical student, deemed "the Craigslist killer," was charged with killing a woman he met on the site.

A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced last month to 29 years in prison for raping a woman who advertised in the section.

I'm no expert on the topic, but making arrangements through craigslist seems safer than hanging out on steet corners late at night. There's risk no matter what, but it seems easier and safer to screen clients/prostitutes on craigslist if you're not an idiot.