Prostitution problem
8/11/2008 10:13:43 AM
alessandra
297 Posts
According to police officers and correction officers, prostitution is at the bottom of criminal offenses. I was kind of suprised when I heard this, I always thought that prostitution was a pretty serious offense in most states, but apparently not. Even though it causes a lot of problem and consumes many people as a viscous cycle, prositutes are often arrested and released more than once in a single night. Prostitution is a misdemeanor punishable by a modest fine and rarely, if ever, by jail time. It’s not uncommon for a woman to be arrested, pay about $35 bond, and return to the streets. They're not considered hardcore criminals and in the scheme of the court system, prostitutes are at the bottom of the line. To me, prostitution is a dangerous activity, and contributes to the spread of lethal stds, and also goes along the lines of promoting sex and drug addiction. Most prostitutes are drug addicts, living on the streets and selling themselves to fuel their habit. A lot of these women had lives, as school teachers, and high school graduates, but the toll of addiction got to them. I think to prevent a lot of crime and the waste of many lives, prositution should have harsher punishments and higher fees.. I think that alone would make a big dent in sex and drug addiction nationwide.
Beautiful Thoughts to Start Your Day..
8/12/2008 11:11:45 AM
alessandra
297 Posts
"If you just whistle every now and then, skip every thousandth step or so; skim the odd stone across the odd pond; go dancing on the occasional blue moon, if only alone in the dark; dress up sometimes, even with nowhere to go... for simply stirring up some little bit of hope, no matter how silly or disconnected your actions seem to be with the rest of the world, magic flashes in the unseen, friends are summoned, connections are timed, stars are aligned, opportunities are crystallized and serendipities are calculated, creating possibilities for new realities that cannot now even be imagined from where you presently stand."
20 Reasons Why Not to Drink!
8/20/2008 10:59:22 AM
alessandra
297 Posts
Ladies, do any of these ring a bell? #1, 7, and 11 ring true to me lol
1. I have absolutely no idea where my purse is.
2. I believe that dancing with my arms over head and my butt
wiggling while yelling woo-hoo! is truly the sexiest dance
move around.
3. I've suddenly decide I want to kick someone's ass and
honestly believe I could do it, too.
4. In my last trip to "pee" I realized I now look more like
Tammy Faye Baker than the goddess I was just four hours ago.
5. I drop my 3:00 a.m. submarine on the floor (which I'm
eating even though I'm not the least bit hungry), pick it up
and carry on eating it.
6. I start crying and telling everyone
I see that I love
them sooooo much.
7. There are less than three hours before I'm due to start
work.
8. I've found a deeper/spiritual side to the geek sitting
next to me.
9. The man I'm flirting with used to be my 5th grade teacher.
10. The urge to take off articles of clothing, stand on a
table and sing becomes strangely overwhelming.
11. My eyes just don't seem to want to stay open on their
own so I keep them half closed and think it looks sexy.
12. I've suddenly taken up smoking and become really good at
it.
13. I yell at the bartender, who (I think) cheated me by
giving me just lemonade, but that's just because I can no longer
taste the gin.
14. I think I'm in bed, but my pillow feels strangely like
the kitchen floor.
15. I start every conversation with a booming, "Don't take
this the wrong way but..."
16. I fail to notice that the toilet lid's down when I sit on
it.
17. My hugs begin to resemble wrestling take-down moves.
18. I'm tired so I just sit on the floor (wherever I happen
to be standing)and take a quick nap.
19. I begin leaving the button's open on my button fly pants
to cut down on the time I'm in the washroom away from my drink.
20. I take my shoes off because I believe it's their fault that
I can't walk straight.