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It always surprises me how gullible some people are tho.

I would say if you value your privacy, having something that is extremely unusual won't help. If you advertise or are reviewed and the dreads are mentioned, that can lead to NCNS bookings where guys are getting your location, then lurking in the area because they know it will be super easy to figure out your real ID without ever having to commit to meet you face to face first. Which could lead to them hanging out where they can bump into you and try to hook up socially. Extreme paranoia there, but let's not pretend that isn't happening with some small percentage of NCNS calls. Making yourself easy to identify won't help protect your privacy. It's why i don't put pics of my hair in my ads. it is distinctive.

I'm pretty sure I'm one of these. On the other hand, it is the real birthday of one of my parents. :)

Doing covered only means that no client is ever turned down for that specific service from me. I know guys who keep themselves super clean and fresh and others who never seem to have been taught once in their lives the value of the pull back, soap water rinse repeat action. I'm assuming for the latter, they think that odour is normal for all men. ? hard to give an example with the big black blocks covering up the words lol

it is the reason why I have the link to a long thread in my signature. So you don't have to ask, you simply have to click and start reading.

Lots of reputable escorts use bp. Some use all the advertising at their disposal because they are professionals and market themselves as such. It only means their ads will reflect their level of marketing, and that they aren't willing to shoot themselves in the foot on the offchance that some people who 'never' use the advertising site might think poorly of them for using it. In other words, smart marketing means utilizing all advertising at their disposal, and continue with it because it gets results. Just because the OP saw an ad there, doesn't make the escort sketchy. An escort is either sketchy or reputable, but it has nothing to do with where their ads are. Escorts without websites will rarely be requesting deposits, and that would be the key thing that one would look for when deciding if a deposit request is legit or not legit, imo.

I'm not surprised. Since June, i have only had 3 people actually mention it to me.

yes, this would be the result of a site that has a policy of 'if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. It is futile to post things that are lashing out, trash talking, negative, slanderous, etc etc, and no, no one here will miss those kinds of people if they stop posting and just go away.

I believe that is the level of paranoia and hysteria we are dealing with at this time, yes.

I've heard about the increase in the over 60s crowd a few years ago. It doesn't seem that they are getting any of this health info at all, if it is still an ongoing issue. Syphillis tho does seem to come up in these stories a lot lately.

It is a bit, but then it is English and considered a common term for escorts. Biz cards were not that unusual in the days before cel phones i think. I've seen a couple from about 20 years ago, local escorts, had pager #s on them.

Even so, the last SCC ruling on Bedford was unanimous. These are just 2 out of 9 (is it 9?) even if they have to vote the party line, there are 7 more just as likely to decide exactly the same way they did with Bedford, which is enough.

I still just find it bizarre that she actually thought she was allowed to be 'in' the sex trade in the first place. Agencies have never been allowed to sell or advertise or procure or live off the avails of sex workers. Agencies have only ever been permitted to advertise and charge for escorts, and time and companionship.

I'm very happy that they figured out a way to work the ads in. I had heard that they were going to eliminate them. I don't know why they simply didn't just go back to the way ads were done 10years ago, i can't remember any ads that were explicit in newspapers. They tend to be short, few with photos, and photos could definitely be handled. Also, they can certainly reword and edit for content and acronyms anyway. In the past ads would be like Spend time with a tall beauty for an unrushed session (or bodysage would be used). that plus phone number, general location, 3 lines and you are out. Then when someone calls, you tell them nothing but a starting rate. funny, people figured it out. Additional Comments: "Tart cards' they are nicknamed. I read a reference to those recently, but can't remember if it was referring to them still being out there, or no longer being used. :) i think that they would have a case against whoever makes the cards, since the printing company is exactly the same as a newspaper after all. They get paid to publish the ad, it would still have to be non graphic cards.

I dislike tea and scrabble, but a rousing game of rummy and a latte, and I'm in!

Hope this helps people figure out the new laws. http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/12/15/canadas-new-prostitution-law-explained-with-lego-video/

Each city is going to be different in terms of what they plan to enforce or not enforce. Some cities have talked directly to owners and said that they will not be approached, other cities seem to interview LE who appear to be antsy to get in there and cause trouble. I think tho that the majority of LE are saying the same thing: anything other than street work where LE does their own solicitation stings with undercover officer, the rest of the laws are nearly impossible to enforce, so they don't plan to do anything above checking out the trafficking reports or underage escorts.

[url]http://www.nswp.org/news-story/gaatwâ??s-annual-publication-explores-the-ultimate-costs-the-anti-trafficking-industry[/url] [QUOTE]The Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Women (GAATW) recently released its annual peer reviewed publication, the Anti-Trafficking Review, at Bangkok, Thailandâ??s Foreign Correspondentâ??s Club. The theme of the 2014 Anti-Trafficking Review is â??Following the Money: Spending on Anti-Traffickingâ?. In addition to containing articles from an international network of individuals with various perspectives and analysis on the anti-trafficking discourse, the Review also contains a Debate Section, in which contributors were asked to speculate on the most effective use of USD10 million in addressing anti-trafficking issues. The launch of the Anti-Trafficking Review (the Review) involved a panel of contributors to the publication speaking to the theme of the resource, whose aim was to â??bring transparency to the under- researched, or non- researched, issue of how effective the funding of the anti-trafficking industry has been.â? The panel included: guest editor, Mike Dottridge, (former director of Anti-slavery International); Rebecca Surtees (anthropologist/ senior researcher at the NEXUS / regional advisor to Trafficking Re/Integration Program, Balkans); Suzanne Hoff (International Coordinator of the International La Strada Organisation); Julie Ham (Board member, Supporting Womenâ??s Alternative Network, Canada); Dr. Kiril Sharapov (Marie Curie Research Fellow, Central European University, Budapest); and Victoria Nwogu (Board Member, GAATW, Nigeria). Key points from the speakersâ?? presentations surmised that: The majority of funding dedicated to anti-trafficking initiatives is spent in either prevention or prosecution, and that a very small amount of funding is dedicated to victim assistance and/or reintegration services. (Mike Dottridge); Major donors donâ??t consult with people who have experienced trafficking as to how funds for anti-trafficking initiatives should be spent (Mike Dottridge); Funding for re-integration programs needs to be consistent, and addressing the plethora of social vulnerabilities faced by people who have experienced trafficking are not considered a priority by funding bodies (Rebecca Surtees); There has been little research undertaken into the amount of funding the anti-trafficking industry attracts and virtually no research on the impact and effectiveness of funded anti-trafficking initiatives (Suzanne Hoff); Frontline workers report that funding for shelters and other assistance and re-integration services is notoriously difficult to access, whilst funding to attend or facilitate conferences exploring the issues surrounding anti-trafficking is much easier to access. (Suzanne Hoff); Some countries rely solely on NGOs or INGOs to provide anti-trafficking education, assistance, advocacy and re-integration service provision. Similarly, several countries, including Russia and Belarus, have stringent policies regarding the operation of NGOs within their nations, and due to these policies, it is extremely difficult to establish services for people who have experienced trafficking. (Suzanne Hoff); Despite many sex worker organisations refusing to accept funding from anti-trafficking funding initiatives, Supporting Womenâ??s Alternative Network (SWAN), is funded through anti-trafficking monies. The rationale for accepting anti-trafficking funding is that â??it is better for sex workers who are affected by local anti-trafficking policies to have a voice within anti-trafficking forums than notâ?, and through engaging with anti-trafficking abolitionist organisations, sex worker advocates are more effectively able to challenge local â??raid and rescueâ? responses to migrant sex work, and to provide an alternative perspective to anti-sex work rhetoric. (Julie Ham); The social construct of anti-trafficking defines the policy response to the issue. Similarly, whether a person is recognised as a â??victimâ? or â??migrantâ? is defined by the media, who are influenced by policy defined by political expediency. Social constructs surrounding anti-trafficking â??which are not internationally homogenous- define funding priorities. For example, in the United Kingdom, migrants and people who have experienced trafficking are referred to â??slavesâ? and those who facilitate migration are referred to as â??criminalsâ?: subsequently, the policy and funding response is based on principles of â??law and orderâ?. Whereas in the Ukraine, there is a greater emphasis on supporting and assisting people who have experienced trafficking, and policy and funding responses to trafficking issues are based on human rights principles. (Kiril Sharapov); In Nigeria, grassroots responses to anti-trafficking issues (developed by and for the community) have proven more effective than â??top-downâ? responses to the issues. Historically, this is due to those responsible for planning and implementing anti-trafficking initiatives being removed from the community and not fully appreciating the complexity of the issue. (Victoria Nwogu). Ironically, the panel presentations and subsequent discussion revealed that there was no consensus regarding the total amount of international funding which has been provided to the anti-trafficking industry by NGOs, INGOs and governments, and that there has been virtually no research on the impact of this funding. Sex worker representatives from several APNSW member organisations, including the EMPOWER Foundation (Thailand) and Scarlet Alliance (Australia), attended the launch of the Review. To contribute a local sex worker perspective to the discussion, EMPOWER Foundation shared a press release statement which contained recommendations for â??reducing exploitation, including trafficking in the Thai sex industryâ?. The Empower Foundationâ??s recommendations included: 1 - Expand the sectors migrant workers can register to work in to include the entertainment industry. 2 - Allow migrant workers to register their migrant worker status independently of an employer. 3 - Include migrant worker policies in the National Plan, including consulting widely with migrant workers. Sex workers also raised the issue of how the PEPFAR pledge has impacted on the ability of sex worker organisations and NGOs providing services to sex workers to advocate for the rights of sex workers, particularly in relation to migration issues, the decriminalisation of sex work, the criminalisation of sex industry venues and those associated with profiting from the sex industry (e.g. venue owners/ hotel owners/ land lords/ motor-taxi riders/ food sellers etc), and the introduction of standardised occupational health and safety policies within sex industry spaces . Sex workers additionally identified that the PEPFAR pledge has contributed to the conflation of migrant sex work and â??sex traffickingâ?, to the detriment of many sex workersâ?? ability to travel and work in non-criminalised environments. [/QUOTE]

Say, look what the cerb censors do to A's handle lol

A few years ago, from time to time (like really rarely) LE in the lower mainland would do the raids on legit mps, however only asian mps. The idea was they could do the trafficking thing, with the illegal workers thing, and also nab the owner/manager and any, (if any) clients in there for being in a bawdy house. Just being there was enough to get a charge. It isn't as easy to prove that money exchanged (or communication exchanged) for sexual services now, because they'd literally have to see it happen. Before, just being in a spa was enough for a charge, now it is doubtful they will bother simply because it isn't as clear how to lay the charge at all. The only way is to take over the whole spa and set up stings for all incoming clients, but how do they justify doing that, since the escorts inside aren't doing anything illegal, the spa itself isn't doing anything illegal, and it is no longer a bawdy house at all due to the recent SCC overturn. They have no legal legs to stand on to take it over, so they aren't going to take it over, so clients are not going to be able to get into any sort of trouble. I mean that is just the logistics of how surveillance and raids are done in the past, you just can't lay a communication charge without seeing it happen, imo. and you aren't going to see it happen when everyone is behind closed doors.

oh, i didn't see JL's interpretation. I must go visit that. It was funny enough without any additional comments. :) sadly can't find without scrolling for dayz.

If they weren't worried, we wouldn't be seeing Real Women and Joy Smith, and others frantically writing letters and/or starting up yet another anti campaign. Heck why bother? The law is passed, they got what they wanted, so why be worried? After all, they'd be the first to say the laws are valid, constitutional, and more than adequate to stand a challenge. that was the reasoning for not sending it to be checked out in the first place, so why be this concerned that it might get there after all?

i have read that the teen who was arrested was also involved with at least one of the guys picked up (there were two guys involved) where they posted escort ads, got clients to come to her, then within a few minutes, the guys show up and kick the client out, having paid the fee and maybe getting more from them. I've seen a couple of reviews, this was in summer 2013 that was going on. In other words, all that might have been needed was the clients reporting this to LE at the time, it would have been multiple reports, the escort would have been approached by LE, and they would have discovered, at that time she was only 16. Now she is 17, the reports i read were over a year old.

Comes on the heels of Joy Smith's equally laughable letter to the editor, or whatever that was. Then she put it on the cons site, i think, telling people to sign it and send it in that they don't want the c36 touched. My eyes start bleeding when i look at anything she writes, so i am not sure if i am reporting quite correctly :)

this is a good report, i think, for the most part.