Phaedrus

Acqua/Luna/Oasis - MP in Ottawa with several locations.

It's also good to keep everything patched properly - not all software is good at this. I've found Secunia PSI very helpful for this - you can get it at http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/

Lefty, I have to disagree with you this. I don't think that the appeal of physical attraction ever diminishes - we just work out that there's... more, that it's not the be-all and end-all. Certainly I wouldn't want to believe I'd ever stop appreciating beauty when I see it. Nevertheless, when you meet someone new, what you see is often the most significant factor in making your *first* impressions, whether it's the smile of the bum or the eyes or the whole package, simply because it's the first bit of information you receive and process. Maybe you saw someone's pics online; maybe your eyes met across a crowded room; vision is just... longer range than your other senses, and so it gets the first shot and everything else is playing catch-up thereafter. I'm inclined to think one of the only common exceptions to that is forums such as this, where you're likely to read someone's posts first. Also, apologies for the threadjack - Mod, feel free to put this in a thread of its own if appropriate...

But maybe all the lurkers are from Ottawa too... :)

Congratulations, sir. I'm most impressed!

Probably not until all (or most) of us can simply accept everyone else for what they are. Which, human nature being what it is, will probably be a while, alas. On the bright side, there are people who get it. If you haven't seen it already, have a look a Dan Savage's 'It Gets Better' project at http://www.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject. And on the subject of suicide generally, an ad from a Serbian group that also gets it: http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2010/09/suicide-ads-projected-under-bridge-jumpers.html

But if she doesn't, the Gov't will presumably appeal that too, no? I hate to be pessimistic, but I really can't believe anything will change in practice until this has gone through the entire appeals process. And even then, as someone else noted, this ruling is based on the fact that prostitution is itself legal... which could be changed.

Indeed. Congratulations, and thanks to you - and all the other folks who have been here for a while - for making this a fantastic forum.