Police crack down on W. Mass massage parlors

Law enforcement officials say a series of raids on western Massachusetts massage parlors has resulted in prostitution and immigration charges against owners and employees.

[Mayor of Ripton]

And I thougth Friendlys was the only business with a "Happy Ending" for dessert!

[WALNUT]

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[toolman agawam]

Can not stop it so lets leagilize it. Maybe it will cut back on rapes.

[Pittsfieldtude]

Sounds like some member of the force wasn't happy with the service, got mad and decided to get revenge.....ridiculous. Who cares? So what? There are other things to worry about than this!

[Edward]

Really, why is prostitution illegal anymore? It's okay to have sex with a stranger, it's okay to give a stranger money, so why not one right after the other? Seriously, I don't get why authorities are so bothered by this; if anything it's just trying to force some outdated morality on the public! Better to do away with the laws against prostitution and concentrate on, I don't know, REAL criminals!

[Hummm]

In Mass, two guys can have sex and that's OK but a Man and a Working Girl can't? W.T.F.???

[dumbindown]

Hummm wrote:

In Mass, two guys can have sex and that's OK but a Man and a Working Girl can't? W.T.F.???

One has nothing to do with the other. Uncle Sam can't ensure his share of that working girl's money that's why it won't ever be legal.

[Jackasourus]

Give the girl a checkup, a permit with health code requirements and tax that @ss.

[uncle sam]

You're very right. Unless they find a way to contain it in brothels and tax the guys at the door. I'm wondering if someone sets up a camera and records it could you just call making a porn movie instead of prostitution. Porn stars are basically prostitutes on camera anyway.

[dumbindown]

Jackasourus wrote:

Give the girl a checkup, a permit with health code requirements and tax that ****.

ask the nearest working gal when is the last time she has been to the doctor (besides getting the morning after pill) and actually filed taxes...

[kevin]

Its not just a job ,its a career.At least till she gets old.Never mind,its not a career.

[Irish]

toolman agawam wrote:

Can not stop it so lets leagilize it. Maybe it will cut back on rapes.

Think of all that tax revenue ??????????

[Jackasourus]

The elderly could enjoy toothless pleasures in a legit brothel too.

dumbindown i would say that they would have too or it would be illegal and arrested, der.

[hmm]

make it legal, limit where it can be housed (just like strip clubs) requier girls to be licensed include mounthly medical testing and let it happen. Its been going on way to long for it to ever be stopped then it goes from costing us $ to stop it to making $ by taxing it. All vises should be treated like this drugs, alchohal, hookers, strippers and gambaling. We spend to much $ locking people up and chasing around stupid crimes. As a sociaty we need to spend our time and resources better

[The Hamburgler]

That's one piece of hamburger even I wouldn't steal - those girls are dirtier then the McDonald's bathrooms.

[Augustgirl]

Why is porn different that prostitution? In porn doesn't someone get paid to have sex? Just wondering. Whatever floats your boat. I don't care one way or the other. I am curious about the legality of it.

[hmm]

Augustgirl thats a great point i never thought of that, how is Jenna Jamison and every other porn star not a prostitute?

[Hummm]

dumbindown wrote:

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One has nothing to do with the other. Uncle Sam can't ensure his share of that working girl's money that's why it won't ever be legal.

Don't be gay dumbindown - have you never been to a strip bar? It's legal and the girls make cash!

[pat the painter]

Why don't the police raid the State House, there is more money swapping and lude acts taking place there.

[religion kills]

Hummm wrote:

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Don't be gay dumbindown - have you never been to a strip bar? It's legal and the girls make cash!

I'm not sure what you are saying...he's gay because he's never been to a strip bar? That word means something and it seems you don't have the right definition.

But you made the right point. Makes no sense to say you can't tax it. Look at the Netherlands, works fine there.

Sure, today they don't file tax returns because their income is obtained illegally. Make it legal and it would be a job just like another job. People would still cheat on their taxes, but at the same rates as others.

This is simply about our prudish attitude towards sex. We have been told by religious leaders that want to control everything we do so we are so busy worrying about each other we don't see what they are doing that sex is bad. It is wrong to the point of being unhealthy. Denying sexual drive is unhealthy and leads to child rape among other things.

We need to get over our fear of all things related to sex. To this day you can bring up sex amongst a bunch of adults and they all giggle like little kids. We are just a bunch of uneducated prudes in this country. Who cares if people want to charge for it?