First Craigslist, now Backpage...

[D Ghost]

In 2010, Craigslist caved to pressure and shut down its erotic ads section. It didn't take long before Backpage.com stepped in and filled the void, making almost $27 million in a 12-month period. It made $3 million in March, up more than 30% from a year ago according to AIM, an Internet classified advertising research and consulting group. Those figures appear to contradict McDougall's claim the Internet is solely to blame.

I asked McDougall if shutting down the adult section might, at the very least, disrupt trafficking or make it more difficult.

Without presenting any evidence, she says no - that it might drive it underground or worse yet, she says, off-shore making it difficult for law enforcement to rescue children people who are being forced into prostitution.

With an increased focus on sex trafficking in the U.S., prosecutors want the site's adult service ads removed, calling it a hub for the sex trade. In Minnesota, Ramsey County Attorney John Choi says, "When we get a case involving trafficking or prostitution, usually the story is going to start on Backpage.com."

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cn...com/?hpt=hp_c2

[Joe Obenberger]

Unlike Craigslist, the owners of Backpage have had the testicularity to stare down the Do-gooders eyeball to eyeball. Craigslist blinked, backed down, even after winning this sensational result in Chicago: http://www.xxxlaw.com/cases/judgment...craigslist.pdf

They are not breaking any laws. If they were, the posse would have come to get them a long time ago. Do-gooder intimidation. There are ways of running escort advertising that will put you in jail. There are ways of running escort advertising that break no laws, too.

And if they are smart, they will not go anywhere.

[SatansCandy]

They better enjoy their millions. When death comes they will reap what they sowed.

“The harlot’s house is the way to hell. Descending to the chambers of death”
– Proverbs 7

"Fornicators will suffer the vengeance of eternal fire" – Jude 7

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by SatansCandy

They better enjoy their millions. When death comes they will reap what they sowed.

?The harlot?s house is the way to hell. Descending to the chambers of death?
? Proverbs 7

"Fornicators will suffer the vengeance of eternal fire" ? Jude 7

im on the devils side

[VenusBlogger]

lots of people were doing money with CRAIGSLIST EWHORING and buying PVA in black hat forums, lol...

then the BRITISH GUMTREE shut down too...

man, those ewhoring guys are having a hard time, thats for sure.

When you get to this point, I think those guys should ask theirselves, "What I am doing here?, I need to get a decent job for once, this no longer work"..

...

[Bill8]

Originally Posted by SatansCandy

They better enjoy their millions. When death comes they will reap what they sowed.

?The harlot?s house is the way to hell. Descending to the chambers of death?
? Proverbs 7

"Fornicators will suffer the vengeance of eternal fire" ? Jude 7

that's just fucking adorable!

you are cute like a kitten with yarn on it's head.

[V_RocKs]

The devil is in the details

[JP-pornshooter]

Without presenting any evidence, she says no - that it might drive it underground or worse yet, she says, off-shore making it difficult for law enforcement to rescue children people who are being forced into prostitution.


what is/are children people?
millions of Americans travel for sex, just ask the CIA.

[Joe Obenberger]

Originally Posted by SatansCandy

They better enjoy their millions. When death comes they will reap what they sowed.

“The harlot’s house is the way to hell. Descending to the chambers of death”
– Proverbs 7

"Fornicators will suffer the vengeance of eternal fire" – Jude 7

Satan's Candy, you got a hot profile pic!

But your position is kinda lonely, even in the history of Christianity.

I'm with St. Thomas Aquinas - and the whole tradition of the Christian Church on this point. St. Thomas thought prostitution had to be tolerated for the good of society and protection of females from sexual predation. http://www.illinoismedieval.org/ems/VOL13/13ch4.html Only in very recent times, like the past sixty years, has anyone in Christianity taken the idea of punishing prostitution as a crime very seriously in English-speaking countries.

It is to be noted that not a word in the Old Testament even suggests a negative thought about prostitution. Jewish scripture just accepts it as part of the normal order of things. I mean go to Genesis - a guy goes out for a walk, finds a hooker, and leaves her unpaid. Later in the story, she comes back into the picture as his daughter in law, and it's kinda hard to explain why he still owes her.

Jesus Christ sure was not very positive about fornicating, but guess what - he never once suggested that it should be any kind of a crime punished by law - and none of the authors of the New Testament even hinted at using government power to stop this kind of private moral decision. If they had, they would have been laughed from Asia Minor to Spain and the persecutions and martyrdoms would have been quite unnecessary.

Geez, look at the Catechism of the Council of Trent http://www.cin.org/users/james/ebook...ent/tindex.htm and the more recent Catechism of the Catholic Church http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM. They sure don't like prostitution. But not a word about using government power to punish it and rub it out - They save that for pornography!!! It's not even a crime in Vatican City when some assistant to the throne pimps out seminary students. http://content.usatoday.com/communit...1#.T6xnelKHBMJ

Nice profile picture or not, and even while I'll respect your sincerity, Backpage has a right to do what it does under the First Amendment - and the right to be free of people trying to impose their personal ideas of morality on everyone else.

[ajrocks]

Why wouldn't they just move offshore so the crazy US government can't do anything?

[sleazydoesit]

I saw a story about Backpage on 20/20 and they do have a compelling argument: let them run the ads and keep the industry in a place where it can be monitored. The object is to CATCH the bad guys, right? Hard to catch them if you don't know where they advertise.

[amacontent]

Idiots shoyuld mind thier own buisness and worry about the towelheads parking a nuclear bomb in one of our cities.

[96ukssob]

Originally Posted by VenusBlogger

lots of people were doing money with CRAIGSLIST EWHORING and buying PVA in black hat forums, lol...

then the BRITISH GUMTREE shut down too...

man, those ewhoring guys are having a hard time, thats for sure.

When you get to this point, I think those guys should ask theirselves, "What I am doing here?, I need to get a decent job for once, this no longer work"..

...

I had friends spending 10+ hours a day posting on CL and making $10,000 to $20,000 a month easy... now they make $0

You have to ALWAYS be thinking of "whats next" as you know this wont last. My first big income came from parking fake girls in profile chats in AOL in 2000. I was rolling in $2k+ week doing nothing, but that got shut down quick then I had to move on

[TisMe]

Do-gooders are a funny bunch.

They're not out there helping run aways or others so they don't turn to or get forced into prostitution.

Just don't let them advertise for goodness sakes.

[DWB]

Shit, even I sling dick from time to time on Backpage.

[Nikki_Licks]

Hopefully they won't make this change across the board or is it a given they will be shutting down the ad section. We have pulled a few good models off of BP.....would hate to see that section closed down ;)

[Barefootsies]

Originally Posted by DWB

Shit, even I sling dick from time to time on Backpage.

[Love Sex]

Originally Posted by Joe Obenberger

They are not breaking any laws. If they were, the posse would have come to get them a long time ago. Do-gooder intimidation. There are ways of running escort advertising that will put you in jail. There are ways of running escort advertising that break no laws, too.

And if they are smart, they will not go anywhere.

Is it legal to promote escort advertisements?

I dont know why they go after craigslist or backpage, did these morons miss the last 50 years of the yellow pages in homes and hotels with escort ads on there.

How does one run escort advertising in the US without breaking any laws? Its like a catch 22

[Joe Obenberger]

Originally Posted by Love Sex

Is it legal to promote escort advertisements?

I dont know why they go after craigslist or backpage, did these morons miss the last 50 years of the yellow pages in homes and hotels with escort ads on there.

How does one run escort advertising in the US without breaking any laws? Its like a catch 22

You've just left my free tour area.

[Love Sex]

Originally Posted by Joe Obenberger

You've just left my free tour area.

Well if your going to say something like why they shouldn't take the section down at least back it up with some law facts for a good convo.

I think its because of no claims to sex. In regards to online ads i remember its something similar to dmca rules like not altering or controlling what the users submit.

I'll go ask a xxx lawyer.

[astronaut x]

the yellow pages ran escort ads for many many many years, never heard any flack from that however, they are a dinosuar now.