Showing posts with label Simon Hedlin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simon Hedlin. Show all posts

PROSTITUTION AND METH: A TALE OF TWO CRISES

The Whore of Babylon
by Bay Area Guy

It looks like the world’s oldest profession continues to be attacked from the newest crop of do-gooder liberals. One example comes from an editorial in Al Jazeera where the author, one Simon Hedlin, asserts that the “Swedish model” is the best means of tackling sex trafficking/prostitution. Basically, the Swedish model decriminalizes the selling of sex – which lets the hookers off the hook – while penalizing buyers. I’m not really interested in delving into the whole debate over the morality of prostitution itself, as the late George Carlin said it far better than I ever could: