Not necessarily, you raise a point there (for a change) what parent would allow that? Homeless? An effective ward of the state-no way. Particularly, after dpt's extra debunking . Still, im glad somebody is researching the issue. So, this law you say their introducing, to allow 14 yr olds to own and operate a business, (ie, brothel)........is that being introduced before, or after the OWNED?
I realize that it's not pleasant for anyone to be proven wrong, but I'm going to give you a piece of advice. It's much better to be man enough to admit it when it happens than to attempt to smear your opponents in argument by insinuating, with no basis whatsoever, that they must have horrific moral failings. You should have the good grace to simply admit it when you're proven wrong. I have repeatedly explained that there are no penalties for the prostitute under Canadian law. That fact is simply not material to the question whether all of your many statements about Canadian law in this thread are correct or not. Many of them are not correct. You should admit that you were wrong. It would be the honest and gracious thing to do. I suggest that you try re-reading the whole wording and description of the statute carefully. It clearly implies that the wording of the paragraph containing the statute forbidding the prostitution of people under the age eighteen was modified in 2005. The statute was in effect before then, quite obviously. You have to do a more extensive search to find out when it went into force, and to find out what the modification was. I suspect, but do not yet know for a fact, that the wording was changed in order to make the mere act of communicating with anyone in public for the purpose of procuring the services of a child prostitute equivalent under the law to the actual act of having sex with the child prostitute. That makes prosecution much easier, and allows the police to run sting operations to catch the johns, using adult police officers. Not all of the material seems to be available online. Specifically I can't yet find the legislation from more than about 10 years ago. Have you read the book? If not, you're unqualified to venture an opinion about it. I meant that it is a wonderful work of fiction, in the sense that it is very well written. The monstrous plot of the novel is brutally detailed in what surely must be some of the best English prose in existence. Nabokov created what seems to be a very convincing portrait of a sexual deviant. I say seems, since I don't have any personal experience at all with pedophiles, and I don't have any idea whether it's a true portrait. It's a work of fiction. In Lolita, the character Humbert-Humbert is portrayed as a monster, a horrific man, in my view. The love affair between Humbert and Lolita is clearly a disaster for everyone involved. It's not clear to the reader at the start, but Lolita is for all practical purposes dead as soon as she makes her appearance in the novel and meets Humbert. In fact, almost every important character in the book is dead on arrival. Humbert's first wife dies, supposedly of typhus, his second wife dies of `a bad accident', his second wife's friend also dies. Lolita's first lover dies in Korea. Then Humbert dies. Then Lolita dies. Finally Lolita's infant daughter dies. What is the moral message here? That pedophilia is a good thing? I don't think so. Being well-read is not something to be ashamed of. I am no more `involved' in this thread than you are, and it's you who originated the thread. Why did you originate it? The article you've quoted contains misinformation about Canadian law. You yourself are also wrong about Canadian law. I've corrected the misinformation you've spread about the legality of prostitution with underage people in Canada. It's illegal. The misinformation you are spreading, if believed by a pedophile, could well encourage him to go to Canada and try to hire child prostitutes. That is not something I want to see happening. And what are you insinuating here?
v77 proven wrong again and does not have the grace to accept that. Why don't you put dpt on your ignore list since the member proved that you are wrong... just the way you put me on your ignore list when I proved that you were wrong about women leaders?
You have never proved anything. I guess it was only a matter of time before you stuck your nose in this thread. I guess the title was too inviting, huh? Try to tell me dpt has proven that the title of this thread is wrong... He can't. Because it is true. No matter how much it makes Canada look bad, perhaps even very much perverted.
dpt, nice job here. You're arguing with a semi-literate individual who has been schooled in a bunch of different threads. There is no basis for any of these claims - he is just making them up for something to do. As he has stated, he feels that Canadians on here are unfairly maligning Bush so he is lashing out with this cockamamie story about prostitution being 'rampant' up here. Anyone who either lives here or has visited here knows that's ridiculous. There is no more or less prostitution here than any big city. I think v77 read too many of TorontoTrader's posts. I have said repeatedly that the fanatic TorontoTrader does not even come close to representing the majority opinion up here. Also, there seems to be no lack of US criticism for the current administration's decisions. v77 is a well-known ET clown. He is a joke; sometimes annoying, sometimes amusing but harmless. Just do a quick search for some of the other threads he has started. Has he called you a homosexual yet? He is a grey-zoner, a prime example of latency if there ever was one, and he'll end up calling you a 'fag' eventually. I personally wish more people like you, people who can obviously formulate a cogent argument, would spend their time hammering filth like WAKE-UP/PLATO2 and his disgusting ilk.
btw, dpt... of course you are right. Lolita is one of the most beautifully written works in English Literature. It is mind-boggling, isn't it, to realize that Nabokov only started writing in English at whatever age it was, in his twenties anyway. v77 will never be able to grasp Lolita, or Humbert's character, or the central message of the book. He thinks that the author was glorifying pedophilia. That's because he's not literate enough to understand the work. Humbert is a monster and not to be believed. His phony take on the consummation of his obsession ('I am going to tell you something very strange: it was she who seduced me') is transparent to all but the meanest intellect, like v77, who would in any case be unable to read the book because his vocabulary wouldn't cut it. As Dimitri Nabokov wrote in his Preface to 'The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov', "But perhaps the deepest, most important theme [in V.N.'s work], be it subject or undercurrent, is [his] contempt for cruelty - the cruelty of humans, the cruelty of fate - and here, the instances are too numerous to mention" v77's ass-backwards take on Lolita would probably amuse a man of Nabokov's stature. Neither he, nor I (Nabokov's acolyte), suffer fools gladly.
Another idiot joins the circus. What a clown. Yes, toronto idiot and just about all other Canadian posters think they are above America in their posts. JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE TERRORISTS IN THE WORLD. Or is it because they are in sympathy with them? Or Canada actually had 3 or 4 soldiers in Iraq get killed? And blame America for it? How about the terrorist you let across the border from Victoria into Washington state that was going to blow up the LA airport? Don't you have any security up there? Oh, that's right. You let ANYONE into your country. Nice... You think I made the article up? What grade did you graduate from? The 3rd grade? I have never called anyone a "fag". I bet you have though. Funny how you keep bringing up the "homo" thing everytime you post. I guess you enjoy talking about homosexuals? Why? Why do you lie a lot in your posts? Because you can not use the truth to "win" your points on ET, that's why..
OMG... another who reads pedophilia literature. I was wondering why you have been stalking PLATO and WAKE-UP around freaking out on him calling him a pedo... I can't believe this...