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I have been saying this for years. Stop arresting the supply - go after the DEMAND side of prostitution. Rabbi Sherlo rules that men who solicit services of prostitute should be imprisoned A man who visits a prostitute should be sent to jail, according to a special Religious opinion drafted by prominent Religious-Zionist Rabbi Yuval Sherlo. After being approached by National Religious Party Chairman Zevulun Orlev, Sherlo recommended that faction members back MK Zahava Gal-On's bill, which calls for a six-month prison term for men who solicit the services of a prostitute. "The desire to prevent prostitution in Israel should be one of the major moves in maintaining the sanctity of Israel and the status and dignity of women," Sherlo wrote in his response to Orlev's query. "Therefore, one should seemingly be a party to any initiative that advances this reality." However, the rabbi said that the bill proposed by Gal-On is partial and added that some responsibili...

BLOG BULLIES & BLOG SNOBS - PART II Two months ago I blogged about the universal blogger experience of Blog Bullies & Blog Snobs. True to the phenomena - it has cycled around again. Last week I was treated to a slew of anti-Israel, anti-Zionist messages on this blog. I simply deleted them. I don't do HATE. I can deal with debate and disagreement but I won't promote hate. This is my blog so I can do what I like on it. Of course, we have those who can't take that. So they hack your blog. Mine was hacked this past May. Then there's the people my buddy Keli Ata wrote about - those who go to aggregators where you may be and rate your posts 0 or 1 (out of a possible 5). My rule is - if you can't give a 5 or 4 or say something nice... move on - it's a big blogosphere. ( Keli Ata, btw - has a great post about helping persecuted Journalist Bloggers that everyone should see ) I simply don't have the ego involvement with blogging some do. I blog becau...

CAUTION ADVISED WHEN MAKING FANTASY TAPES! When I read this I was stunned. I really thought I was old enough and had been through enough that nothing would shock me. But some things still do. First this guy was a Judge. A judge who presided over divorces and child custody. The things you hear in those kinds of cases are pretty raw stuff. Second, I strong suspect this judge is a narcissistic sex addict. The bottom article should illuminate exactly why I think that. But this statement in the first article below was a huge clue: Hagler was relaxed and smiling at times during Wednesday's hearing. He said during a break that he had not heard the tape in the hands of police and could not be sure it was the one he recorded. "I hope it's my voice," he said. Always a huge red flag when someone is that flip, glib and denying with such bravado. A really ginormous red flag. We all have our private fantasies and sexual preferences. Fair enough. I have no desire to know abo...

LATEST SALICIOUS TOURIST ATTRACTION It had to happen, didn't it? There are followers of murderers & serial killers, tours of murder sites in New York (probably other cities too), books about them, television shows... people just flock to see "where it really happened." Like a bad traffic accident turning the LIE into even more of a parking lot, people slow down or go out of their way for the carnage. Have we become this sick & jaded? What ever happened to common decency? Don't answer that, I think I saw it jump off the Queensboro Bridge today. Travelers Ask to See Craig Bathroom When tourists ask for the bathroom in the Minneapolis airport lately, it's usually not because they have to go. It's because they want to see the stall made famous by U.S. Sen. Larry Craig's arrest in a sex sting. "It's become a tourist attraction," said Karen Evans, information specialist at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. "People are ...