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for Vain, part II
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:49 pm
by [Syl]
(sorry can't get URL to work) New Zealand Legalizes Brothels
(thousands of sheep breathe a sigh of relief
... though the guy from Nevada probably doesn't have much room to talk )
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Brothels will now be legal in New Zealand -- its parliament narrowly voted on Wednesday to overturn the country's 100-year-old sex laws which ban soliciting and living off the earnings of prostitution.
Parliamentarians voted 60 to 59 in favor of the bill to decriminalize prostitution, drawing cheers from prostitutes and their supporters in the legislature's packed public galleries.
"We passed tonight the world's best sex industry legislation," said Labour politician Tim Barnett, who has long championed changing New Zealand's sex laws.
"It's focused on real harms rather than trying to make moral judgments about the sex industry," he told Reuters.
Under present laws, prostitution itself is not illegal but associated acts such as brothel-keeping, soliciting and living off the earnings of prostitution are.
The bill was passed despite intensive lobbying by church leaders, who feared it would draw young, vulnerable people into the industry and spawn new brothels.
There are an estimated 8,000 prostitutes in New Zealand.
According to police figures, there have been 279 prosecutions for soliciting in the last five years and 14 for living off the earnings of prostitution.
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2003 7:56 pm
by danlo
They have 2 "tap" revenue from every source--they'll tax this 2 as Littlefinger did in ASOIAF.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 3:17 am
by Infelice
Just another example of forward thinking by the NZ government.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 3:30 am
by Fist and Faith
Congrats Vain!!
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 3:42 am
by Damelon
"Worlds best sex industry legislation"
NZ's a model for the sex industry.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:20 am
by Vain
*LOL*
You guys don't understand the half of it. In order for them to erect (no pun intended) a brothel, they need to apply for resource consent that needs to fit in with the local councils resource management act and they need to comply with occupational health and safety rules and regulations. Of course, the health inspectors can't wait to get their fingers into that particular pie....
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 11:27 am
by Fist and Faith
You mean a lass can't work freelance? Before, she could do it, she just couldn't make a living off of it. And since you couldn't make a living off of it, it stands to reason that brothels were illegal. Now, she can make a living off of it, so there's no reason for brothels to be illegal, and she must work in one?
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 7:16 pm
by Lord Mhoram
Erect LOL
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 8:01 pm
by danlo
The new Amsterdam! Pretty soon they'll b selling hashish on the shuttles between Madame Le Rioux's and The Lord of the Rings locations tours...(we don't need no stinkin' EuroDisney!)
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:27 am
by Damelon
So Vain, your saying that one can't work out of home in this industry?
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:56 am
by duchess of malfi
has anyone else noticed that a certain person seems to know an awful lot about the regulations involved in building a certain sort of business establishment?
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 7:02 am
by Skyweir
Vain wrote:You guys don't understand the half of it. In order for them to erect (no pun intended) a brothel, they need to apply for resource consent that needs to fit in with the local councils resource management act and they need to comply with occupational health and safety rules and regulations. Of course, the health inspectors can't wait to get their fingers into that particular pie....
LOL duchess .. mayap he is investigating into a venture capital investment project??
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 11:56 am
by Vain
I listen to an informative radio station to and from work
Freelancing is still permissible but that's not where the big bucks lie.....or lay
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 1:59 am
by Reisheiruhime
And you say you listen to your radio? Do you think I believe that? hehehe....