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Prostitutes are back on the streets of Oslo

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After sweeping the streets of Norway's capital Oslo clean of prostitutes last year, city police were a bit shocked to discover that the pros are back and their numbers are just as high as they were before the clean-up effort. Oslo passed a ban on open prostitution and the purchase of sex services in 2008 in a bid to clean up the image of their city.

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I don't think anyone ever managed to ban the oldest profession effectively.

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Reply#1 - Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:39 AM EDT
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The only way to reduce prostitution is to put the johns in kennels. They are dogs in human skins and that's where they belong. I would add a two-week mandatory hard labor, to reeducate these human misfits. Johns are often well-to-do, while prostitutes are often destitute. These dogs prey on desperate young women, often immigrants. I have seen this all over the world, but nowhere like in Italy. Italy is full of "berlusconis" who thing that they are more macho if they have more sex! the vicinities of train stations near Rome are so covered with spent condoms that you cannot walk without vomiting! I mention the train station Santa Palomba as an example. many country roads are lined by prostitutes every 50 meters. They all dress like ladies and can be very polite. Many come from Africa and the Eastern European countries. They have no possibility of other employment because the soulless Italians want it that way! This is where the Vatican should step in: in defense of the immigrants without work! I heard that Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's richest Don Juan, has a harem some place. If the leader gives such ugly example, little wonder that prostitution in Italy abounds and cannot end!

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Reply#2 - Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:08 PM EDT
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