Comments on: A politician finally notices craigslist

By: craigscrimelist · craigslist d

craigscrimelist · craigslist d — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:08:45 +0000

[...] It wasn’t that long ago that the Mayor of Atlanta, Shirley Franklin, chided craigslist for facilitating child prostitution. Of course craigslist brushed it off. One of Ms. Frankin’s advisors even mentioned that [...]

By: craigscrimelist · craigslist d

craigscrimelist · craigslist d — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:08:00 +0000

By: tess

tess — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:00:57 +0000

I would like to be informed of any way to help get craigs list to stop erotic services. I would like to be a part of getting this sick advertising off of there site.

By: tess

tess — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:00:00 +0000

I would like to be informed of any way to help get craigs list to stop erotic services. I would like to be a part of getting this sick advertising off of there site.

By: Trench

Trench — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:27:55 +0000

Conversely craigslist has caused a boom in prostitution and child prostitution.

Personally I'd rather there be less child prostitution than the ease in which they can be caught.

By: Trench

Trench — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:27:00 +0000

Conversely craigslist has caused a boom in prostitution and child prostitution.Personally I'd rather there be less child prostitution than the ease in which they can be caught.

By: Tala

Tala — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:49:21 +0000

Actually such sites help catch the criminals. It should be a lot cheaper and easier to find the pimps, the prostitutes and the evidence this way, than to find them on the streets. I found my husband using such services by merely searching the phone number which appeared on his cell number on craigslist.

By: Tala

Tala — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:49:00 +0000

By: JohnnyDoe

JohnnyDoe — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:07:17 +0000

``Removing “erotic” from craigslist will save tons of young girls from turning to prostitution as a way to make money!!!''

I don't think so. The "Erotic Services" world on the Internet itself is quite vast. A simple google search will net you thousands, if not millions of hit on where to set up shop. What are you going to do, ban google next?

As posters above have pointed out, you can't stop sex for money no matter how hard you try. For every 1 bust you see on Craig's there are probably hundreds of thousands of sex for money transaction that occur. Are we going to arrest them all?

And about this child prostitution thing, very doubtful its widespread if at all. I'd like to see Shirley Franklin's evidence. Most likely, it was some 16 year old telling everyone she was 18 or more. How does that happen? FYI, many sex workers were once sexually abused at home during childhood and turn to prostitution not only for economic reasons but to conquer the beast in their past.

By: JohnnyDoe

JohnnyDoe — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:07:00 +0000

“Removing “erotic” from craigslist will save tons of young girls from turning to prostitution as a way to make money!!!''I don't think so. The "Erotic Services" world on the Internet itself is quite vast. A simple google search will net you thousands, if not millions of hit on where to set up shop. What are you going to do, ban google next?As posters above have pointed out, you can't stop sex for money no matter how hard you try. For every 1 bust you see on Craig's there are probably hundreds of thousands of sex for money transaction that occur. Are we going to arrest them all?And about this child prostitution thing, very doubtful its widespread if at all. I'd like to see Shirley Franklin's evidence. Most likely, it was some 16 year old telling everyone she was 18 or more. How does that happen? FYI, many sex workers were once sexually abused at home during childhood and turn to prostitution not only for economic reasons but to conquer the beast in their past.