Good side to the busts?

[rs_net]

From what I see/hear, they weren't concerned too much
about the goings on within the MP's; they were concerned
mainly with juveniles, illegal immigrants, and coerced workers.

Even heard a comment from one of the cops to the effect of
"what consenting adults do in private is none of our business".

If so, I would view that as a positive; and would worry even
less about future visits to MP's - even those that offer
lots of mileage.

 

[ReginaldQ]

.. the problem is.. if that is what they are looking for.. and concerned about.. then why hit the places that are so strictly ruled by bylaw and then include those inspections in the same number along with the other MP's that do not have 'juveniles, illegal immigrants and coerced workers'?

It's like reading an article in the newspaper that reads:

'Busted many companies last night that are on the stock market. Over 200 arrests were made for cheating investors and physically forcing people to invest.'

... do you see the general statement. All companies are not the same.. and all of them were not cheating or physically forcing anyone.. but would everyone assume that this is what is happening at every company after reading an article like that?

"Police from Toronto, York, Peel and Durham Regions sprang into action last night, raiding 350 massage parlours in a massive joint operation code-named Project Home for Christmas."

.. within that number of '350'... how many massage parlors did they investigate actually have under-aged girls in them.. if there was any.. how the hell did they get a license to work??.. so if HFH was one of those places that were 'raided' as they say.. would you assume that I had girls too young to work here at my place.. or that I was forcing them to work.. or forcing them to perform sexual services? Of course you would. It paints us all with the same brush.

At the end of every year... as well as throughout the year.. we get inspections.. so our inspections are now lumped into an investigation called 'Project Home for Christmas' and we hear about it in a newspaper under the heading 'Hooker Sweep'. Wonderful.... what will they think of next?

... wait.. the last I heard a 'hooker' was a girl who stood on the street. They call them 'hookers' because they would flaunt themselves in order to get the client's attention and 'hook' them. The last I heard they had a problem with girls under the age of 14 standing on the street.. didn't they call that the 'kiddie stroll'?

Don't get me wrong.. I totally disagree with underaged girls working in the adult industry.. and if there is anything I despise it's owners that force girls to do anything sexually and I hope these places get taken down so that they stop casting a shadow over the rest of us. I'm just angry that they consider us 'all the same'.

The City of Vaughan makes over $10,000 a year from me just to be operational for one year.. and that's not including if I hire girls throughout the year. One would figure if you are doing things on the up and up that instead of listing your charges of having a 'locked door' on a web page along with a list of places that were criminally charged for running a common bawdy house they would at least have the consideration of seperating the two entities of 'Licensed MP Charges' and 'Unlicensed MP Charges'. Instead I sit here and look out my office window at two unlicensed mp's (as well as others in my district) that have been operational for the past 3+ years. While I have been going through hell trying to keep my license.. other places are giving discounts on full service or advertising in the newspapers 'full body nude massage by 2 girls for 60 bucks'. But the headlines on that bust will be: 'Vaughan takes down massage parlors' ... and in the end.. HFH will just be lumped with the others.

... sorry about the rant.. just thinking out loud..

.. gotta run now.. all of my 'hookers' are in the room *S*

 

[xocassandranicolexo]

Well said Kayla.

*Applauds*

 

[Pompal 09.]

Kayla, I would suggest you rewrite that and submit it to the papers as a letter to the editor.

*golf-clap*

 

[faerie]

I don't disagree with the sentiment Kayla but I think that the police are not allowed to pick and choose how they enforce the law. If they go after MPs they can't be seen as omitting certain ones or they would be accused of corruption. Who's to say that your broom closet isn't filled with unlicensed sex slaves that you save only for special customers like Rusty. So they hit everybody, appear unbiased, you emerge unscathed, and they nail the ones they want to. It's like going through a ride stop and hearing later that 5000 cars were stopped and 4 charges were laid. Just be happy you were one of the 4996 and that the 4 got nailed. It's better for everyone.

 

[Coconut Guy]

Kayla, I think you missed my point.
That is exactly that they were not cracking down on
massage parlours per se; nor even on the "extras"; but
were targetting specifically 3 categories: under-age,
illegals, and "sex-slaves". Anything else they were not
bothering with. I think that is a good thing in the long run.

 

[Pompal 09.]

The raids obviously generated a lot of discussion today but I think Kayla and Taz posted two good messages. And for what it's worth, I agree with them both. Taz was right to point out that the police can't pick and choose who they target in the raids because they have a public image to protect, and can't be seen to only go after a select few. (Especially wouldn't look good coming on the heels of their criticism for racial profiling, but that's totally out of context.) I thought the ride stop was a good analogy but I would add the following: ride stops are conducted randomly, without knowing who the car occupants are. With the raids, I heard this was the result of a three month investigation. Given this length of time, I would think the police ought to have had a good idea on which MPs they could target. Wasn't it just last year that the police busted the "kingpin" of the escort agencies. Granted, one guy basically controlled 50% of the businesses (or something like that) so he was easy to go after. But my point is that the police likely knew beforehand which MPs fell into the criteria on which they based their raids. On this point then, I think Kayla's right to criticize the police, rightly criticizing not the fact that these raids took place, just on how they were conducted. The unfortunate result is that they do label all MPs the same way; which was undoutedly an ulterior motive of the police. I just hope this campaign doesn't affect the business of the reputable MPs. I would be lying if I said my initial reaction was to give myself a break from hobbying, but I think cooler heads will eventually prevail (the pun was intended). Anyhow Kayla, I hope you and other reputable MP owners, aren't too affected by the raids.

 

[Dawn S]

Well, if they were sending reporters to sites where they knew under-age girls were, then clearly they had a pretty good idea as to where the various forms of "illegals" were, and had little need to head to all 350 locations.

If it's an issue of "treating everyone fairly," well, pray consider that the cops did not go banging on arbitrary doors, such as my home or yours. They obviously had to pick places that were likely to have guilty parties. Had they raided 30 places rather than to try to go for 350, I'll bet they could have gotten all the under-age girls, and the bulk of the illegals/slaves. Sending cops out to places where none of these things are going on is wasteful, no?

 

[phat_face1989]

... wasn't suggesting that I don't get inspections.. if anything I have defended the actions of the police on a few occassions by stating, 'they are only carrying out the morality laws that we, the public, set ourselves.' My issue is not the fact that any massage parlors receive investigations, or inspections.. my issue is that when they speak of them.. report them.. or as York does - puts them on their web site.. they should be categorized or seperated at best between the illegally ran places and places that are licensed.

My opinion is.. you can't put a headline in a newspaper stating 'Hooker Spree' or whatever, and list one of our investigations underneath that.. because it leads people to believe that ALL massage parlors have the same activity occuring.

Do you see what I mean?

 

[simplekiller123]

These are some good points.

Howver, the cops and papers, considered as guardians of the public morals, can't be caught saying, "Yeah, 'Bronco's Lolitarama' is a bad MP and a target of these raids, but 'Licensed Buster, Don't Even Think About It' is a fine establishment which I myself would not be ashamed to frequent and we are raiding it merely to appear consistent."

It sucks to be a licensed MPA owener, yes, but with the attitudes of society towards even a simple hand job, I don't know how you're going to get around it.

 

[badboyeee]

I am glad that you are doing the right thing and paying your licensing fees there Kayla.

But before you rant too much, keep in mind that a hotdog vendor down at skydome pays more than you in licensing fees to stand on the street and sell weinies (as opposed to stroking them (sorry, i couldn't resist.))

And we won't even get into whether or not your girls pay income tax.