Sexual Puritanism BS

One of the few literary works I read in high school I actually like was "The Scarlet Letter."

I despise Shakespeare, Thoreau is putrid, and Emerson?...sad, sad, drivel.

Anyhoo. Onward.

I liked the SL because it exposed the Sexual Puritan bullshit rules that still haunt this damn country (another lovely side effect of "religion"). The real tragedy of not legalizing sex workers, was hit home a week ago when Deborah Jeane Palfrey HUNG herself after being convicted of supplying women to powerful men in D.C.

Among them, as we know of, Sen. David Vitter (R-LA). But, therein lies the key. This is the most prominent name we KNOW OF. Here's the link to the story informing those who care that Vitter has been officially taken off the proverbial hook.

The real tragedy is this woman was humiliated in public, referred to many names that will not be dignified by this blogger, while those who allowed her business to thrive (the powerful men in D.C.) continue to quietly travel the highways and byways of the Nation's Capital with narry a whisper.

I'm not sorry for this view. If you take down, if you assassinate the character of ONE woman, it is PARAMOUNT that you take down and release the names of all people on her client list.

Vitter's trying/has saved his marriage, his family, which I support if his wife has at least some backbone (eg: he's sleeping with the dog on the couch). But, this type of B.S. cannot stand.

The irony of the law that tripped up Palfrey and the powerful Ex.-Gov. Spitzer is the money laundering aspect to that statute. The very nature of the statute is regressive. It hurts poor people who would need to do money laundering to keep their "business" in place, while rich, white, powerful men cash their fat government check (or cash a campaign check) to pay for sex.

They way they continue to prosecute this "crime" is a gross injustice in equity, and I'm sorry that Palfrey felt the need to kill herself before she was marched to prison. I can only hope, somehow, somewhere that client list lies. I hope somehow, someway, someone gets a publisher to release it, or leaks it to the press, OR if all else fails...drop it to the "Internets." Last resort, someone publish it themselves...and release it in hard copy for sale to people for 1 penny.

Deborah, it is a shame that our country didn't have the balls, have the strength to stand up, take notice, stop snickering like school girls, and REALLY look at the details of your case. Finally, I apologize.