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Originally Posted by
sammyboyfor
It is not fair because it is not an open market. The few who
old
brothel licenses hold a monopoly.
It would be fair if you could walk into a govt office, pass the required tests to become an OKT with an open and transparent appraisal system and then pay your license fee.
boss, I think you mean hold
you can’t use who & old together. u can use old or who hold. Please choose 1.
but agree with you the old licensed brothel who hold the monopoly looks really old n dirty
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Originally Posted by
Apocalypse
boss, I think you mean hold
you can’t use who & old together. u can use old or who hold. Please choose 1.
but agree with you the old licensed brothel who hold the monopoly looks really old n dirty
Corrected.
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Originally Posted by
sammyboyfor
If you can’t beat them, join them. That’s what the government should do to. Prostitution has been around since the dawn of man and no government has ever succeeded in eradicating the trade
You are spot on Boss; Prostitution is here to stay and it is highly unlikely that any government would be able to get rid of this. If the government really wanted to do something about this, they would have shut down places like Orchard Towers a long time ago. The feeling is that such places need to be around as quite a number of foreigners in particular visit these joints to get a feel of the “atmosphere”, so to speak. Gut feel is that the government needs to have such places around for the so called “tourist” factor.
Thanks for putting us at ease by starting this thread as this gives us much assurance as many of us have provided our numbers to various OKTs in the respective FL threads.
Since prostitution is legal in singapore, all income received in singapore from a singaporean or PR (except foreigners who ply their trades illegally) are liable to pay taxes on their income received. However, I strongly believed no local/PR whores in the right frame of mind would declare their income received from prostitution.
Prostitution is tolerated in singapore who adopted this from English Common Law) but in a well-contained and well-managed ways. Ironically, United States who are notoriously well-known for being “most freed country in the world” has prostitution banned in all states except Neveda. Guns are tolerated, whores are not!!!
Our laws will be reviewed to stay relevant in the times of advanced technology.
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sammyboyfor
When I started this forum, I actually banned all freelance talk. However, for every 10 posts I deleted, another 20 would be posted. In the end, I gave up and decided to get them to pay for the overheads instead.
If you can’t beat them, join them. That’s what the government should do to. Prostitution has been around since the dawn of man and no government has ever succeeded in eradicating the trade. The stance against prostitution has its roots in Christianity and Singapore is not a Christian state. It should simply go with the flow and concentrate on collecting taxes from prostitutes instead. They’ve already legalised gambling and invested in casinos. Whoring is simply a natural progression in the same direction.
Even the muslims have a more liberal attitude towards prostitution. The shiites allow for a temporary marriage if you want to have sex with a woman. You divorce her once your time is up.
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sammyboyfor
I believe it is section 19 (soliciting in a public place) of the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act, which covers both prostitution and soliciting “for any other immoral purpose”.
Thank you boss. Yes, the Act does seem to take solicitation as meaning physical solicitation.
“Every person who in any public road or public place persistently loiters or solicits for the purpose of prostitution or for any other immoral purpose shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.”
Thanks bro for such a detailed reply. Personal question: May I know what happened to kboy1 and his website? Anyone know his status? His website is down, and he has not updated. Sorry, but I am worried.
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sammyboyfor
The answer is very simple. unless you disclose your real identity voluntarily, I don’t have a clue who you are and I don’t log any IPs either so I have no idea where each post originates from. If I can’t see who you are, then neither can anyone else.
I hope this clarifies matters.
Imho, it’s still not safe surfing SBF in the office coz surfing history records will be stored in company server or co. computer. Also, if u happen to forgot to log off from SBF and another colleague got to see your account then your identity will be compromise…….
Wah boss, thanks for such a detailed and good write-up - this should go up as a sticky.
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Originally Posted by
sammyboyfor
If you can’t beat them, join them. That’s what the government should do to. Prostitution has been around since the dawn of man and no government has ever succeeded in eradicating the trade. The stance against prostitution has its roots in Christianity and Singapore is not a Christian state. It should simply go with the flow and concentrate on collecting taxes from prostitutes instead. They’ve already legalised gambling and invested in casinos. Whoring is simply a natural progression in the same direction.
Just my 2 cents on the vice trade here: there was a time where the moral zeitgeist was stacked against both gambling and prostitution. It’s not that it was not tolerated - there’s always been a market serving it, whether legal or not legal.
It’s just that, when it comes to legalizing these activities, the moralists in our society will speak out against it, citing religion, ethics, morality and whatever else stands for good upright society.
However, looking back now on the history of both vices, it’s interesting how gambling has progressed into the mainstream (from pokey jackpot rooms, 4D / Toto, horse racing, cruise ship casinos to the spanking IRs of today) and now constitutes a significant proportion of SG’s GDP and revenue. But step back to 2005, recall those debates about legalizing IRs and you’ll see how much of a journey we have had to take to even bring gambling into the mainstream in such a big way.
For prostitution, sure, there is always an economic rationale and a HUGE demand for it. So regardless of what AV or the govt does about it, that demand will be fed whether through legal means (GL, Petain) or illegal means (the online trade). However, to even take that leap from being the fringe thing it is today to being a mainstream, revenue-generating, and openly acknowledged cash-spinner, it will take far more than debates in parliament to solve it.
It will take an entire shift in the moral zeitgeist of Singapore.
You’ll be contending with the likes of AWARE, various women’s organizations, religious organizations, and what-not moralists of a prudish stripe in SG.
It is possible we might one day be able to overcome all these and become YOUR vision of the sex mecca SG should be: after all, Thailand’s overcome its own moral issues to become the sex capital it is today…. why not us?
Okay, this is more than 2 cents now, but I think you get my drift lah.