Cops Walk A Mile In Our Shoes...

[Pekka]

Well, I guess since cops are supposed to protect and serve, it's a good exercise.. do little experimenting and have first hand information about the situation.

I mean, they do put women cops to play as prossies in the streets and then catch the guys willing to pay.... so, why not put few guys to be as gay and then catch the ones that tries to attack them, if there is higher hate crime rate in some places, it could be tried out.

[rev]

Well, IMO it shouldn't be the goal of police to help instigate crimes or misbehavior for the purpose of catching and punishing the subject. But there's a key difference between prostitution and harassment of non-heteros: homophobes don't tend to seek out homosexuals for the purpose of harassing them, whereas those soliciting prostitution are looking for prostitutes.

[Sava]

well prostitution shouldn't even be illegal in the first place

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Well, that's what I'm saying.

I don't mean that there aren't any. I mean those that are open. It's hard to be a closet black (unless you're Colin Powell).

[MattyBoy]

Thumbs up for this initiative and thumbs up to PA for such a provocative troll.

[Boris Godunov]

You should have seen the PM he sent me after he was banned...got him another week!

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
You should have seen the PM he sent me after he was banned...got him another week!

Wow. It must really have been bad

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Sava
well prostitution shouldn't even be illegal in the first place

It isn't illegal in Canada. Communicating in a public place for the purpose of buying or selling is. Many cities now license escort services, and some of them encourage 'owner operated' to cut down on exploitation. The object is to get it off the streets and out of the hands of pimps.

[Sikander]

Originally posted by MrFun


Non-heterosexuals are in every occupation you can think of.

Wetnurse.

[TCO]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Am I the only one that finds this program assinine? If a cop doesn't understand that gays (like everyone else) dislike being harrassed, beaten up, or killed they don't deserve to continue wearing a badge. One day pretending to be something you aren't won't change that.

What's the big deal? it's just a short exercise. They get all kinds of training in this and that. I think it is a good exercise to let them know what it feels like.

[TCO]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Couldn't you permi-ban him? I mean, it's not like he isn't already.

Stew or I?

[Sava]

Stew or I?

why not both

It isn't illegal in Canada. Communicating in a public place for the purpose of buying or selling is. Many cities now license escort services, and some of them encourage 'owner operated' to cut down on exploitation. The object is to get it off the streets and out of the hands of pimps.

wow, Canada is just so much smarter than the US... no wonder they don't have the problems we do.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Sava

why not both

Whatever, FG DL.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Pekka
Well, I guess since cops are supposed to protect and serve, it's a good exercise.. do little experimenting and have first hand information about the situation.

what is the police department doing ordering it's people's sex lives

people should be able to determine their own sexuality



Jon Miller

[cinch]

Originally posted by notyoueither
If anything, I'm a little disappointed that it would be that easy to arouse open hostility, especially in that area of the city. If anything, that validates the excercise. [Edit]Rereading, it wasn't clear that they did this on Whyte Avenue, but still.[/Edit]

I concur with this. You would think that Whyte Av. would be one of the more gay-friendly areas of the city, what with the whole cosmopolitan thing they have going on down there.

I'd hate to see what would happen if they did this exercise in... um... I just realised that I don't really know what area of my own city is regarded as "most conservative"...

Uh... I wouldn't reccommend that men walk hand in hand down by the Greyhound Station and the Edmonton Centre parkade, but then again, I wouldn't reccommend that anyone walk down there, if they can avoid it.