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The argument boils down to "we should let them break the law because then all the criminals are in one place". Which is absurd. Craigslist was profiting from
by smallblacksun 16y ago
The argument boils down to "we should let them break the law because then all the criminals are in one place". Which is absurd. Craigslist was profiting from prostitution, which is both illegal and morally repugnant.
- chopsueyar 16y agoLegality depends on your location. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Nevada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Nevada Here is some moral ambiguity... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_surrogate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_surrogate
- smallblacksun 16y agoYou're right, I should have mentioned Nevada as an exception to the legality. The "sex surrogate" stuff is pseudo-scientific nonsense, and has no relation to what was being offered on craigslist anyway.
- psadauskas 16y agoHow are they profiting? Don't they host those ads for free? Also, newspapers were hosting identical ads 10 years ago, and were charging for it. Isn't that worse? Edit: After checking, they did charge for adult ads, after pressure. But my 2nd point still stands, how is it different from newspapers?
- gigafemtonano 16y agoCraigslist donated all the revenue from erotic services to charity and used the fees for adult services to pay for lawyers to screen each and every posting. It was on NPR in the bay area shortly before the adult services section was shut down. Craigslist has said it had donated all revenues from its "erotic services" listings to charity. When it switched to its "adult services" listings last year it said it would make no commitment to how those revenues would be used. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6831MB20100904 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6831MB20100904