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Or if you hate sex workers you could criminalize the purchase of sex and use eviction, making people homeless, as part of your repertoire of tactics to try and

Or if you hate sex workers you could criminalize the purchase of sex and use eviction, making people homeless, as part of your repertoire of tactics to try and destroy whores’ lives. https://www.amnestyusa.org/files/norway_report_-_sex_workers_rights_-_embargoed_-_final.pdf https://www.amnestyusa.org/files/norway_report_-_sex_workers... > Oslo police have over the last decade adopted a “preventative policing” approach to sex work which involves the enforcement of lower level offences as “stress methods” to disrupt, destabilize and increase the pressure on those operating in the sex sector. One academic researcher describes how police sources “in Oslo often use terms like they are going to ‘crush’ or ‘choke’ the [prostitution] market, and unsettle, pressure and stress the people in the market”. One example of this approach is “Operation Homeless”: an initiative that saw increased enforcement of the law on “promotion” of sex work – which makes it an offence to “let premises ... for prostitution”. “Operation Homeless” ran for four years between 2007 and 2011 and initiated the systematic and rapid eviction of many sex workers from their places of work and/or homes.

basicplus2 7y ago
That is a Shocking Disgrace.. I can only hope this action os ilegal in someway
mehhh 7y ago
So the police created homeless sex workers? How does this not worsen the blight in the city?
- bravoetch 7y ago
  It's a power play. Police are law enforcement through use of power. They don't have 'make life better for people' in their workday.
  - HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
    > They don't have Those police don't have The ones where I live aren't like that.
    - birdyrooster 7y ago
      Wow, that's so informative.
      - cgriswald 7y ago
        It is. It’s informative because people like to talk about “the police” as a homogeneous group of people who all think and act the same way; as if a rural sheriff in Alaska is the same person as a beat cop in NYC or a camera operator in London. This sort of stereotyping is problematic, because you can’t fix problems if you can’t differentiate between dysfunctional and functional. You can’t make changes if you alienate the good with the bad. And you can’t make things better if you’re making global changes without understanding local context.
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        birdyrooster 7y ago
        Right, but the comment I was responding to offered no such details and came across as defensive. I appreciate you bolstering their assertion.
        afarrell 7y ago
        cgriswold didn’t offer any real-world details, only 2 abstract principles. In contrast, saying “the police where I live do act like they have ‘make people’s lives better’ as part of their mandate” is an observation on a local reality
- imtringued 7y ago
  I'm sure it makes the statistics look good.
trhway 7y ago
Interesting how it similar to pressuring of undocumented immigrants in states like AZ by making it illegal to rent housing to them, etc. Holier than thou self enjoyment and total lack of compassion and power tripping is the same across the continents and issues. Instead of helping the vulnerable groups let's make their life as miserable as possible short of openly hunting them down. Though it seems that is what the border militia is doing in the US.

basicplus2 7y ago

That is a Shocking Disgrace.. I can only hope this action os ilegal in someway

mehhh 7y ago

So the police created homeless sex workers? How does this not worsen the blight in the city?

bravoetch 7y ago
It's a power play. Police are law enforcement through use of power. They don't have 'make life better for people' in their workday.
- HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
  > They don't have Those police don't have The ones where I live aren't like that.
  - birdyrooster 7y ago
    Wow, that's so informative.
    - cgriswald 7y ago
      It is. It’s informative because people like to talk about “the police” as a homogeneous group of people who all think and act the same way; as if a rural sheriff in Alaska is the same person as a beat cop in NYC or a camera operator in London. This sort of stereotyping is problematic, because you can’t fix problems if you can’t differentiate between dysfunctional and functional. You can’t make changes if you alienate the good with the bad. And you can’t make things better if you’re making global changes without understanding local context.
      - deleted 7y ago
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      - birdyrooster 7y ago
        Right, but the comment I was responding to offered no such details and came across as defensive. I appreciate you bolstering their assertion.
        afarrell 7y ago
        cgriswold didn’t offer any real-world details, only 2 abstract principles. In contrast, saying “the police where I live do act like they have ‘make people’s lives better’ as part of their mandate” is an observation on a local reality
imtringued 7y ago
I'm sure it makes the statistics look good.

trhway 7y ago

Interesting how it similar to pressuring of undocumented immigrants in states like AZ by making it illegal to rent housing to them, etc. Holier than thou self enjoyment and total lack of compassion and power tripping is the same across the continents and issues. Instead of helping the vulnerable groups let's make their life as miserable as possible short of openly hunting them down. Though it seems that is what the border militia is doing in the US.