Comments on: The Wingnuts always love a good punching bag

By: damnum absque injuria

damnum absque injuria — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 05:08:07 +0000

Et Tu, Lileks!

It pains me to add James Lileks, whom I generally respect, to the long list of right wing bloggers who were all too eager to believe the phony story about unemployed German women being coerced into prostitution. I have little choice but to give Lileks…

By: Hoyt C.

Hoyt C. — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 10:27:33 +0000

Gotta make shit up to keep those hitz coming!

By: T.T. Badmitten

T.T. Badmitten — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 03:39:14 +0000

The commenter above on welfare reform beat me to the punch. The only people in this country interested in forcing people of benefits unless they take any job offered (no matter how menial, below their skillsets, or completely wrong for them) are the Contract on America crowd.

By: coeruleus

coeruleus — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:36:54 +0000

Thanks for clearing that up. BTW: what's up with this?

By: wholly without merit john

wholly without merit john — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 04:46:37 +0000

Damn it! And I was going to contact the German consulate to see how to get a green card.

By: eric bloodaxe

eric bloodaxe — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 23:55:43 +0000

Wassamarrer, you want to ruin a good story with a lot of lousy facts?

By: markus

markus — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:14:50 +0000

thanks for going after this, I’ve been trying to do my share yesterday.
(and “immoral” is right on target (http://dict.leo.org/?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&relink=on§Hdr=on&spellToler=std&search=sittenwidrig) provided you have non-absolutist understanding of “moral”. Sittenwidrig is closer to “against good morals/mores” or “against decency” than to some circle of hell or other.)
Two more links to recounts in the German press (plus discussion) in this post at BtD http://www.beggingtodiffer.com/archives/2005_02.html#002341
and here: http://xrlq.com/archives/2005/01/31/2134/unemployed-german-prostitutes/

By: Phil Gonzalez

Phil Gonzalez — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:25:49 +0000

My mother was a prostitute and it was great.

By: Lawyers, Guns and Money

Lawyers, Guns and Money — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:37:43 +0000

Coercion and prostitution

If it doesn’t make sense to stigmatize sex work for the purposes of criminalization, can such distinctions be justified with respect to welfare benefits?

By: mdhatter

mdhatter — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:14:26 +0000

Is asborbshun sold in germany?

By: Tobin Maker

Tobin Maker — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:04:46 +0000

Prostitution is legal in most states in Australia, and the same claims about women being “forced” to work as prostitutes by government employment agencies were made here.

They turned out to be utter bullshit, of course.

By: Unions-Firms-Markets

Unions-Firms-Markets — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:04:15 +0000

Work as a Prostitute or Lose Your Benefits!

Link: Real History and the coming threat of European laws to our women. London, Sunday, January 30, 2005(words in red reflect changes made after winning a wingnut award) Talk about unintended consequences. The link above will bring readers to an

By: Mathias

Mathias — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 07:54:05 +0000

Thanks. I corrected my post can I still keep my wingnut award?

-Mathias

By: Aaron Swartz

Aaron Swartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 07:28:48 +0000

How does this discredit socialism? This sounds like it discredits Clinton-style welfare reform.

By: amblongus

amblongus — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 07:14:18 +0000

That FPP site is run by holocaust-denier David "What Would Hitler Do?" Irving, so anyone taking their lead from him really is a wanker.