Voice of UNH Hockey Pays for Sex

How has no one posted this here yet? It was on the news in Boston three days ago.

[www.unionleader.com]

Chris '03
How has no one posted this here yet? It was on the news in Boston three days ago.

[www.unionleader.com]

I'm curious why it's anyone else's business where he sticks his cock or why, how many times, or for what form of compensation. If someone's willing to buy and someone (real) is willing to sell, what's the problem?

The real news story here is "Man with something to lose foolishly tries to buy sex locally off Craig's List instead of going someplace where the authorities don't stick their noses into the private sexual activities of consenting adults."

Kyle

Why has libertarian New Hampshire not legalized prostitution yet?

I wonder what the myspace complaints were that inspired the PD to initiate a prostitution sting.

krose
I'm curious why it's anyone else's business where he sticks his cock or why, how many times, or for what form of compensation. If someone's willing to buy and someone (real) is willing to sell, what's the problem?

Because not everyone is a libertarian?

KeithK
Because not everyone is a libertarian?

I agree that's the answer in practice, but I retort that the opposite of being a libertarian on this particular issue is being a busybody. If you can't honestly ignore what your neighbor does in the privacy of his own home (or, say, in a brothel in some properly-zoned commercial district), then you don't believe in freedom, because the quintessence of freedom is being able to do anything you want so long as it doesn't bring real harm to anyone else. Being offended does not qualify as "real harm."

Kyle

krose

KeithK
Because not everyone is a libertarian?

I agree that's the answer in practice, but I retort that the opposite of being a libertarian on this particular issue is being a busybody. If you can't honestly ignore what your neighbor does in the privacy of his own home (or, say, in a brothel in some properly-zoned commercial district), then you don't believe in freedom, because the quintessence of freedom is being able to do anything you want so long as it doesn't bring real harm to anyone else. Being offended does not qualify as "real harm."

Agreed, in general - but at the moment, the answer to your original question is, quite simply, "Because it's illegal." It's not like he didn't know that.

jtwcornell91
Why has libertarian New Hampshire not legalized prostitution yet? [...] I wonder what the myspace complaints were that inspired the PD to initiate a prostitution sting.

Perhaps because New Hampshire's motto is Live Free or Die, not Live Freely or Die.

You'd think MySpace denizens would be happy with people paying for sex elsewhere so the johns weren't hassling teenagers on the site. Takes a load off their mind.

"You get what you pay for," Chief Donald Briggs said yesterday as the arrests were being made.

Seeing as the men were trying to pay for sex, and not an arrest, I think they'd be very happy if Briggs' little quip were actually true. People who try to be witty to the press should be more careful.

At least he didn't wind up on Dateline.

Jordan 04
At least he didn't wind up on Dateline.

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... yet.

billhoward

jtwcornell91
Why has libertarian New Hampshire not legalized prostitution yet? [...] I wonder what the myspace complaints were that inspired the PD to initiate a prostitution sting.

Perhaps because New Hampshire's motto is Live Free or Die, not Live Freely or Die.

Wait... huh?

From the article...

Once the individual indicated to the women what services they desired, the women uttered a code word to the four undercover officers, and the suspect was arrested with wrist restraints.

Restraints -- ooo! Was that one of the services?

Jordan 04
At least he didn't wind up on Dateline.

At least (for the woman's sake) Nickerson didn't show up.

krose

Chris '03
How has no one posted this here yet? It was on the news in Boston three days ago.

[www.unionleader.com]

I'm curious why it's anyone else's business ...

Is this a question about why this was posted or why he was arrested? Because if you meant the former, it is relevant and hockey related when someone associated with the UNH hockey program gets arrested, with consequences TBD.

If you mean the latter, congrats on drifting the thread away from hockey and into a debate on the evils of regulation in the first response to the post.

ugarte
If you mean the latter, congrats on drifting the thread away from hockey and into a debate on the evils of regulation in the first response to the post.

Yes, my comment was indeed slightly less relevant to Big Red hockey (this is forum 1, right?) than a story on the arrest of a non-Cornell broadcaster for something entirely unrelated to hockey. You're welcome, by the way, for the diversion.

Though, thinking about it, my dismissal might be too quick: there could be some relation to hockey in terms of violence, depending on the type of sex he likes. I know what kind of sex he's getting, though, if he ends up doing any time for this.

Kyle

still trying to figure out the connection to Cornell?

Which is worse, paying for it or just going straight to rape like some...maybe that is the connection?

krose

ugarte
If you mean the latter, congrats on drifting the thread away from hockey and into a debate on the evils of regulation in the first response to the post.

Yes, my comment was indeed slightly less relevant to Big Red hockey (this is forum 1, right?) than a story on the arrest of a non-Cornell broadcaster for something entirely unrelated to hockey. You're welcome, by the way, for the diversion.

So then you wouldn't have posted the exact same thing if Chris had posted this in "Other Sports"? You're welcome for this diversion.

DILLIGAF
still trying to figure out the connection to Cornell?

Which is worse, paying for it or just going straight to rape like some...maybe that is the connection?

You can't just make up accusations about people just because you happened to be in the same area as them for a few years but never actually interacted with them. That would be like if vets on a swift boat made up stories about a guy on another swift boat who they never actually served with.

(Thread drift complete.)

ugarte
So then you wouldn't have posted the exact same thing if Chris had posted this in "Other Sports"?

No, because sex is clearly an "other sport". So, I'm covered at both ends, so to speak.

Kyle

What I want to know is... is he getting two minutes for hooking, boarding, spearing or roughing? And is the woman getting a matching minor for holding the stick? Speaking of matching minors....

sah67

Jordan 04
At least he didn't wind up on Dateline.

At least (for the woman's sake) Nickerson didn't show up.

[insert jerk/typical loop here]

ftyuv
What I want to know is... is he getting two minutes for hooking, boarding, spearing or roughing? And is the woman getting a matching minor for holding the stick? Speaking of matching minors....

Don't forget "butt-ending."

jtwcornell91

sah67

Jordan 04
At least he didn't wind up on Dateline.

At least (for the woman's sake) Nickerson didn't show up.

[insert jerk/typical loop here]

Typical.

The guy was at the clinic. It's a serious condition.

ftyuv
What I want to know is... is he getting two minutes for hooking, boarding, spearing or roughing? And is the woman getting a matching minor for holding the stick? Speaking of matching minors....

I'm pretty sure she was the one hooking.

Liz '05

ftyuv
What I want to know is... is he getting two minutes for hooking, boarding, spearing or roughing? And is the woman getting a matching minor for holding the stick? Speaking of matching minors....

I'm pretty sure she was the one hooking.

Touché!

(Pun intended, but at least it was in a foreign language, so I can claim to have classed up this joint a bit.)