Voice of UNH Hockey Pays for Sex

[Chris '03]

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

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Kingston+sex+sting+nets+6&articleId=8355e245-08ee-4398-a32b-bb51bfc1c5d1

[Rosey]

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

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Kingston+sex+sting+nets+6&articleId=8355e245-08ee-4398-a32b-bb51bfc1c5d1[/quote]
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

[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.

[KeithK]

[quote 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?
[/quote]
Because not everyone is a libertarian?

[Rosey]

[quote KeithK]
Because not everyone is a libertarian?[/quote]
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

[Beeeej]

[quote krose][quote KeithK]
Because not everyone is a libertarian?[/quote]
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."[/quote]

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.

[billhoward]

[quote 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.[/quote]

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.

[ftyuv]

"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.

[Jordan 04]

At least he didn't wind up on Dateline.

[Josh '99]

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

[/quote]... yet.

[Josh '99]

[quote billhoward][quote 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.[/quote]

Perhaps because New Hampshire's motto is Live Free or Die, not Live Freely or Die. [/quote]Wait...  huh?

[Give My Regards]

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? ::woot::

[sah67]

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

[/quote]

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

[ugarte]

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

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Kingston+sex+sting+nets+6&articleId=8355e245-08ee-4398-a32b-bb51bfc1c5d1[/quote]
I'm curious why it's anyone else's business ...[/quote]

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.

[Rosey]

[quote 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.[/quote]
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