Germany to deploy 'army of prostitutes' for 2006 World Cup

[edbermac]

BERLIN (Reuters) - The combination of nail-biting soccer matches and crowds of beer-swilling males could mean hefty profits for Germany's sex industry. It is deploying an army of prostitutes to satisfy the needs of libidinous fans during the month-long 2006 World Cup.

Some 1 million foreign visitors are expected to flood into Germany from June 9 and many expect large numbers of male spectators to wind down after a match in the arms of a prostitute or in the red light districts of the 12 host cities. Hamburg's St. Pauli quarter, the country's largest and most famous red light district, is bubbling with optimism that it could be a bumper season for the legal sex industry.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=lifeAndLeisureNews&storyid=2006-03-14T132359Z_01_L01568810_RTRUKOC_0_US-GERMANY-PROSTITUTION-WCUP.xml&rpc=22

I've got my white flag ready...:evilgrin:

[marmar]

1. I love European pragmatism...

Without all the Puritanical silliness that dominates over here.

[Texacrat]

2. I love the deingration of women as sexual objects

:eyes:

[marmar]

6. Been to Germany? There are lots of male prostitues too...

And I think it's somewhat regulated, perhaps not to the extent that it is in the Netherlands. Prostitution is going to happen, regardless of what society at large thinks of it or what controls are put in place to try and stop it. So why not take the approach that Brazil and many European countries have taken, and try to make it safer?
I'm not advocating the denigration of anyone. People are going to do what they're going to do. I'm just being realistic about it.

[neweurope]

7. I don't like that either, but do you think prostitution is wrong?

I mean - per se? As long as they are free, pay taxes, have rights - I see absolutely nothing wrong with it. The history of mankind has shown that you can do absolutely nothing against it, there has always been prostitution and there always will. So regulate it and move on to more important subjects.

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Remember Fallujah

Bush to The Hague!

[Kellanved]

12. The sad story is: it can't be stopped

So it's IMHO better to let it happen in an responsible matter: with worker's rights, unions, fair wages, social health care, police protection and a retirement plan.

[RagingInMiami]

17. I love consenting sex between two adults

regardless of what money is exchanged.

[xultar]

3. Can you say cootieconundrum?

[chicofaraby]

4. Wait a minute....

I've got my eyes closed... an army of prostitutes....

OK. I'm back. Thanks for that visual.

[regnaD kciN]

10. I think they'd have very little problem...

...in forming a "Coalition of the Willing."

:evilgrin:

[pocket]

5. paging Veronica Moser...

and I thought Germany was so nice and clean

[neweurope]

8. Nice and clean? Ahem... we ARE a western country...

But we have the prostitution here regulated. As well as possible under the circumstances, anyway.

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Bush to The Hague!

[Botany]

9. Ja das ist zehr gut.

Ich wünsche ein hübsches Mädchen, das Inga angerufen wird.

[junkiebrewster]

11. wow

This thread is worthless without pictures.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. We send an army to kill. They send an army to screw.

Methinks the Germans have the right idea.

[StellaBlue]

14. .

:puke:

[StellaBlue]

15. and

http://catwepetition.ouvaton.org/php/index.php

and

:puke:

[Kellanved]

16. Which is precisely the point

By allowing it in the open, there is hope in getting a grip on slave trading.

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,404955,00.html

[RagingInMiami]

18. Great point