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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 02:34 PM
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Schwarzenegger asked to close prostitute Website
Schwarzenegger asked to close prostitute Website

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LONDON (Reuters) – A British government minister asked California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday to shut down a U.S. website that allows men to rate prostitutes, including many working in London.

Harriet Harman, minister for women and equality, told the ruling Labor Party's annual conference that "Punternet" fuels the demand for prostitution -- a vice she said degrades women and puts them at risk.

She said the web site was a "very sinister development" in the trade and exploitation of women and allows guests to compare and rate services in the same way as they would a restaurant, a hotel or a holiday.

Pimps put women on sale for sex on the site then clients offered their comments on line, she said.

"Punternet has pages and pages of women for sale in London," said Harman, who is deputy leader of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labor Party.

She said she had raised the issue with the U.S. ambassador to Britain and asked California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to close it down as it is based in that state.

"Surely it can't be too difficult for 'The Terminator' to terminate Punternet and that's what I am demanding that he does."

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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 02:42 PM
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1. I really must be living in a bubble. Had no idea such a thing
existed. This isn't from the Onion, right?? Whew..
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-01-09 03:05 PM
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2. That site is really shocking .....
BTW how much is 750 Euros? :rofl:
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