Laws & Bylaws

[ScottyTwoHotty]

Recently I was in Edmonton and discovered the NO SMOKING BYLAW. No smoking, in a stripper bar? They actually managed to pass this as a bylaw in bars and stripper bars? What next, no getting aroused in a stripper bar? Edmonton bylaw officers will do sweeps through the bar, checking to see if anybody has pitched a tent, and fine them $150 under the Stiff Dick Bylaw Code. I just don't get it. As a smoker I can still respect the rights of nonsmokers, but in a stripper bar?

Did you know that Canada actually passed a law in 1937 that states that oral sex is illegal... Now we all know thats a tough one to enforce. But for some reason, it is actually a law.

I'm not a pot smoker myself, but reading statistics and studies give me reason to believe that Canada is light years behind the times. Amsterdam, which we all know pot is legal, has a lower crime rate per capita than Canada and the United States. Part of the reason, based on studies, is because there is no need to commit a crime for the goods or the means to get the goods.

In Nevada, when brothels became legal, sex crimes dropped 23% in the state. Manditory STD tests to sex trade workers brought the number of STD cases down 8%... Now 8% doesn't seem like a lot, unless you stop to think that the rest of the continent is still to this day, seeing an increase, not a decrease in the number of STD's yearly.

The one law that kills me, is Canada's prostitution laws. Where prostitution is legal, however solicitation is illegal. Go figure. Thats like saying it is legal to drive your car, but it is illegal to purchase fuel.

Scotty

 

[calvinxxx]

The Supreme court ruled many years ago that solicitation had to be pressing and persistent. For example her asking if you want to have sex is ok but not if she keeps asking several times after the first refusal. Thats why they created the public communication law to get around the solicitation buling

 

[namara]

Recently I was in Edmonton and discovered the NO SMOKING BYLAW. No smoking, in a stripper bar? They actually managed to pass this as a bylaw in bars and stripper bars? What next, no getting aroused in a stripper bar? Edmonton bylaw officers will do sweeps through the bar, checking to see if anybody has pitched a tent, and fine them $150 under the Stiff Dick Bylaw Code. I just don't get it. As a smoker I can still respect the rights of nonsmokers, but in a stripper bar?


Scotty

By 2008 all major cities will have banned smoking in all public places - get used to it.

 

[twoblues]

Welcome to Vancouver

It's been a non-smoking atmosphere in Vancouver for a few years now. Honestly, it's weird going into clubs in other cities now where smoking is still allowed. One benefit is the sight-lines are less hazy

 

[wolverine]

Recently I was in Edmonton and discovered the NO SMOKING BYLAW. No smoking, in a stripper bar? They actually managed to pass this as a bylaw in bars and stripper bars? What next, no getting aroused in a stripper bar? Edmonton bylaw officers will do sweeps through the bar, checking to see if anybody has pitched a tent, and fine them $150 under the Stiff Dick Bylaw Code. I just don't get it. As a smoker I can still respect the rights of nonsmokers, but in a stripper bar?

Smoking is banned in all bars and restaurants, so that there's a level playing field. Why should a peeler bar be exempt? Nonsmokers drink and work at them too, you know. Although I still smoke, I don't mind the smoking ban at all - hell, I've banned smoking in my own home!! It will help me quit once I get around to that.

Did you know that Canada actually passed a law in 1937 that states that oral sex is illegal... Now we all know thats a tough one to enforce. But for some reason, it is actually a law.

And what's the penalty? Will this go on my criminal record? Can you imagine not getting a job because you were nabbed for receiving a blowjob by some chick in the back alley?

In Nevada, when brothels became legal, sex crimes dropped 23% in the state. Manditory STD tests to sex trade workers brought the number of STD cases down 8%... Now 8% doesn't seem like a lot, unless you stop to think that the rest of the continent is still to this day, seeing an increase, not a decrease in the number of STD's yearly.

The one law that kills me, is Canada's prostitution laws. Where prostitution is legal, however solicitation is illegal. Go figure. Thats like saying it is legal to drive your car, but it is illegal to purchase fuel.

You can't solicit in public, but you can conduct a sexual business transaction behind closed doors.