Facism Much?

[FMJeff]

<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602066.html">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021602066.html</a></p><p>It's this kind of subtle change that scares the hell out of me in a democracy. Government officials enforcing moral opinions in public buildings. Scary stuff. </p>

[HBox]

This isn't a big deal at all. These two felt like being assholes and abusing their nonexistant power, the librarian didn't let them, a cop comes and sends them away, they get reassigned, Homeland Security apologizes, story over.<br />

[PapaBear]

<p>These guys obviously aren't as sexually liberal as the cops in <a href="http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137834201648" target="_self">Spotsylvania County, VA</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>Spotsylvania County authorities say letting undercover officers receive sexual services at massage parlors is the surest way to prove an establishment's owner knows exactly how employees are satisfying clients. <p>&nbsp;</p><p>Neely said Virginia law is part of the reason that officers were instructed to let the sex acts proceed. The acts had to move beyond fondling, he said, because<strong> masturbation for money is not a crime in Virginia</strong>.</p><p>He also said authorities wanted to obtain evidence for a felony sex crime, rather than a misdemeanor prostitution charge based on a verbal agreement, as they seek to shut down what they call sophisticated money-laundering operations. More than a verbal agreement was needed, he said, because some of employees speak little or no English.</p><p>Detectives visited the Moon Spa parlor three times in January and spent more than $800 on massages and sex services. Authorities say the money came from earlier drug-related cases. Five people were arrested in the case, including one employee who was charged with sodomy.</p><p>Spotsylvania authorities are defending their tactics.</p><p>&quot;You do what you have to do to suppress the criminality,&quot; said Spotsylvania Commonwealth's Attorney William F. Neely, whose office authorized the sex acts as part of the investigation. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/snowmaninva66/Satellite.jpg" border="0" /></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by PapaBear on 2-20-06 @ 2:22 AM</span>

[monsterone]

just a couple of faggots in homeland security hats, what's your point?<br />

[furie]

i hate douchebags like this. not because of what they did, they're two shitkicking rednecks who should be ignored. i hate people throwing around "Homeland Security" like it's meant to impress or intimidate. hese guys are with a state agency, not DHS. I'm with DHS. these two make us look bad.

[Death Metal Moe]

This is really no different than your local cops doing whatever the fuck they want.&nbsp; Treating their buddies differently than the average Joe.&nbsp; I'm just glad these 2 fucks got caught for once.

[FMJeff]

<p>I dunno, I don't really see this as two lone guns enforcing thier personal agenda. I see two government agents, probably on secret order, to enter public facilities and harass citizens about material deemed legal to view in this country. </p><p>Maybe I'm reading into it...but that's how these things work. Subtle change...intimidation...small towns with small press...luckily this story got picked up...</p><p>I imagine these small, seemingly isolated but generally related incidents are happening all over the country with the officer's commanders issuing embarassing apologies when the media picks up on it. </p><p>In a country where terrorism is considered a primary threat which could happen on a large scale any&nbsp;day now, the money &amp; time&nbsp;spent on prosecuting pornographers and porn consumers is really quite staggering. </p>

[booster11373]

The whole dust up with Google recently was all&nbsp;about porn.