"Ontario’s highest court has legalized brothels in a sweeping decision that condemned current prostitution laws for adding to the hazards of a highly dangerous profession."


My personal opinion on this ruling by Ontario's court is one of compliance. Since the days of ancient Rome and quite possibly even before that time, forms of prostitution has always been present and always will be. Therefore, instead of trying to prevent an inevitable factor such as prostitution, we should learn to accept it's presence and control it. 


There are many problems associated with prostitution being unregulated and essentially illegal. "Pimps", individuals that control/abuse prostitutes, spread of STD's through prostitutes, and teen prostitution run rampant in Canada. In essence, because prostitution is illegal, regulations and guidelines around the selling of sex is non-existent (governments can not support an illegal act). We believe that if we make prostitution illegal that in itself will not exist, which has been proven wrong by the obvious presence of it in Canada. If prostitution was legalized, proper regulations and guidelines could be set by the government because the act itself is no longer illegal. 


If brothels were in place proper screening of disease could be administered to prostitutes wishing to "work" in the center. Which in turn will limit the spread of STD's passed from person to person. In addition, by creating a center for these individuals, the constant abuse from "pimps" can be eliminated and replaced with an environment that is overall safe for the individual. By eliminating the market for illegal prostitution( not in brothels), the amount of cases of teen prostitution will also follow. Clients, would much rather have a safe sexual experience than one prone to dangers such as disease. Thus, we can deduce that clients would go to brothels instead of street prostitution. And since teenagers in general are not allowed to be prostitutes by law (no teens in brothels), we can see that the amount of underage prostitution will fall because the market for illegal prostitution will diminish (due to clients going to brothels). Thus, teen prostitution will slowly diminish. 

One of the largest issues prostitution brings is the amount of profit that criminals obtain from it's acts. Prostitution if it remains illegal, essentially means that criminals alone control the sex industry. Organized crime and gangs takes advantage of prostitution being illegal and profits of its business. This money that is being made from criminals which will be spent on the criminals discretion (drugs, weapons, etc) is only empowering the crime world because the crime world alone controls this industry. However, with the implementation of brothels that provide a better safer service, this industry will no longer be owned by the crime world, but rather to the government. The money made from brothels will no longer perpetuate crimes but rather will stimulate the economy in a more stable manner. 

Ethics and morals can only go so far, until the practical factors ultimately outweigh the morale factors. The amount of detriments that prostitution carries can easily be fixed with the legalization of this act. 

"For want of a nail the shoe was lost.

For want of a shoe the horse was lost.For want of a horse the rider was lost.For want of a rider the message was lost.For want of a message the battle was lost.For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.And all for the want of a horseshoe nail"  -Marie robinette 

Legalization of Brothels in Ontario.
Ontario's Highest court has condemned current prostitution laws for adding further hazards to a dangerous occupation. The supreme court is to finalize or strike down this law next fall or early 2013. The main case is that prostitution is itself legal. The legalizing of brothels is an attempt to take prostitutes off the streets of neighbourhoods, to marginalize pimps, and to lessen the violence done to prostitutes.

Prostitution is the world's oldest profession. There are many problems with exploitation within this profession that obviously were not addressed with the blanket act of making it illegal to contract prostitutes. These women are not being helped by these laws, it is not keeping them from doing what they do, it has only served to make their conditions worse, so what is the point of this law? It is not properly serving its purpose in limiting human trafficking, so why not change it, give proper channels into which you can see into this profession and deem what is consensual and what is human trafficking.

B.C. dad in Supreme Court to argue son's dyslexia case

This is a story about Jeff Moore and his father, Rick. Jeff Moore has dyslexic which is a learning disability that impairs a person’s fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to
read. Rick Moore and his lawyer argue that the North Vancouver school district discriminated
against his dyslexic son because the North Vancouver school district recently had closed a special program that offered intensive remediation to students with learning disabilities. Therefore, he had to pay to go private school that gives specialized programs to Jeff. Although, he won a victory from the B.C Human Rights Tribunal in 2005, which concluded his son had been discriminated
against on the basis of his disability, the province appealed that neither the local school nor the provincial Ministry of Education could be faulted for the way they tried to help Moore when he was a student in the early 1990s.

In my opinion, the provincial government is trying to cover up their faults by giving poor excuses. Although, there were any specialized programs to provide for students with disabilities, it is the government’s fault for not making one previously. Therefore, I believe that the government must apologize to Rick for their inability because everyone has the right to education which grants equal education as others.

B.C. woman wants 'Albino Rhino' off menu at Earls

The response topic I am going to talk about today is the BC Metro Vancouver woman launching a human rights complaint to the famous chain restaurant Earls. The woman’s name is Ikponwosa (I.K.) Ero who has albinism complaint that it was inappropriate to use a genetic condition to be named after a food and found it offensive. At the Earls restaurant Albino Rhino and Albino Wings has been used for many years and is a trademark for many customers and there defense to the complaint was that the Albino Rhino was first named 25 years ago and was in no way meant to be discriminatory or to offend anyone who has albinism. In my opinion I support the Earl restaurant because they have been using the name for many years and the logo is a white rhino so it’s intention is not to discriminate or hurt any individuals. This is my thoughts on the story and comment if anyone disagrees with anything or agree! 

WILLIAM W