[Agamemnon]

Thats a pretty ignorant comment.

Well... I guess I'll do my best to reciprocate a higher level of respect here than you've shown me...

My route in to downtown takes me down 1st St or 2nd St SW. North of 17th Ave, theres often times hookers out on the street. Sometimes I come in at 6am and theres girls out with guys stopping to pick them up. Theyre also there in the afternoons on my way home.

Pardon my ignorance, but what does this have to do with taking John's cars away as 'fixing' the prostitution trade in Calgary?

A lot of these girls look like teenagers. Most of them look so drugged out they cant even walk straight.

I take essentially the same route every day so you see the same people every day. You can see when a new girl hits the street. But give it a month or two, you can still recognize her but she looks like shes aged 10 years in that time.

You can also see the pimps watching them and the druggies and the dealers hanging out in the same area. Then theres the needle disposal boxes in the parks in the area.

Pardon my ignorance, but what does this have to do with taking John's cars away as 'fixing' the prostitution trade in Calgary?

I feel sorry the people that live in the area. I think youre attitude would change if you lived in this area and had hookers and druggies outside your front door.

Well... I lived on 5th st 15 ave SW for several years, walked by many a prostitute every day myself... so I doubt my attitude will change.

Towing cars wont solve the social problems but it will hopefully make guys think twice before cruising the streets for girls. If you get the guys to stop cruising, the girls will go elsewhere. Thats the point of this.

Well... if it doesn't work to deter prostitution in Calgary (and I seriously doubt it will), then the point is a poor one. When you say 'the girls will go elsewhere', is this the end-point of your solution? They'll move along to another neighbourhood? Or do you think the cops will drive them clear out of the city? Maybe even the whole province?

This isnt Pretty Woman. Theres nothing pretty about this. Go for a walk or drive thru these areas... even in the day time. Its pretty gross when you see a girl with meth scabs all over her face getting picked up by a guy in his company truck or better yet the guy with a minivan who probably has a wife at home.

This isnt Pretty Woman.

Yeah, thanks for that, and here my ignorant ass assumed every prostitute's story was just like Pretty Woman.

My main (ignorant) point is that taking Johns cars away does not fix the prostitution problem in Calgary. Cracking down harder on illegal trades (sex/drugs) has not proven effective in eliminating them. The demand for paid-sex is insatiable, supply will always exist in some form, unfortunately. Legalization is probably better for the women's health and well-being, in the end, then a crack-down policy.

Just my two cents, I've clearly been shown to be stupid already though, so take it for what it's worth.