Re: Elliot Spitzer scandal and resignation [Merged]
Spitzer fall renews prostitution debate
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK - On the Web, on billboards, on television and in newspapers, men who solicit prostitutes are being shamed across the country.
Some cities have seized the cars of those who solicit sex. Some have sent "Dear john" letters to their homes so their families can learn what they've done.
"Most judges regard prostitution as a largely harmless vice, a commercial transaction for sex," said Ron Kuby, a New York attorney. "What's the difference between that and a noncommercial transaction for sex? Kristen making $2,700 an hour with her clothes off, and the people who complain wouldn't mind if she was making minimum wage mucking out toilets with her clothes on."