Comments on: “Family Friendly” eBay classifieds http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/08/family-friendly-ebay-classifieds/ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:22:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Elton http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/08/family-friendly-ebay-classifieds/#comment-203487 Elton Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:10:35 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=162#comment-203487 Man this whole IP ban on loquo.com is pissing me off. I use the site from time to time to find (english) teaching jobs in Spain, now because of hypocritical politics, I cannot access it anymore. I couldn't care less about human traficking and sex selling. I don't use the site for that nor do countless other us visitors to the site. What about us? Burn in hell ebay. Burn in Hell! Man this whole IP ban on loquo.com is pissing me off. I use the site from time to time to find (english) teaching jobs in Spain, now because of hypocritical politics, I cannot access it anymore. I couldn’t care less about human traficking and sex selling. I don’t use the site for that nor do countless other us visitors to the site. What about us? Burn in hell ebay. Burn in Hell!

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By: links for 2010-09-10 | Glenn Friesen http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/08/family-friendly-ebay-classifieds/#comment-197559 links for 2010-09-10 | Glenn Friesen Sat, 11 Sep 2010 06:03:00 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=162#comment-197559 [...] craigslist blog » Blog Archive » “Family Friendly” eBay classifieds Meg Whitman didn’t mention eBay’s paid hard-core pornographic ads offering unprotected sex acts for sale to eBay investors when talking up the growth and profitability of LOQUO during eBay earnings calls, and I’m not aware that subsequent management has done so either. [...] […] craigslist blog » Blog Archive » “Family Friendly” eBay classifieds Meg Whitman didn’t mention eBay’s paid hard-core pornographic ads offering unprotected sex acts for sale to eBay investors when talking up the growth and profitability of LOQUO during eBay earnings calls, and I’m not aware that subsequent management has done so either. […]

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By: Galen http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/08/family-friendly-ebay-classifieds/#comment-196148 Galen Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:26:59 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=162#comment-196148 When one chooses to censor for any reason it is a hypocritical approach to control someone else. A lot of folks have given up the remainder of their lives to stop censorship. Those that try to censor do not have the right to choose what the rest of us see or hear regardless of the so called "reason". Prostitution will never go away. It's been here since the beginning of mankind and used everyday. Sometimes, it's even called "Marriage" as women always want something in trade. When one chooses to censor for any reason it is a hypocritical approach to control someone else.
A lot of folks have given up the remainder of their lives to stop censorship. Those that try to censor do not have the right to choose what the rest of us see or hear regardless of the so called “reason”.

Prostitution will never go away. It’s been here since the beginning of mankind and used everyday. Sometimes, it’s even called “Marriage” as women always want something in trade.

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By: Barb http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/08/family-friendly-ebay-classifieds/#comment-195490 Barb Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:22:56 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=162#comment-195490 Until the government separates church and state and utilizes the tax base of an unstoppable sex trades Craigslist offers a relatively benign alternative. Perpetrators of crime can be traced through emails. Had the "Craigslist Killer" chosen to find prostitutes through the street or through agencies finding him may have been more complicated Thinking one can diminish the sex trade by censoring ads on Craigslist is analogous to trying to stop people from eating meat by banning Big Mac Burgers It has been going on for a very long time and there are plenty of alternatives. Until the government separates church and state and utilizes the tax base of an unstoppable sex trades Craigslist offers a relatively benign alternative.

Perpetrators of crime can be traced through emails. Had the “Craigslist Killer” chosen to find prostitutes through the street or through agencies finding him may have been more complicated

Thinking one can diminish the sex trade by censoring ads on Craigslist is analogous to trying to stop people from eating meat by banning Big Mac Burgers It has been going on for a very long time and there are plenty of alternatives.

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By: Larry http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/08/family-friendly-ebay-classifieds/#comment-194281 Larry Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:21:32 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=162#comment-194281 What amazes me is the stupidity of singling out Craigslist. Here and in the many places I've traveled the yellow pages have escort ads. The weekly (and sometimes daily) newspapers have escort ads. Many cities have local escort "review" newspapers. On the web there are dozens of escort ad and escort review sites...and those sites advertise on the radio! And all that's escort specific; as far as our children stumbling across porn I'd guess Craigslist is among the mildest sites on the net...there must be at least tens of thousands that are more explicit. I'm no fan of escort ads, but they've been around for at least decades in one media or another, they will not go away any more than prostitution will. And I'm very afraid of the slipery slope of censorship. To me it's very simple. If you don't like the adult ads, don't read them. What amazes me is the stupidity of singling out Craigslist. Here and in the many places I’ve traveled the yellow pages have escort ads. The weekly (and sometimes daily) newspapers have escort ads. Many cities have local escort “review” newspapers. On the web there are dozens of escort ad and escort review sites…and those sites advertise on the radio! And all that’s escort specific; as far as our children stumbling across porn I’d guess Craigslist is among the mildest sites on the net…there must be at least tens of thousands that are more explicit.

I’m no fan of escort ads, but they’ve been around for at least decades in one media or another, they will not go away any more than prostitution will. And I’m very afraid of the slipery slope of censorship.

To me it’s very simple. If you don’t like the adult ads, don’t read them.

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By: Joshuah http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/08/family-friendly-ebay-classifieds/#comment-194078 Joshuah Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:41:44 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=162#comment-194078 By eliminating the adult services and gigs section, CL is a lot worse, because now those ads are everywhere else!! I enjoy porn and things like that, I've even starred in a few productions, thanks to craigslist, but it's much better to just have those categories. Kids will look at porn either way, it doesn't matter what CL does. Studies show, sex offenders/rapists have looked at porn the LEAST while growing up. So if parents are sooooo afraid of their curious hormone-driven kids of seeing something, you might want to educate yourself and parenting skills. By eliminating the adult services and gigs section, CL is a lot worse, because now those ads are everywhere else!!

I enjoy porn and things like that, I’ve even starred in a few productions, thanks to craigslist, but it’s much better to just have those categories.

Kids will look at porn either way, it doesn’t matter what CL does. Studies show, sex offenders/rapists have looked at porn the LEAST while growing up.

So if parents are sooooo afraid of their curious hormone-driven kids of seeing something, you might want to educate yourself and parenting skills.

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By: Andy http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/08/family-friendly-ebay-classifieds/#comment-193965 Andy Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:58:25 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=162#comment-193965 Meg (a.k.a. the hidden "porn queen") is the biggest hypocrite of all - extreme right wing, doesn't give a damn about anyone except herself and drives everything she touches into the ground. She damn near killed eBay with outright lies during her last conference call to investors, oh, and shortly before she left eBay to become a "wannabe" politician. Personally I think her and Carly Fiorinna are having an affair. But I could be wrong. But I can state that, under 1st Amendment and satire, although it would not surprise me if it was true. In any case, she outright lied about the company's health, which caused them to shortly thereafter dump Skype. I am one of the shareholders and let me tell you, they don't respond to shareholders at all. I am now going to be left no choice but to get the FTC and the SEC involved because they didn't respond to simple shareholder inquiry. So think about this - if a company is so used to lying to the shareholders, why would they be any different to the general public? The "Queen" trained the "corporate leftovers" well. They know no other way. They are brainwashed. And now, without much success, they are trying to brainwash the public by pretending to give a damn about these issues. But rest assured, if they dumped all the porn fodder they make revenue on, my stock would now be worth about 2 cents. Meg (a.k.a. the hidden “porn queen”) is the biggest hypocrite of all - extreme right wing, doesn’t give a damn about anyone except herself and drives everything she touches into the ground. She damn near killed eBay with outright lies during her last conference call to investors, oh, and shortly before she left eBay to become a “wannabe” politician. Personally I think her and Carly Fiorinna are having an affair. But I could be wrong. But I can state that, under 1st Amendment and satire, although it would not surprise me if it was true. In any case, she outright lied about the company’s health, which caused them to shortly thereafter dump Skype. I am one of the shareholders and let me tell you, they don’t respond to shareholders at all. I am now going to be left no choice but to get the FTC and the SEC involved because they didn’t respond to simple shareholder inquiry.

So think about this - if a company is so used to lying to the shareholders, why would they be any different to the general public? The “Queen” trained the “corporate leftovers” well. They know no other way. They are brainwashed. And now, without much success, they are trying to brainwash the public by pretending to give a damn about these issues. But rest assured, if they dumped all the porn fodder they make revenue on, my stock would now be worth about 2 cents.

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By: Jim http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/08/family-friendly-ebay-classifieds/#comment-193712 Jim Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:11:17 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=162#comment-193712 The world outside of San Francisco can't handle adult services. But we can. The world outside of San Francisco can’t handle adult services. But we can.

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By: Ginger http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/08/family-friendly-ebay-classifieds/#comment-193537 Ginger Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:07:51 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=162#comment-193537 I read today that CL has done away w/it's "Adult" section yet I still see the "Personals". So What did CL do away with? I think the disgusting porn which was blatent on CL NEEDS to be done away with. Kids can easly access anything on CL and CL is such a Public site that there should Not be anything Even close to a sexual nature on CL. There are enough "Smut" sites without CL being one. Also, I thought it was Free to put an ad (that word is spelled with one "D" for all you uneducated fools out there) on CL yet the story about CL doing away w/the Adult section claimed CL made 30% of it's money off that Adult section. CL, Keep your site a Decent and safe and clean site,PLEASE! I read today that CL has done away w/it’s “Adult” section yet I still see the “Personals”. So What did CL do away with? I think the disgusting porn which was blatent on CL NEEDS to be done away with. Kids can easly access anything on CL and CL is such a Public site that there should Not be anything Even close to a sexual nature on CL. There are enough “Smut” sites without CL being one. Also, I thought it was Free to put an ad (that word is spelled with one “D” for all you uneducated fools out there) on CL yet the story about CL doing away w/the Adult section claimed CL made 30% of it’s money off that Adult section. CL, Keep your site a Decent and safe and clean site,PLEASE!

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By: Jim http://blog.craigslist.org/2010/08/family-friendly-ebay-classifieds/#comment-193442 Jim Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:43:40 +0000 http://blog.craigslist.org/?p=162#comment-193442 I will admit that I do look for a date every now and then, mostly "then", but that is it. I have never been to the adult services section, but today I saw something, from Denver, that made me stop. I felt like that Native American, back in the 1970'2, when he saw litter, and he shed a tear. Here is what I saw.....If you look on the "services" part of craigslist...you'll see those letters that I really, really think is the first step in controlling the masses, and pushing the agenda.....C-E-N-S-O-R-E-D. I will admit that I do look for a date every now and then, mostly “then”, but that is it. I have never been to the adult services section, but today I saw something, from Denver, that made me stop. I felt like that Native American, back in the 1970′2, when he saw litter, and he shed a tear. Here is what I saw…..If you look on the “services” part of craigslist…you’ll see those letters that I really, really think is the first step in controlling the masses, and pushing the agenda…..C-E-N-S-O-R-E-D.

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