maritime interests

[plumerai]

What to tell kids about the Spitzer scandal, per cnn.com

See, when I asked my mom what a hooker was when I was 9, she said, “It’s someone who stands there on the corner and says [fluffing her hair], ‘Hey, sailor.’” That worked just fine for me.

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[c_quilty]

"If they ask," she said, "You say, 'Sadly there are some women who feel that when they have an intimate experience with someone they need to get paid for it. This is something that is not healthy and I don't accept it or condone it."'

[peterbilt_47]

"'It's tough,' Dinkins told CNN. 'I hope that they make a judgment for the girls to go to school in Switzerland or someplace. They shouldn't have to grow up in the face of this.'"

Except, according to the first part of the article, most kids that age are really not terribly phased by it. Aside from the inevitable couple of douchetards, I wouldn't be surprised to find their peers rallying around the Spitzer girls.