Wow. Just. Wow. You are actually defending the advice that the pimp should declare the underage sex slaves as dependents.
I am speechless, truly speechless. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > You are so determined to see things through the lens of your own ideas. > > It is hard to tell what they were thinking. (and note that when it comes to > what we have seen so far, we are down to a single encounter in which > underage girls acting as prostitutes are mentioned) One of the two workers > in Baltimore was quite emphatic in saying that those girls need to go to > school. They aren't helping that couple house sex slaves; based on the > information they are given (which it was illegal for them to disclose) the > couple plans to do this and no assistance from ACORN is requested in doing > so. > > The discussion about whether they are dependents seems quite amoral but it's > legally correct I think. They would be providing more than half of those > girls' costs. They would be dependents with an income. And it would also be > a bad idea to claim them. But that too makes no sense. If she heard 9600 > how does she think this gets paid for? > > Someone more idealistic (me for instance) might have said the hell with the > law, this is human trafficking and it's wrong, and called the police. We > don't know that they didn't right now but had they done so.... would it have > helped? Maybe they planned to do their own sting at the seminar these two > said they wanted to attend. Who knows? The phrase "make it legal" is > unfortunate, but what is actually proposed is a way to *report the income* > legally. > Here is what I do know. I spent a couple of hours *actually looking at the > supposed proof* and I find myself incredulous. Those two women in Baltimore > don't seem terribly smart, but the story they are being told rings false on > several levels. And so does theirs. A two thousand dollar income? That is > not going to get you a house. Were they just shining them on or what? > > Here is what I don't see -- anyone saying yay, let's crash the welfare > system and collapse the housing market. Let's get together and import sex > workers! Hurray hurray an opportunity to cheat Uncle Sam out of some money > does not occur anywhere in that video or transcript either. > > If you and Sam would care to step back a minute from the selective outrage > and the hyperbole you might note that I've already said that firing them was > the way to go. You have to, unless they called someone immediately after > this and we haven't heard about it yet. From there to sweeping condemnation > of an entire group and all its efforts ... well. I know your way is more > fun. Don't expect me to take you seriously though. > > I've spent enough time on this drivel. > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:29 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > I think we are still shading into advice on money laundering tho... and >> it's >> > hard to know what to make of the discussion on the girls. >> >> Really? Its hard to know what to make of giving advice on how to >> declare sex slaves as dependents? Really? You are not sure where you >> stand on that? >> >> It astounds me the lengths you are going to to defend the actions of >> these people. But, then again, they are from ACORN, I guess that gives >> them a free pass for just about anything. >> >> Out of curiosity, where is the line, that if someone from ACORN >> crossed it you, would be outraged? Because helping someone house sex >> slaves doesn't seem to be there quite yet. >> >> >> -- >> Scott Stroz >> --------------- >> Reality is for those who lack imagination. >> >> http://xkcd.com/386/ >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:304335 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
