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Originally Posted by teh603
I don't see "government desperation" here as much as big business desperation. I'd have a look at who was the real author of the bill. If its anything like Stand Your Ground, it probably came from a business PAC through a sock puppet legislator. Big business . . .
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Repitition is not evidence. Here is the
list of people who testified in favor of the bill in the Washington State Senate*:
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Mike McGinn, Mayor of Seattle
Tim Burgess, Seattle Councilmember
Gael Tarleton, Port of Seattle Commissioner
Jim Pugel, Seattle Police Department Assistant Chief
Linda Smith, former U.S. Congresswoman
Reverend John Vaughn, Groundswell, Auburn Seminary
Sean O'Donnell, King County Prosecutor
Brian Taylor, King County Sheriff Detective
Andy Conner, SeaTac Police
Leslie Briner, Youthcare
Nacole Svengard, mother of victim
Velma Veloria, former Representative
Emma Catague, Asian Pacific Islander Women' Safety Center
Megan McCloskey, UW Anti-Trafficking Task Force
Chris Johnson, Attorney General's Office
Sister Susan Francois, Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center
Kristin Harper, former victim
Rose Gunderson, Engage WA
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None of these people sound to me like corporate shills. As for bill sponsors being corporate sock puppets, what corporation is that? And where is your evidence?
And what about bill opponents? The organization, Village Voice Media, which is suing to stop the bill from being implemented, is transparently organized as business corporation. I don't have to invoke a conspiracy theory about sock puppets there.
P.S. What business interest would be served by the bill? I suppose that if a man is with a prostitute, underage or otherwise, he isn't reading a big six book or watching CBS. Is that consistent with your thinking?
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* As far as I can tell by googling, the Washington House did not hold a hearing. But if anyone can find a witness list for that, please post it.