Well, the prostitution on offer at Backpage was very blatant. I agree though; a trial could expose how they abetted child trafficking, which they were not charged with.
What a joke. I think that speaks for itself. It is obvious what they were selling and they quickly are getting this out of the way. I still say it reeks.
Al Capone did a lot of crimes, and in the end all the feds could do is get him on tax evasion, but syphilis finally did him in. That stunk too. People who do crime for a living usually are well aware of the laws and plot to circumvent them. Obviously no country on Earth has perfected the judicial system.
view the rest of the comments →
sore_ass_losers ago
Also today, CEO and Co-founder and others plead guilty to US charges!
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/backpage-s-co-founder-and-ceo-well-several-backpage-related-corporate-entities-enter-guilty
carmencita ago
I thought it was a good thing at firs, no I am not so sure. It was a good tool for the police, I heard someone say today.
sore_ass_losers ago
Their automatic filtering of terms that implied the girl for sale was underage, before their moderators looked at them, made them complicit.
carmencita ago
Oh yes I agree they are complicit, it's just usually there is a not guilty plea. Just seems fishy. Too quick like they wanted to get it over fast.
sore_ass_losers ago
Well, the prostitution on offer at Backpage was very blatant. I agree though; a trial could expose how they abetted child trafficking, which they were not charged with.
carmencita ago
What a joke. I think that speaks for itself. It is obvious what they were selling and they quickly are getting this out of the way. I still say it reeks.
YogSoggoth ago
Al Capone did a lot of crimes, and in the end all the feds could do is get him on tax evasion, but syphilis finally did him in. That stunk too. People who do crime for a living usually are well aware of the laws and plot to circumvent them. Obviously no country on Earth has perfected the judicial system.
carmencita ago
That’s because the crook elites run the system.