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Sex for gas: why not?

Posted by wolfger on July 16, 2008

Was sent this link earlier today, about a guy who traded a $100 pre-paid fuel card for sex. A local prosecutor said it “was sad to see someone selling their body for gas“.
I think it’s sad that the government forbids people from buying or bartering for sex outside of marriage (which is, after all, an exchange of 50% of your total net worth for sex).What next? Arrests for taking your date to an expensive restaurant in exchange for sex? Why can I pay somebody to clean my septic tank, but I can’t pay somebody to have fun with me for an hour? Does that make any sense? Our government pays people to kill on a regular basis, but paying for sex is wrong. Our society is truly messed up.

This entry was posted on July 16, 2008 at 3:51 pm and is filed under gas prices, prostitution, sex, sign of the times. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “Sex for gas: why not?”

  1. polyGeek said

    July 17, 2008 at 11:13 am

    You’re not supposed to notice these sorts of governmental inconsistencies. Well dressed men with shiny gadgets will be at your place soon to “fix you”. :)

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  2. wolfger said

    July 17, 2008 at 11:19 am

    Somebody pointed out on IM after I posted this that prostitution is illegal because the government hates competition. After a moment’s reflection, I had to agree. The government is mandatory prostitution. We have to pay the government to screw us, or they put us in jail…

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