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Readers inclined to think of prostitution as a victimless crime are encouraged to read the first-rate piece about the international flesh market by Michael Specter on the front of yesterday's NYT . Specter reveals that the latest trend is Slavic women, who are lured by false ads from the Ukraine in great numbers to such countries as Italy and Israel where whoremasters confiscate their passports and work them until they are arrested and deported.
While sending out armies to destroy the Buddhist monasteries and confiscate their lands, he simultaneously fostered Christianity to win adepts away from the Buddhist faith.
He had his troops burn down 70 percent of Serbian houses, passed laws to confiscate Serb property, and allowed gangs of Croat thugs to murder the few elderly Serbs who remained.
The reason politicians won't be honest about their marijuana use is simple: If they admitted they had enjoyed pot and suffered no adverse effects, this would raise uncomfortable questions about why they don't come out against laws that put people in jail and confiscate their property for doing the same thing.
The screening was in place to identify and confiscate weapons and other items prohibited from being carried onto a commercial flight.