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Originally Posted by Natalie Reign
Yeah, I can see the headlines now...
"Local group gets drunk at a strip club while raising money for charity and gathering toys for less fortunate children - 14 arrested with wrapping paper in hand."
I really hope your holiday season brings you a more positive outlook on life, Michael. Er, Jay. John. Whatever your name is. You sure seem like you need a hug.
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i guess you didn't read the KHOU link or listen to the news soundbite attached to it. prostitution busts make juicy headlines. it's not just a "local group," it is a "group of men and women who chat online and the men are clients and the women are prosititutes." it's not just "raising money for charity and gathering toys for less fortunate children," it is "they are accused by local LE for raffling off sexual encounters with prostitutes in exchange for toys for the needy." don't water down what is going on here.
so let's try "on tonight's 10 oclock news - ____ Police Vice Unit busts an online group of prostitutes and their customers who held a Christmas toy drive tonight in Austin, where they raffled off sexual encounters for toy donations." then they bring a news outfit with them. they video tape everyone's face and vehicle as they leave, or are carted off in paddy wagons. that is exactly what the press did in Houston. many of them were not arrested or charged, but their faces were posted on the news and yes, one year later, you can look at the video and see them. even though they were not accused of anything themselves, can you imagine the social stigma attached to this?
wrapping paper my ass. you guys are raffling off sexual encounters, which is prostitution. the act of sex does not actually have to happen for there to be a crime to have occurred. read the state law. what part of that being illegal can you not wrap your head around Natalie?
in fact you yourself offered yourself up as a raffle prize, which would put you under any scrutiny that may come of this event. it's posted on the internet....and you assume our little world here is one that LE does not read daily? i can only assume LE not only reads this stuff daily but has already infiltrated this site, hanging out at social events, getting people to vouch for them who really cannot (as they have no idea who they really are), etc. if Houston Vice did it, so can other LE agents. to be so callow as to think that LE does not read what's on here, isn't targeting certain "outspoken" people on here, and could not possibly pass muster to get an invite (or get another member to get them the invitation info), is simply looking the other way and hoping they don't start looking at this event.
dont kid yourselves. if you really were as innocent as you purport yourselves to be there would be no raffling off of sex. then just have a
legitimate toy drive. but you guys already made an error and posted three girls willing to raffle off sexual encounters with them on the internet, and it is hard to take that back now. there is also a legality about holding a raffle without a 501 exempt status in Texas, which i suppose is yet another issue LE can deal with, but that doesn't make headlines.
i think it's funny that you guys keep thinking that i am Michael, presumably of TAE. you and your friends (Whispers, Damon Bradley, etc) whom i can only assume all hang out. yet not one of you has a shred of evidence to prove any false allegation of multiple handle posting.
anyway, back on topic. Natalie, i hope you guys all don't get under the scrutiny of local LE. i will shake my head and say "i told you so" if you guys are met by LE and shut down. i will also be more than happy to contact the press if that occurs and point them out to this specific thread discussion so they can tell the public how obvious you guys are being about violating the law (despite your fearless leaders using "toys for kids" as their excuse to gloss over the fact that sex is being raffled off - regardless of the cause, it is STILL illegal - get that through your thick skulls).
for those of you who dont think what you are suggesting is illegal, how many of you would welcome LE to your shidig? not a one, i'd think.
even if the cops don't make an arrest, i can be pretty certain they will be there, writing down license plates, taking photos, and identifying people for later investigations.
personally i think LE laughs at all the information one posts about themselves online and then that person wonders why LE pays them a visit. now that this is publicly posted and already printed off, they have something to investigate - thanks to someone who decided to post all the information they needed to initiate an investigation.
good luck!
