Albert D. McCallum

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since January 20, 1998

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January 20, 1998, on Government:
I detect some reservations about the wisdom (fairness?) of the Michigan case forfeiting a wife's interest in the auto that her husband used to bag a prostitute. Great good comes with a price. I am confident that when you realize the good that flowed from this decision you will realize that it was well worth the small price paid by an innocent person. As a resident of Michigan, perhaps I will be best able to set the record straight. "Johns" who previously only faced AIDS, sundry other STDs, jail, fines, and loss of reputation suddenly faced loss of wheels. Faced with this terror, cruising for sex was just too risky. As word of the new terror spread, "Johns" abandoned the auto in favor of the bicycle (much cheaper to replace). There was a downside. Back injuries were up a whopping 300 percent. Did you ever try to have sex in the back seat of a bicycle? When this reality hit home -- prostitution ended. For several months after the watershed (or was the waterbed?) decision, ga...