Buying Sex in Texas Is Now a Felony

[TinMan]

Originally Posted by twitch760

Just never login to check that email account and you should be fine or they can trace the IP address back to you and you're toast. As for the "Writing fiction isn't a felony." your real plan should be never to give the DA a single shred of evidence.

The question becomes, why would they go to the trouble of trying to uncover his real identity? So they can book him on a felony for which he likely would get deferred adjudication? Are they really going to go to that much trouble to arrest johns, or are they going to stick with the tried-and-true methods of setting up stings and raids and generating enough press that way that they cut down on the street traffic, studios and AMPs?

[Billogoods]

Not worried.

[TinMan]

Originally Posted by twitch760

That all depends on just how much of a hardon the DA has got to see you go to prison. If they've got the time and the resources they can definitely do it.

They won’t have any more time or resources than they have now. I’ve heard of no significant new funding for fighting these crimes. I think it’s all going to Abbott’s border wall.

[twitch760]

Originally Posted by TinMan

The question becomes, why would they go to the trouble of trying to uncover his real identity? So they can book him on a felony for which he likely would get deferred adjudication? Are they really going to go to that much trouble to arrest johns, or are they going to stick with the tried-and-true methods of setting up stings and raids and generating enough press that way that they cut down on the street traffic, studios and AMPs?

Why are you being so contrarian? If the DA wants to they can do just about anything including supeona this board pull reviews written after Sep 1st and go after whomever they want. Your plan should ALWAYS be never give the DA a shred of evidence they can potentially use. What if you're just really unlucky one day and you get caught up in a raid and arrested. They already have your name from this board admitting to dozens of crimes in writing. The DA decides he's going to throw the book at you and you are now facing 6 charges. That's not getting adjudication and you're screwed for the rest of your life.

Originally Posted by TinMan

They won’t have any more time or resources than they have now. I’ve heard of no significant new funding for fighting these crimes. I think it’s all going to Abbott’s border wall.

Who said anything about increasing their resources if it's a slow month and if they just don't like you they can definitely go down that road.

[Billogoods]

This law is completely bipartisan. It was written by a Dem & backed by Paxton and other 'Pubs.

Every time a shop gets closed, or a new law gets passed, there's a bunch o' finger-pointing about bible-thumpers and communists. Truth is that, once an "issue" gets politicized, both factions see the opportunity to blame the other side and "push for change".

Hillary Clinton opens a campaign office in AMPVille. Weeks later, all of them are raided. (Although, we can't rule out that it may have happened to keep Slick Willy out of trouble.)

Dallas PD gets a new chief, gals are "rescued" from a "trafficking operation" on Emerald. And, the Media got to ride along to document the "victims being held in squalid conditions".

Clinton loses. Chief resigns. Luxury and 4 Seasons open. Sun Spa goes from "shitty upsell spa" to hosting K-Pop Fuck Stars and Legends of AMPVille.

It's just like the dumbass "War on Drugs". The "fixes' fixed nothing. They only provide some Pol with a photo op.

Meanwhile, the Pols are legalizing weed everywhere, after spending billions, sending guns to cartels, poisoning folks with paraquot and throwing your little sister's boyfriend in prison for rolling papers.

The Media wears out the latest issue (drugs, guns, trafficking, racism, immigration, blahblahblah) without regard to things like Truth or Proof, and the Pols jump in to get your vote. Reality and Facts have absolutely nothing to do with it.

But, it won't matter much longer. As soon as some Pol figgers out this ballot harvesting thing, his/her party will do all the voting for us and we can all go to the lake, have a few cold ones and wait to see what dumbass "won".

The guvment is not worried about you or that Asian gal that can suck a tennis ball through a 50' garden hose. It's worried about the People, as a whole, who can ruin their Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous overnight.

[TX_hammer]

this is worse than china, they do have many spas there, they try to convert this country to sexless country we should protest

[Billogoods]

In China, you can be thrown in prison for having porn. Sure, they got spas. And, hookers are easy to get. BUT, get caught and there's no bail and certainly no deferred adjudication.

Nope. Nope. Nope.

[oldphone14]

"TRAFFICKING, SEX SLAVERY!!

The press and police use this boogeyman to gin up public support, but the truth of the matter is these women interview and come willingly to work in AMPS....thats not a narrative people want to hear.

If you have a legitimate sex worker who does this by total choice, then you have to think of it as a de facto legit business...and then next thing you know, sex worker laws.

And, some people dont want that. They dont want to acknowledge it. Its the policy of an Ostrich, and this is why it is ridiculous that these AMPS are even targeted. On both sides of the transaction, everyone is of free will, and uncoerced.

It's called creating a "moral panic"

"Myths about Asian massage parlor sex trafficking are used by cops to justify elaborate investigations and sting operations. But the only ones such antics seem to be helping are the cops who get paid to get massages (and more), the police departments and city governments who get to seize cash, cars, and homes from massage parlor owners and workers (asset forfeiture is a near universal feature of these cases), and the prosecutors who get to play hero to the press about it all."
https://reason.com/2021/03/23/sex-tr...arlor-murders/

[TX_hammer]

you go pornhub there are millions chinese porn movie from spas and home made, the bill just to show

[TinMan]

Originally Posted by twitch760

Why are you being so contrarian? If the DA wants to they can do just about anything including supeona this board pull reviews written after Sep 1st and go after whomever they want. Your plan should ALWAYS be never give the DA a shred of evidence they can potentially use. What if you're just really unlucky one day and you get caught up in a raid and arrested. They already have your name from this board admitting to dozens of crimes in writing. The DA decides he's going to throw the book at you and you are now facing 6 charges. That's not getting adjudication and you're screwed for the rest of your life.



Who said anything about increasing their resources if it's a slow month and if they just don't like you they can definitely go down that road.

You haven’t yet offered up a convincing argument that the methods for fighting trafficking are going to change as a result of this new law. If my risk is some DA all of a sudden focusing on chasing down anonymous johns when he has no more incentive other than “it’s a slow month”, that’s worrying about a problem that isn’t going to happen. It will NEVER be a slow month.

The concern should be is there something else to incentivize the DA to go after johns in a way they haven’t in the past. Simply calling solicitation a felony is not in and of itself going to change their priorities.

[TX_hammer]

ok what if someone said " here the $$ for table shower " they cant arrest you for that

[blastoff87]

Originally Posted by TinMan

They won’t have any more time or resources than they have now. I’ve heard of no significant new funding for fighting these crimes. I think it’s all going to Abbott’s border wall.

The DPS may lack the resources, but local PDs like Dallas PD seem to have the time, manpower, and inclination to enforce this. Look at the linked report (it changes a bit each day). Arrests for purchasing prostitution are at 35 this year. They were at 11 last year.

BIG CAVEAT: 2020 may have been a slow year due to COVID and the BLM riots downtown.

https://dallaspolice.net/resources/C...%20Summary.pdf

[twitch760]

Originally Posted by TinMan

You haven’t yet offered up a convincing argument that the methods for fighting trafficking are going to change as a result of this new law. If my risk is some DA all of a sudden focusing on chasing down anonymous johns when he has no more incentive other than “it’s a slow month”, that’s worrying about a problem that isn’t going to happen. It will NEVER be a slow month.

The concern should be is there something else to incentivize the DA to go after johns in a way they haven’t in the past. Simply calling solicitation a felony is not in and of itself going to change their priorities.

You do realize from a technical perspective that pulling user info from this site is pretty easy right? Also getting email addresses and getting ISP logs and finding out who is who is equally as easy. I'm just trying to warn people here that might not be as technically savvy just how much risk they face posting here. I will not be writing reviews after Sep 1st and may retire completely. I will not risk a felony here in this state and be forced to work at McDonald's for the rest of my life.

[asusr10]

I agree, fake email addresses or userids are fairly easy for LE to track down. But I also doubt that they will go after reviewers. First they need to have additional proof that encounter really happened. Anyone can write a fake review. They need to track down the communication from both ends to have enough evidence. But definitely will scare all the Johns. Because if you are busted in action you are screwed for life.

[TinMan]

Originally Posted by twitch760

You do realize from a technical perspective that pulling user info from this site is pretty easy right? Also getting email addresses and getting ISP logs and finding out who is who is equally as easy. I'm just trying to warn people here that might not be as technically savvy just how much risk they face posting here. I will not be writing reviews after Sep 1st and may retire completely. I will not risk a felony here in this state and be forced to work at McDonald's for the rest of my life.

I had this long refutation typed out, and then remembered this thread is in the AMP forum. I might feel differently if I frequented AMPs and wrote tons of reviews on them like I used to.

I don’t, nor do I visit studios or pick up street walkers. I felt the heat on those segments of the hobby years ago. I don’t believe LE is going to start picking guys up based solely on reviews. This law doesn’t make that any easier or more likely. Absolutely, though, if you’re caught in a sting then your risks are higher after 9/1 than it is today. I’d definitely be thinking about retirement if that was still how I hobbied and didn’t see independents as a viable option.