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WM Hunt) cnnomtu -Wednesday. April 15.1009 - s , o . . ., . . ) . . . . . t v t v I.l:l mm H) llll;(.lllt().\l(.l.l: Time to end . ln the meantime. you know what As far as letting the people that Hen supporter they say about bad laws. This one have chickens now, keep them . . . world’s Oldest (fiscal-II?“ by deserves to be flouted. Ah! No. No farm animals in the city. 1 Gee. I don’t feel like cutting my 0 Gould's 9018“)" grassanymoreJthinkl'lljustgeta professron . . Donn-Kathie couple ofgoats to main’ tainmy m discouraged byWaterloo coun» Wa I la Besides that would be Icil's failure to pass the bylaw “mf‘n dl Y ah . really ‘ ‘ need to act now," writes Victor Malarek, author allowing hens in the city, but want my: ed; .Y tifinkfltfgtall th W; the new book The Johns: Sex for Sale and the to commend the councillors who People who want to on nt dedt ose . MenWho Buy lt. voted in favour. raise farm animals 25m 1:333:21 an I???“ “it may seem too intimidating ugly. entrenched. and perva~ Their names will be remembered h . tha WT? k sive a problem. but we have to try because ofwhat is at stake â€" in the next election. should get a fan“ «tinting Sig pmy'au '1': en the lives of mlllions of women and girls the world over.” We are in a serious recession. mmncusgad now e cat The rise of street prostitution in Kitchener's downtown core The opponunity to be self-sufficient Guess I have not been keeping up 0w??? “M Ft’sengre. st . th has been a growing concern for some time now, as Waterloo is needed now more than ever. with current events in my com- houseaVVShen 313 ' do ey 0331': m: Regional Police cracked down on sex-trade workers and their I understand the resistance to munity as of late. th alga go 'sed customers last month Seven men. aged 36 to 73. were charged change that holds some people So you want to raise chickens in _ “as”; mested t): 53p???” [1’ with communicating for the purpose ofprostitution. As part of back from doing things in a differ- your yard? Get a farm. in do 1;; th I 1 $31,123? an effort to educate these men (or “Johns." in the lingo) about ent way. Want to teach your kids about obendle Oct: 100 a r cent ofythe time the impact of prostitution. those guys will all be going to a speâ€" lt's interesting to note that objec- animal husbandry? Get a farm. 'th [flail pe cial kind efschool named in their honour. John school. tion to the law was mainly in the Want eggs from free range chick- wr [21:0 ‘ l 'th th . l TWO years ago. i wrote a column for this newspaper titled affluent neighbourhoods. Perhaps ens? Get a farm. well ”comps; me I CS}? WES?“ “Johns Solicit Second Chance” (April 4. 2007). after attending the objectors are not affected by job The Mennonite community is h d aust; an' 8:38 allou ed the one-day communityâ€"based John school program in Kitch- loss . not that far away there are always ”(ha a no lam; "n ow ener. in hopes of gaining insight on the causes and effects of Certainly they lack the imagina- farm fresh eggs available there. in l 63"”. by art. t ‘ . street prostitution. The experience had â€"â€"â€" 7 tion to appreciate the innovative What's next. pigs. cows, horses f n 951:: ' 3'01“?" (False a lasting effect on me, and it was there \ l \ l W l l \ l l ways people can become self reliant and goats? Leave farm animals on arm antm _ ge 3 arm. I learned that. for most women. street ‘ ‘ and resourceful. the farms where they belong. prostitution is not a Queer-choice. but ‘i‘ f l I \ One hopes when this bylaw is This whole thing goes for a form of enslavement by human traf- reviewed in two years time. atti- pigeons coops as well â€" rats with Robert R. Korma“ tickers â€" modem»day sexual terror tudes will have moved forward. wings ifyou ask me. Waterloo ism. ‘ That's why I recently read Malarek’s . ' book with great interest, because like ‘ a . . . ° ° John school. he challenges these men ’ , IllSt pomt me in e 1‘ l t ction to step back and considerhow they - contribute to the problem. It's one thing I will never have to wony about. My asked which way she would have to look to see the He writh “It would not be prof- wife will never look toward the prairie provinces. shower. She looked directly to her rig“. and insisted itable for pimps and criminals to stay " and head toward the current land of milk and honey she was rig“. in business if never-ending platoons of It has nothing to do with her love of Ontario. or Much to the amusement of other patrons we con- men weren‘t prowling the side streets MARSHALL even any fleeting affection for me. tinued this goodâ€"natured discussion around the in search of purchased sex" WARD No. quite simply it's because she has no idea store. each of us hoping the other would finally in the chapter. Back to School. Which way west might be. Or north, understand. criminologist Michael Shively is quoted: ”( Johns) truly believe south. or east for that matter. Those are H ‘ It was all to no avail. and in the end prostitution is a victimless crime. When you grow up a male in just words. meaningless words. in the l l l l l l l l we agreed to come home and go this culture. it isn’t hard to end up with a screwed up belief sys. language only to confuse and make I“ ) l J Ii K l throuyr it all over again tern about women and intimacy. and the John school covers things difficult. ' However. I know a couple of things that.” like most women. Diana navigates by I know she is wrong on this one. And I For me. the most unsettling part about John school was a landmarks “Turn left at the green house , know I'm the one who writes a column. frank talk and slide show from a public health nurse. illustrating on the corner with the orange door. and ' 33 But it does bring back a discussion the risks of serenity transmitted diseases In Malarek’s book. he then turn into thedrivewaywiththeblue wehadlastfalehenDiambecame describesasimilarexperienceatalohn schoolinSanFrancisco batted garden gnome on the porch.” fascinated by the idea of getting a GPS. '(The public health nurse) nins a graphic. stomach~chuming Street names mean nothing to her. She though it would be handy. libido-killing slide presentation showing photographs of Directions mean even less I thought it would be a complete swollen. oodng. disease-infected penises and vagina” Thankfully. shehasa relativelyeasy waste ofboth her. and my time. Hers. After spending eight hours in aclassroom with 20men. aged commuteeveryday.whidrallowsherto g 'v becauseshewon'tunderstandhawto 32to7l,ldisooveredJohnscomefromallwalksoflifeandfmm find her way to work and back safely. But g“ a» ‘ use it. (Yes. she is my favorite girl. but different economic levels â€" some married with children. The don’t ask her if she heads worn or east. handing over the TV remote to me with only thing they had in common was their gender and their All of which leads me to a rather inter- BRIAN lostl pm eyes does get a ligh- old. ) crime. es ' evening wandering around a local Bo RKE t a waste 0 time 1' me. Fitti , the John school rogram concludes with a former mtfdwware store. U because inevitably i will get a phone pmflm’lgzharmg horrific 811% hear-twrenching tales of alco- Themwasnopaniculmreesontobe cellaskinghmtointerpretthedirec- holismanddrugaddiction. vblentpbnpsandloluisandthe there. We are not planning any huge renovations. but dons being given. I'm not sure she is aware the CPS death of fellow working girls Here. Johns learn how their every now and then we wonder ifany of ther huge does not give directions in the context of 'tum left by actions contribute to the wider problem of other illegal activi- showers with 32 jets of water blasting can fit into our the Sobeys" ties that harm the community. and hurt the dignity of women. bathroom. “Of course it can.",l say. ”you just need to Besides. she doesn‘t really go anywhere where she Malarek writes: 'ln prostitution there is no dignity. no turn the rectangular unit this way, because that's needs such a toy. 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