Of Yale, hookers, and tolerance

Townhall.com ^ | 9-1-2004 | Ben Shapiro

[sharktrager]

Apparently, Angell began trading sex for cash after receiving her doctorate in social anthropology. But what was shocking was not Angell's experiences but her insistence that she not be condemned for her actions. "Please don't be so quick to call us hookers, to judge us," she wrote. "We could be your mother, your sister, your girlfriend, your daughter. Even your college professor. No, I take that back. It's not a matter of saying that we could be. We are."

I believe it about my ex-girlfriend, but mom? Has she ever seen my mom?

[George Smiley]

Do Yale hookers summon the maid to perform the act?

[mattdono]

Has she ever seen my mom?

Reminds me of DeNiro's line in "Analyze This"...

Dr. Ben Sobel : Oedipus was a Greek king who killed his father and married his mother.
Boss Paul Vitti : F*ckin' Greeks.

Funny.

[Darksheare]

They could be our professors?
*thinks for a moment*

I've seen some professors worth haggling price with.
/ evil tasteless joke.


Seriously, just how twisted does someoe have to be to sell themselves for sex, and then turn around and scream "don't condemn me" to soothe their hurt conscience?

[alex]

If nobody forced her into this profession and she paid taxes on her hooker earning nobody should care.

[Vision]

What's more pathetic? A whore on the street downtown somewhere, or an educated Ivy League one? I would say the Ivy Leaguer.

[mykdsmom]

And so tolerance has become the new morality

This article fits perfectly with my new tagline.

MKM

[wideawake]

Excellent article.

This is the Mafia argument for immorality - if anybody in my family does something, it's OK because they're in my family.

Societies based on moral principles rather than moral nepotism have civilizations that survive.

[madprof98]

This is exactly right. I see it all the time among "progressive" friends. They call anyone who makes a moral judgment "judgmental," even as they themselves berate and condemn such people as hypocrites or worse.

[sharktrager]

Especially if the whore in question is a US Senator who hopes to become President.

[weegee]

You can hate the sin but still love the sinner. If a sinner is unrepentant and leading a self-destructive lifestyle, it is hardly the thing to do to embrace that person's lifestyle choice.

[Wayne07]

Yeah, an article is fine, but here is a picture, and I think it says it all.

from her site: http://www.jeannetteangell.com/

[Unam Sanctam]

The author is right on the money. Love the sinner, but hate the sin. Love does not mean affirming immoral or sinful behavior.

[outlawcam]

That's what I think is funny about their argument. They are being judgmental of those who are exercising a judgment on the premise that judging is morally wrong. It is self-contradictory and unsupportable by logic.

[mtbrandon49]

Bump!

[garyhope]

Perhaps if she'd gotten an MBA instead of a useless degree in social anthropology, she wouldn't have to have sold her body?

[Just another Joe]

"Would you discriminate against someone because he or she is gay?"

Two job applicants.
All other things being equal.
One is homo, one is hetero.

I hire the hetero.

Sorry, but the hetero has a much less chance of contracting a life threatening disease than the homo.

[Rakkasan1]

maybe Cheney ought to read this ,too?

[Lazamataz]

Do Yale hookers summon the maid to perform the act?

LOL!