The audio of the Backpage hearing is really worth listening to from 18mins on, when Dart's lawyer gets eviscerated. http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/sound/external/jo.15-3047.15-3047_11_13_2015.mp3 …
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Judge: - "He talks about 'a violent industry'. Is phone sex violent?" Dart's lawyer: - "It can be" - "How?" - "If children are involved"
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Judge Posner: "We're not talking about children here. All these adults are getting swept up with the children. They're potential targets."
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"What about old people who'd like to be seen with a young woman? That's an aspect of the escort service. It's not all sex". Says old judge.
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It's incredibly important it was Judge Posner who ripped into Tom Dart's lawyer. Posner is hugely famous and respected. People will listen.
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More gems from the judge: "You think they didn't know Backpage has an adult section? That is beyond naive. Everyone knows what Backpage is."
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"You believe that? Well that's ridiculous! These financial companies, they don't feel they can defy an official with the authority Dart has"
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"What did you expect the credit card companies to say? 'We're knuckling under threats'? The whole tone of this letter is so unprofessional."
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The Sheriff of Cook County's lawyer thinks it'd be proper for him to try to ban short skirts. And to euthanize pets. 26mins into the audio.
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From the Backpage hearing: BP's immediate owner is IC Holdings LLC, which looks like it owns http://bigcity.com https://inventively.com/search/trademarks/75561626 …
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@EscortingAdvice on mobile--is this a simple bp facade like postfastr et al?
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@aspasia_project Yes - a Backpage sister site, like postfastr, http://nakedcity.com , http://evilempire.com , and http://cracker.com
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