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There’s no such thing as a single-purpose surveillance state. – J.D. Tuccille All-Purpose Excuse (#1231) “Promote” & “encourage” are authoritarian dysphemisms for “talk about”: An adult model is facing up to a decade [in a cage] in Turkey after she allegedly spoke out in support of sex work on national TV, which is against the country’s strict [censorship] laws. Prosecutors claim Merve Taskin “encouraged prostitution” during a television appearance where she is said to have talked about the work she does behind a camera…on a programme hosted by Turkish media personality Hulya Avsar…Prosecutors claim that during the broadcast, Merve…[honestly] said that she could earn an entire month’s salary in one night…An indictment…alleges that her statements “promoted prostitution”… Stalkers in Blue (ROTW #2) Just another kind of cop, being a cop: A U.S. Secret Service [spook] has been [rewarded with a paid vacation for following] a woman…to her hotel room in Miami and…masturbating [at] her…John…

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