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Regardless of how you feel about adult prostitution, I think we all agree that child prostitution is a Bad Thing (TM) and is inherently an inherently abusive practice. If that’s the case, it doesn’t make sense to treat it as a crime and punish the children involved. They are the victims, not the offenders. On the other hand, it would be clearly inappropriate for the system not to do something to stop it–every bit as repulsive as sending a battered child back to live with the abusive parents (something that our system does regularly).

And now, a Las Vegas Judge is working on a solution.

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I am writing this entry as I ride on the Cornell bus from Ithaca to New York. I think it’s pretty cool that I can blog from a bus, and that’s almost enough reason to post this entry on its own.
What’s an even better reason is the remarkable beauty of the Katskill* region. [...]

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Random Encounter in the Desert Table–Roll 1d8:

1: Unexpected Volcano
2: Abandoned Mine shaft with 1d4 machines lying around
3: Boy scouts
4: Jerky stand
5: Ghost Town
6: Man biking across desert
7: Old friend
8: Abandoned mine with full industrial works still standing

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This and the next several entries consist of a report and pictures of my spring break trip to the desert. I will post them sporadically as I get photos edited.
We arrived at Las Vegas McCarran on schedule, and to my surprise, Delta got all of our bags there on schedule as well. The only thing that didn’t go according to plan was that Thrifty was out of midsize sedans, so we got a convertible instead. Fun, but not so practical–after we got all of our gear and groceries, there wasn’t enough room in the trunk to put the top down! Still, Las Vegas was sunny and 75 degrees–perfect weather!

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I will be in the Southern California desert for the next week. I expect not to be reachable by any means during that time.

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