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Tolerance is used as code for vice. Tolerance and diversity are buzwords that we need to be cautious of. At first they sound good and compassionate, but they are not all that is good.
City to decide on red light zone
Prostitutes would be better protected, proponents have said
The first prostitution tolerance zone to be set up in England could move a step closer later as Liverpool City Council decides if it wants one set up.
If the plan is approved, the council will apply to Home Secretary Charles Clarke to officially sanction the vice zone in the city.
Last July, the council revealed five areas, including Jamacia Street, which could be home to the zones.
Under the plan, sex for sale would be tolerated for six hours every night.
Prostitutes would be allowed to work from 2000 GMT to 0200 GMT.
The scheme’s backers have said it could control the sex trade and stop prostitutes from working in residential areas, protect them from violent clients, prevent organised crime involvement and help drug addicted prostitutes kick their habits.
Mark Corner killed two prostitutes in Liverpool in July 2003
In December 2003, 26-year-old Mark Corner, of Walton, Liverpool, was detained indefinitely at Ashworth Hospital after admitting killing two prostitutes.
The dismembered bodies of street-workers Hanane Parry and Pauline Stephen were found dumped in bin bags in Everton in July 2003.
Residents in Everton, who fear that one of the tolerance zones could be near them, have threatened legal action to stop the plan. In August 2004, Pauline Daniel, of the Residents Against Prostitution group, said: "You can’t get a bus or a taxi in the streets without being accosted. You also get abuse from the prostitutes. “The community will support a tolerance zone as long as its well away from a residential area. It’s got to be a mile away from any residents.”
City to decide on red light zone
Prostitutes would be better protected, proponents have said
The first prostitution tolerance zone to be set up in England could move a step closer later as Liverpool City Council decides if it wants one set up.
If the plan is approved, the council will apply to Home Secretary Charles Clarke to officially sanction the vice zone in the city.
Last July, the council revealed five areas, including Jamacia Street, which could be home to the zones.
Under the plan, sex for sale would be tolerated for six hours every night.
Prostitutes would be allowed to work from 2000 GMT to 0200 GMT.
The scheme’s backers have said it could control the sex trade and stop prostitutes from working in residential areas, protect them from violent clients, prevent organised crime involvement and help drug addicted prostitutes kick their habits.
Mark Corner killed two prostitutes in Liverpool in July 2003
In December 2003, 26-year-old Mark Corner, of Walton, Liverpool, was detained indefinitely at Ashworth Hospital after admitting killing two prostitutes.
The dismembered bodies of street-workers Hanane Parry and Pauline Stephen were found dumped in bin bags in Everton in July 2003.
Residents in Everton, who fear that one of the tolerance zones could be near them, have threatened legal action to stop the plan. In August 2004, Pauline Daniel, of the Residents Against Prostitution group, said: "You can’t get a bus or a taxi in the streets without being accosted. You also get abuse from the prostitutes. “The community will support a tolerance zone as long as its well away from a residential area. It’s got to be a mile away from any residents.”