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Los Angeles City Council is considering sending "Dear John" letters to the registrants of cars seen in an area of San Fernando described as having a "thriving street prostitution problem". The plan would use automated license plate readers to identify vehicles that stopped in the area. Council member Nury Martinez claims "If you aren't soliciting, you have no reason to worry about finding one of these letters in your mailbox. But if you are, these letters will discourage you from returning."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/12/01/the-age-of-pre-crime-has-arrived/
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 02 2015, @08:57PM
> It requires one to be subject to it (I'm not personally myself), and also assumes every john has a girlfriend or wife at home.
No it doesn't. It isn't just shame, it is a threat. A threat that anyone you know might find out. Including people you depend on, like your employer.
And don't even try to play that randian uberman canard: "I would never work for a company that would fire me for paying for hiring a hooker." The people who work for those kinds of employers have very little choice in the matter.