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Since the 17th Century, the age of Rembrandt and Vermeer, the good burghers of Amsterdam had to decide how to deal with the world’s oldest profession. Prohibit it or regulate and condone it? When a foreigner visits Amsterdam for the first time, the sight of prostitutes sitting in windows seems shocking. A few days there and you become used to it. It even seems civilized.
We all know it’s illegal for a politician to actually sell a vote, but the Dutch have a word for activities that are illegal, but unofficially tolerated..GEDOGEN. Amsterdam officials don’t use the word “brothel,” they’re known as “alternative businesses.” Isn’t that what our politics has become? An alternative business? There could be sections for older politicians as there are for older prostitutes in Amsterdam. Those running for office could even offer a discount, say for the holidays or a candy cane for the kids.
See the full article from “Huffington Post (blog)”
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