▲ 721 ▼ DOJ announces arrests in ‘high-end brothel network’ used by elected officials, military officers and others (www.cnn.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 184 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (3 children) The bribery potential of those officials violating the laws they're publicly supporting is the problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) No such problem were paying for sex is legal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Hoover amassed significant power by collecting files containing large amounts of compromising and potentially embarrassing information on many powerful people, especially politicians. permalink fedilink source parent [–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago True. Which is why it should be legalized and regulated. Very difficult to bribe someone with something they can just have whenever they want. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TauZero@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) They said the same thing to justify banning gays from working for the government or serving in the military. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because lies are a security risk. Which is a major part of why it's better to allow them into service openly. No secrets from the service, no leverage for betrayal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TauZero@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago The show For All Mankind did a good take on the problem IMO. Being gay wasn't illegal per se, but gay people could not be employed at NASA. They still joined, but they kept their orientation hidden. Then the security forces used the justification that gays keeping secrets were vulnerable to blackmail to go on witch hunts to seek and root out gays, and to defend the decision to ban gays from employment in the first place. It was a circular argument through-and-through. The base reason has always been prejudice. Didn't help that in the show there were real Soviet spies running around trying to find gays to extort for NASA rocket secrets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) No such problem were paying for sex is legal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Hoover amassed significant power by collecting files containing large amounts of compromising and potentially embarrassing information on many powerful people, especially politicians. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] n0m4n@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Hoover amassed significant power by collecting files containing large amounts of compromising and potentially embarrassing information on many powerful people, especially politicians. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago True. Which is why it should be legalized and regulated. Very difficult to bribe someone with something they can just have whenever they want. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TauZero@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) They said the same thing to justify banning gays from working for the government or serving in the military. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because lies are a security risk. Which is a major part of why it's better to allow them into service openly. No secrets from the service, no leverage for betrayal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TauZero@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago The show For All Mankind did a good take on the problem IMO. Being gay wasn't illegal per se, but gay people could not be employed at NASA. They still joined, but they kept their orientation hidden. Then the security forces used the justification that gays keeping secrets were vulnerable to blackmail to go on witch hunts to seek and root out gays, and to defend the decision to ban gays from employment in the first place. It was a circular argument through-and-through. The base reason has always been prejudice. Didn't help that in the show there were real Soviet spies running around trying to find gays to extort for NASA rocket secrets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Because lies are a security risk. Which is a major part of why it's better to allow them into service openly. No secrets from the service, no leverage for betrayal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TauZero@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago The show For All Mankind did a good take on the problem IMO. Being gay wasn't illegal per se, but gay people could not be employed at NASA. They still joined, but they kept their orientation hidden. Then the security forces used the justification that gays keeping secrets were vulnerable to blackmail to go on witch hunts to seek and root out gays, and to defend the decision to ban gays from employment in the first place. It was a circular argument through-and-through. The base reason has always been prejudice. Didn't help that in the show there were real Soviet spies running around trying to find gays to extort for NASA rocket secrets. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TauZero@mander.xyz 8 points 2 years ago The show For All Mankind did a good take on the problem IMO. Being gay wasn't illegal per se, but gay people could not be employed at NASA. They still joined, but they kept their orientation hidden. Then the security forces used the justification that gays keeping secrets were vulnerable to blackmail to go on witch hunts to seek and root out gays, and to defend the decision to ban gays from employment in the first place. It was a circular argument through-and-through. The base reason has always been prejudice. Didn't help that in the show there were real Soviet spies running around trying to find gays to extort for NASA rocket secrets. permalink fedilink source parent