Category Archives: Asheville

A Crazy Idea

March 8, 2009 – 10:21 pm

photo by mogmismoIt’s been a while since I wrote. There are a lot of reasons why, but the best one is that I didn’t feel I had anything new to say. I didn’t just not write here, I didn’t write. Some of you will understand what that’s like. To not write [...]

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Bringing Back the Stocks

February 25, 2008 – 11:49 am

Here in Asheville, NC, the police department is updating an ages-old concept in their attempts to discourage unwanted behaviour: public humiliation. As was recently announced, Asheville police have begun posting on their website and on the local television channel names and photographs of individuals charged with prostitution or soliciting for prostitution.
Now read that again, [...]

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