Introduction

The Johns

The Prostitutes

The Results

The Media

The number of visitors is closing in on 22 500 visitors at the time of this writing and many of you expressed an interest in reading more quotes. We have now received a little over 400 e-mails.

The following are positive excerpts.

"I am in Edmonton, and also working very hard towards the goal of ridding my neighborhood of prostitution...I want to tell you that what you are doing is great and I plan to do the same thing up here..."

"I think what you are doing is what all communities with a hooker/drug problem should do."

"I have a business [close to your area] and have been trying to get someone to deal with this problem for six years. I will send you any plates I get--keep up the good work."

"Think about distributing a flyer to every household in Calgary to promote the website... Let's clean up this mess as a city, not just as a group."

"Prior to your innovative initiative, owners tried a more in-your-face, confrontational approach, with mixed results. The effort did achieve a reduction in traffic but it involved significant risk, and I am aware of two cases of assault by pimps who were upset with the impact on their income. Your method has achieved even better results while minimizing the risk."

"I commend your group on a job well done! This is coming from someone who moved here from Vancouver where prostitution and drug use is an on going problem on the east side (downtown being a real problem), it's great to see a neighbourhood get together and make a difference, if only other cities would do the same to help make this "profession" a little more difficult."

"Well done. Its nice to see that as a group you can stand up and be counted in the community. I'm not from the Vic park area, but I do work in places that are around Vic park and on 3rd Ave quite often and my work has me leaving at very late hours. I've always hated being pursued by the hookers and pimps when all I want is to get home after a long day."

"I'm a business owner in Lethbridge, and we also have the same problem. Hookers and johns and the crud that comes with all that. I hope Lethbridge starts their own web page and report the licence # and description of the johns that abuse these girls."

The following are critical excerpts.

"...these people should be able to prostitute themselves. People who have a problem with this should just keep clear of all street activities and mind there own business."

"...if people would stop belly aching and do something CONSTRUCTIVE once in awhile, perhaps this world WOULD be a better place. The fact is however, that world is filled with fear-driven ignorant people, not much unlike yourselves, who feel that petitions, websites, politics and temper tantrums solve the world problems... Look at yourself! What are you doing? Tattle taling! ...Perhaps you should invest more time in counseling and/or interacting with both the Prostitutes and the John... Education is the best and only method to use in the fight against prostitution; but of course, you wouldn't know, being unintelligent and uninitiated not to have come up with something better than a webpage."

"From a reader in Holywoodbeach, Florida: I hope all you people really find a life!!! You people are a pain in the rear-end just like the canadians that visit here. Leave the poor johns alone!!"

"Take these girls into your homes and offer them a better life. DO YOUR PART TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, DON`T BLAME IT ON THE JOHNS OR THE GIRLS!"

Click here to read Part I.