Today in the Cries & Whispers column of the Sunday Republican:
Democrats in Massachusetts are a liberal bunch, but did they go too far by listing two “adult entertainment” spots in downtown Springfield in their official “delegate guide” for the state Democratic convention held on June 6?
The guide directed delegates to two strip clubs – the Mardi Gras at 91 Taylor St. and the “Gentlemen’s Club” at Center Stage, 265 Dwight St.
The guide made no mention that on Jan. 21 a man was charged with murder after shooting a 22-year-old man in the head as he sat at the bar in the Mardi Gras.
See also:
Republican: “1 dead, 5 seriously injured in shooting rampage at Springfield strip club” (5/31/09)
Springfield Republican: “Man fatally shot inside strip bar” (1/22/09)
…a 22-year-old man was shot in the head while sitting at the bar at the Mardi Gras strip club downtown…
Police
said Colon [the victim] had been involved in a “verbal and physical
altercation with several other subjects” in the Mardi Gras about 20
minutes prior to being killed…
[Sgt. John] Delaney said police
records show police have been called to the Mardi Gras a total of 30
times during business hours since July 1 and another 14 times
after-hours for alarm activations…
Valley Advocate Website Announces 2008’s “Best” Adult Entertainment Club;
Holsopple’s Inside Report on Stripping (explicit language)
Rather than expose this industry for what it is, the Advocate has
decided to party with the exploiters and the abusers. Let editor Tom Vannah know how you feel about this.
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Former Stripper Tells Easthampton Hearing about the Life: It Stinks
Strip Poker Men’s Club: Women’s Lib to Blame for Men’s Going to Strip Clubs
There is something about the atmosphere of a Strip Club, the way in
which women strut their stuff on stage and not breaking eye contact is
almost an animalistic approach that not only attracts men sexually but
because of the eye contact that most women have mastered to enable to
do their job well, it seems to offer men what they are so desperately
in need off and they haven’t been able to get from today’s modern
woman, “attention”…
So there you have it, no need to feel guilty, it’s one of life’s small escapes, the last bastion of the male domain, enjoy it!
Strip Club Tips: How to Savor an Exquisite Blend of Fantasies, Lies, Exploitation and Despair (explicit language)
For a stripper’s perspective, we present a selection from 37 Stripper Rants, as posted in March to gripe site Ofuzi…
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