A Surprising Reaction?
An Omaha woman was sentenced to 90 days in jail for prostitution in Lincoln. Nothing very remarkable about that, right? Except check out the comments on the story. I’m surprised by how many of the commenters either: a) think it’s silly that prostitution is illegal; or b) think this case is an example of entrapment. I guess I thought Nebraskans had more of a knee-jerk anti-prostitution reaction. To see so many of the early commenters direct their mockery to LPD rather than the woman surprised me.
The Comments
D.M.B. says My first reaction was "isn't December 19, 2007 at 8:48am
My first reaction was “isn’t there a better place to be a prostitute than Lincoln, Nebraska?”
Dave K says The people who comment on December 19, 2007 at 8:59am
The people who comment on the LJS website don’t represent Nebraskans in general. For example, read the comments to the story about Ernie’s last session. There are people who want to guild Ernie and replace the sower with him. The stereotype that Nebraskans are a bunch of redneck bible-humping white people doesn’t apply to people who surf the web and respond to news stories.
Mr. Wilson says RE: The people who comment on December 19, 2007 at 9:05am
Depends on which story you’re reading.
Gene says They should automatically delete comments December 19, 2007 at 10:59am
They should automatically delete comments with more than one exclamation point.
Swid says In other news... December 19, 2007 at 12:23pm
So THIS is the “D3M” guy?
Gene says RE: In other news... December 19, 2007 at 12:31pm
Allegedly.