Amsterdam sex workers protest plans to close its centuries-old red light district

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[–]aaarrgh 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I don't think they tolerated this 'red district' in other times, Christian as they were. That 'centuries-old light district' must have been a joke/lie on the part of that journalist

[–]BISH 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Or it was located in a ghetto, and a different set of laws applied. Usury, etc.