Of the women I’ve known who left pimps, none have ever gone back once they realized they did much better on their own. Indie women aren’t clamoring to get hooked up with pimps. Pimps are useless and an utter waste of oxygen.

If you consider your mind “opened” by pimps…actually, I can’t think of a nice way to finish this statement.

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I did not say that you attacked me. I responded to you as part of a dialogue. Yes, you get a different level of response as a perfect stranger than as someone I know. Becoming someone I know merely takes time. This is true with almost any blog one can comment on — the writer has a different dialogue with those they know.

As for the pimp thing, this has been ongoing for a while. I don’t know why they insist on commenting here — if they are serious about discussing pimping online, they can pay for their own webhosting and get their own blog (or do a free blog). I am NOT paying money out of my pocket to host a forum for pimps.

And yes, recruiting someone off my site and across state lines to work as a prostitute is indeed a felony. I will not be party to that. If you think that’s childish, fine. This is where I draw the line because it steps beyond words online and into real people, real lives, real effects.

This is my blog. As with most blogs, it is not a democracy. I’m very open to the concept of free speech. Free speech — as defined by law — stops when it impacts someone else. Recruiting crosses that line. Opinion-sharing, debate, discussion of your own life does not.

As for the discussion of authority/success (which I’ve certainly touched on before), the fact that I’m standing up and speaking seems to put me in the “authority” role whether I’m comfortable there or not. If some of these other escorts whom you feel are far more successful than me want to be considered authorities in the public eye, then they are welcome to stand up too.

Consider that we’re working from two different definitions of success. Right now, success would mean not having to consider locking down my blog and being able to publicly work without worrying about being a target. So there, you’re right. I’m not successful. Too late to melt back into the woodwork and merely wish things would be different without doing something about it.

Now as far as Count reaching out to me. I met him, he was a total gentlemen, we went out to dinner and we had a great time. I do like him and I am very happy to have met him. I do think the both of you get a little childish with one another when you have a disagreement. But to say you will happily turn any information you have to the authorities puts you in a tattletale category and is a bit over the top. He never solicited me to do anything illicit over your forum or any e-mails we exchanged. We met and he answered a lot of questions pertaining to his lifestyle.

I see one of the problems in this industry is the lack of unity. I am not doing so wonderful finacially and romantically myself Miss Brooks. I am comfortable but I want to improve. But again I feel people who have had way more success in the business than you or even me would be better authorities to teach a woman how to be successful as a sex worker.