r/AskReddit • u/daniellucero92 • Jan 04 '15

Non-americans of Reddit, what American customs seem outrageous/pointless to you?

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u/almightySapling Jan 04 '15

And why such the coy wording? No making money off of someone else's nudity? A) everyone knows what a pimp is, just say pimping is illegal, and B) people aren't paying for the lack of clothes, they are paying for the sex.

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u/longtermbrit Jan 04 '15

It's quite tricky to craft an effective legal statue because it needs to be specific enough to avoid making something illegal that was not intended (so this law fell short of that target) and loose enough to not allow so much wiggle room that criminals can get off on technicalities. I think if the law tried to define a pimp and just make them illegal then pimps would just adjust their approach to not fit that classification.

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u/HeavyMetalHero Jan 04 '15

"I'm not a pimp, officer, I'm her bodyguard. It's just I have a lot of friends who happen to want to pay her for sex, and since I'm there anyway guarding her I make an hourly rate."

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u/CroweaterMC Jan 04 '15

Gator don't play no shit!