tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post110760994587355764..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Erica's Thoughts: An Insightful Jewish BlogJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1122354434259012622005-07-26T00:07:00.000-05:002005-07-26T00:07:00.000-05:00good ponits!good ponits!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1109338420541881592005-02-25T07:33:00.000-06:002005-02-25T07:33:00.000-06:00Thank you!Thank you!Jeff Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1107966845451520912005-02-09T10:34:00.000-06:002005-02-09T10:34:00.000-06:00Thank you for your comments on my blog, and for yo...Thank you for your comments on my blog, and for your link to my blog. I added another post that takes into account all the questions raised by the original, highly questionable article. I would still argue that there is area for concern, but perhaps not nearly as much as originally.<br />Erica<br />PS I would also like to thank the LDS for their wonderful genealogy work. I have used their resources on a variety of occasions, and they are invaluable.Ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02760720888328897589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1107736409862702092005-02-06T18:33:00.000-06:002005-02-06T18:33:00.000-06:00OK. I posted a note in the blog entry indicating t...OK. I posted a note in the blog entry indicating that this may be due to bad journalism. I don't think it's a fully resolved issue yet.Jeff Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-1107657399495151662005-02-05T20:36:00.000-06:002005-02-05T20:36:00.000-06:00Jeff, I recently read about forced prostitution in...Jeff, I recently read about forced prostitution in Germany on the fair board, I think this refutes the allegation.<br /><br /><br />"Anyways, here is what a cursory search of the Internet turned up:<br /><br /><br />QUOTE <br /><br />The article in the Daily Telegraph seems to have been cobbled together from several German sources.<br /><br />The information about the waitress who was told to interview for a job that turned out to be at a brothel was taken from an article on "jungle-world.com," which calls itself a "leftist weekly." That article was posted July 30, 2003 (!!). The 25-year-old waitress was told to contact the company "Reni Massage." The woman found the company's website and figured out that it was a brothel and decided to not get in touch. According to the Berlin employment center, the job posting had been sent to the woman by mistake. The job offer had been for bar staff (not for "sexual services," as the Telegraph article claims) and it hadn't been obvious from the information that the employment center had received that the company was a brothel.<br /><br />The second part of the Daily Telegraph article contains information also found in an article from the leftist alternative Berlin daily "tageszeitung," filed on December 18, 2004. Both articles quote a Hamburg lawyer called Mechthild Garweg (note that the Telegraph misspells her first name). In the "tageszeitung" article, Ms. Garweg notes that there is nothing in the law regulating unemployment benefits that would prevent an employment center to force a woman to work as a prostitute if she wants to keep her benefits. It is clear from the article that this is merely a theoretical possibility. German employment centers have meanwhile asserted that they would not be passing on job offers for prostitution.<br />- Info re article<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />QUOTE <br /><br />2/1/2005<br />Idiot Journalist of the Year <br />Filed under: Morons Media Lameness by Xrlq @ 2:29 pm <br />The year is only a month old, but it’s not too early to start taking nominations. So far, at least two three journalistic numbskulls are definitely in the running. The first is Sarah Boxer of the New York Times, whose baseless speculations about Ali Fadhil and his brothers at Iraq the Model put all of them in danger. The second is Clare Chapman of the Daily Telegraph, who used bits and pieces from a story in a German tabloid to essentially make up a story about German unemployment agencies supposedly coercing unemployed women into becoming prostitutes. The third is Robert H. Reid of the Ass. Press, who proudly broke today’s story about the capture of G.I. Joe by Iraqi militants insurgents terrorists idiots.<br />-Idiot journalist of the year<br /><br />- Unemployed German Prostitutes "<br /><br />I hope this clears things up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com