Union Leader idiots discover sex on Craigslist

It must be a slow news week in the white trash wonderland. The front page story on the Union Leader today screams "Sex content a click away on popular classified site." This story would be amusing if it were not another pathetic illustration of how useless the Union Leader is as a credible news source. The content of the story is just about is just about as hyperbolic as the headline:

IF YOU THINK your kids are looking for a used skateboard or video game when they're surfing Craigslist.org, you might want to check and make sure.

Craigslist also offers local "erotic" services on the same page; shocking, sexually explicit nudity and banter about various sex acts, some hinting at underage sex, and all just a click away.

There is a NH.Craigslist.org and just like the housing, jobs or cars listed on the popular online site, the erotic services are offered by town or city. And while many parents may be unaware of the explicit content on Craigslist, police across New Hampshire are using it more often to make prostitution-related arrests and to look for child predators.

The rest of us are saying "Wow, welcome to 1995."

The truly depressing reality of this article is its illustration of how far New Hampshire has strayed from its motto of "Live Free or Die." There is indeed sexual content on Craigslist that can viewed by minors who are not under proper parental supervision - however, why are the supposedly independent people of New Hampshire asking the state to do their parenting for them? There are many methods of ensuring your children do not become exposed to this content without asking the police to cause undue hardship on a website whose vast majority of visitors use it to find good cheap products and services.