I Will Never Pay for It!

Don’t go to prostitutes. Drink fresh fruit juice.
Before I tell you what it says on that sign with the phone number, I want to make sure you know that A Gentle Bossanova now has a Table of Contents. There’s a link to it at the bottom of every page on here. The first thing you’ll probably notice in the table of contents is a cloud of words that describe the things I write about on here. Well, today’s is going into media because it involves a sign, but I really don’t know where it belongs. Maybe it belongs in law, but I haven’t made that topic yet, and I don’t want to.
Oh, also, today’s entry is brief because I’m writing really interesting stuff over on PushSamba. In fact, I maybe need a law category over there because you should really read this!
So the sign says:
Prostitution or “sexual exploration” of children and adolescents is a crime punishable with 4 to 10 years of incarceration and a fine. Those responsible of the area in which such practices occur incur the same penalties.
Anyway, that’s the sign that I got to look at while I drank fresh strawberry milk and ate an egg sandwich the other morning. Copacabana’s got a bit of a prostitution problem and I suppose the owners of this café just want to make sure that everyone knows that they’re not going to turn a blind eye to any prostitution or pedophilia going on in their establishment.
Well, I sure am glad of that!
July 28th, 2005 at 11:17 am
Jedidiah, jedidiah, essa placa não foi colocada pq o dono da loja de sucos é bonzinho. Ela foi colocada lá por causa de uma lei que obriga todo estabelecimento comercial a colocá-la em local visível. Se vc for ver o restaurante Canto da Alice (seu queridinho!) ele tb possui a mesma placa. E sanduíche de ovo pela manhã não faz bem a saíºde. Beijos!
translation by Jed!
Jedidiah, jedidiah, the owner of the restaurant didn’t put that sign up because he’s a good guy. It’s up there because of a law that requires every commercial establishment to make it visible. If you were to go to Canto da Alice (your beloved!), you’d see it has the same sign. Also, egg sandwiches for breakfast aren’t good for your health. Kisses!
July 28th, 2005 at 5:23 pm
The law’s even mentioned on the sign: “lei 4358 de 21-06-2004″ (“law 4358 of june 21, 2004″).