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Colombian Government Hits Back At Prostitution Slurs

Since 11 members of President Obama’s own staff were sent home recently during a visit to Colombia because of “Butt Plugs” life in the country has seen everything from comic songs to advertising posters based on the incident.

Strangely for what most people would see as an ostensibly Catholic country prostitution is legal and whether the country’s leaders and citizens chose to admit it or not this does form part of the attraction for some foreign visitors. Of course this isn’t the only thing that Colombia has going for it, which the government are at pains to point out. And in recent weeks they have been attempting to dissuade their own citizens from using the incident for their own amusement and profit.


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In one case an airline has been advertising cheap flights with the slogan “More bang for your buck” with a picture of four young women draped over a man, obviously intended to be a secret service agent wearing dark glasses. The campaign also pointed out potential customers would have to pay up-front.

At least one comedic song about the antics of the 11 presidential staff has become popular too and this has not improved the mood of the government. Singing “Oh, Obama, they left you all alone, they ditched you to take care of Colombian girls …” has left little for the authorities to smile about – to make it worse the Washington Post described Cartagena, a world heritage site that Colombia would love to have associated with wholesome and profitable conventional tourism as “Swimming in prostitutes”.

Even in a society where prostitution is legal the stigma associated with the trade is impossible to shake off.

The reality is that the country does experience sex tourism but the government would prefer that it happened under the radar, bringing in the dollars without fuss and away from the eyes of most tourists and Colombians. As always it’s difficult in circumstances like this to choose the level of control and acknowledgement of the sex trade the authorities should apply. The girls involved are on the whole fundamentally vulnerable, even if they are not being exploited in one way or another. They need money for themselves and their families so criminalising and persecuting them could be disastrous, but as with all situations where humans are at the mercy of economic circumstances there are other humans willing to take advantage of them unless they are protected.

Acosta’s ‘Crayons’ mural recalls Sandy Hook

This 6′ × 24′ graffiti mural is the work of Gamma Acosta, Longmont, Colo. “Crayons” is his statement about the Sandy Hook school massacre, done a day later. It’s gone now, boards and all, to an anonymous art collector who wanted it preserved. Normally Acosta, who paints on his uncle’s vacant building, would have painted over it to make way for his next mural. This is the first time in five years that one of his murals has been preserved. The collector will replace the planks.

When I first saw “Crayons” during a local TV interview with Acosta, I thought it was powerful, a kick in the gut, heart-wrenching. The horror of that day summed up in a single image. An unforgettable statement about something we must never forget.

Then I found a very long discussion about it on Reddit, and it seemed mine was very much a minority opinion. Most people there seem to think it’s shocking, awful, repulsive, etc. Yes, it is. But that’s the point. Isn’t it? To make sure we never forget. I know I’ll never forget this mural.

I think the discussion got started badly when the person who posted the picture described it as his friend’s Sandy Hook “tribute” mural. It was a reaction to Sandy Hook, but it’s obviously not a tribute in the sense of a sweet, gentle memorial to the victims.

I don’t know. What do you think?