ACW
November-12th-2009, 06:42 PM
http://gothamist.com/2009/11/12/spitzers_ethics_speaking_gig_at_har.php
Today, former governor Eliot Spitzer will be at Harvard, speaking at the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, discussing (http://www.ethics.harvard.edu/news-and-events/lectures-and-events), "What Should Be the Rationale for Government Participation in the Market?" But given Spitzer's past, from Troopergate (http://gothamist.com/tags/troopergate) to Hookergate (http://gothamist.com/tags/hookergate), one person is very upset—a madam who had Spitzer as a client (http://gothamist.com/2008/10/23/spitzer_was_a_client_of_east_side_m.php). In a letter to Professor Lawrence Lessig, Kristin Davis wrote (http://www.manhattanmadam.com/kristins_blog/view/753/spitzer_s_harvard_hypocrisy), "For nearly 5 years, I supplied Mr. Spitzer with high priced escorts while he was both Attorney General and Governor. For this crime, I served four months on Rikers Island, had all of my assets confiscated and am now considered a sex offender on 5 years probation. Mr. Spitzer broke both state and federal laws and walked away free."
She also adds, "I am greatly intrigued as to what Mr. Spitzer could contribute to an ethical discussion when as Chief Executive Law Enforcement Officer of NY he broke numerous laws for which he has yet to be punished. As Attorney General he went around arresting and making examples out of the same escort agencies he was frequenting."Damn straight.
Obligatory prostitution between consenting adults should be legal anyway.
Today, former governor Eliot Spitzer will be at Harvard, speaking at the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, discussing (http://www.ethics.harvard.edu/news-and-events/lectures-and-events), "What Should Be the Rationale for Government Participation in the Market?" But given Spitzer's past, from Troopergate (http://gothamist.com/tags/troopergate) to Hookergate (http://gothamist.com/tags/hookergate), one person is very upset—a madam who had Spitzer as a client (http://gothamist.com/2008/10/23/spitzer_was_a_client_of_east_side_m.php). In a letter to Professor Lawrence Lessig, Kristin Davis wrote (http://www.manhattanmadam.com/kristins_blog/view/753/spitzer_s_harvard_hypocrisy), "For nearly 5 years, I supplied Mr. Spitzer with high priced escorts while he was both Attorney General and Governor. For this crime, I served four months on Rikers Island, had all of my assets confiscated and am now considered a sex offender on 5 years probation. Mr. Spitzer broke both state and federal laws and walked away free."
She also adds, "I am greatly intrigued as to what Mr. Spitzer could contribute to an ethical discussion when as Chief Executive Law Enforcement Officer of NY he broke numerous laws for which he has yet to be punished. As Attorney General he went around arresting and making examples out of the same escort agencies he was frequenting."Damn straight.
Obligatory prostitution between consenting adults should be legal anyway.