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April 03, 2004
Your government working for you
Posted by McQ
I spent a tour in Korea while in the army and have fond memories of the country (and not for the reasons I'm about to impart further down in the post).
Its people are a great people who are hard working, industrious and, well, just nice folks. But as with all societies there's a seamy side. Prostitution is legal but regulated.
However, sometimes the "morality police" in the US military there get all wound up and just can't help themselves ... with hilarious results.
I'll let Conrad from The Gwielo Diaries tell the story he picked up from a Korea blog, "HardyandTiny":
Finally, the Korea blog HardyandTiny reveals a purported US government study that I heartily support:
The United States Forces Korea (USFK) decided to send out a few criminal investigators to a red light district in Seoul called Itaewon. The investigators went to the red light district during the daytime and took photos of suspicious bars and then went back at night undercover and posed as potential customers for sex, gathering information about the sexual services offered and the cost of each service. They then went on to distribute an unclassified MSWord document to all US military personnel in Korea which contained a picture of each of the brothels they were placing off-limits to US personnel, including captions describing the cost of the sexual services offered at each establishment.
Of course, being with the government, the report's compilers did not immediately appreciate the value of their creation, but the private sector recognized a gold mine when it saw one:
A few days after distribution they realized they had created an advertisement for the brothels they were trying to discourage people from patronizing, but it was too late, the damage was done and now everyone knew how much it cost for a blowjob at each bar in Itaewon.
For those academicians out there interested in the study of such important things, the purported "menu" can be found here.
BTW ... prices are up quite a bit since I was there .... not that I would know from personal experience.
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