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'White House' seeks sex workers
Published: Jul 08, 2003 - 08:04 PM
Tuesday, 08 July , 2003, 09:23
Sydney: After power mongrels and bureaucrats it is the turn of prostitutes to have rubbed the Yanks the wrong way.
The American embassy in Wellington is angry about a job insert wherein the Auckland-based `White House' massage parlour is seeking prostitutes, a report in the Sunday Star Times said.
The ad, emblazoned with a logo almost identical to the US presidential seal, is titled, "Prostitutes required at Monica's".
Sydney: After power mongrels and bureaucrats it is the turn of prostitutes to have rubbed the Yanks the wrong way.
The American embassy in Wellington is angry about a job insert wherein the Auckland-based `White House' massage parlour is seeking prostitutes, a report in the Sunday Star Times said.
The ad, emblazoned with a logo almost identical to the US presidential seal, is titled, "Prostitutes required at Monica's".
"We are sending a letter to the advertiser that expresses our disappointment and displeasure about their choice of symbolism," said US embassy spokeswoman Janine Burns.
The logo has the American bald eagle with a ribbon in its mouth, holding the arrows of war and an olive branch. The phrase on the normal presidential seal, "E pluribus unum" above the eagle is replaced with "New Zealand" and the address of the parlour has been added to the bottom.
The passage of the Prostitution Reform Bill last week gives the green signal to airing such advertisements, where although all prostitution-related advertising is banned on radio, TV and in cinemas, it is allowed in newspaper classified sections.
However, the White House parlour general manager Scott McGregor said although it had been using the seal for some time, there has been no action taken by the embassy.
"Up until now (the embassy) haven't done anything. We have been using it for almost two years. It's a universally recognised symbol, I don't think they've got exclusive rights to it," he was quoted by the report as saying.
Undeterred by threat of legal action, Scott is optimistic of changing the presentation of the logo if things get ugly with the authorities. ANI
The logo has the American bald eagle with a ribbon in its mouth, holding the arrows of war and an olive branch. The phrase on the normal presidential seal, "E pluribus unum" above the eagle is replaced with "New Zealand" and the address of the parlour has been added to the bottom.
The passage of the Prostitution Reform Bill last week gives the green signal to airing such advertisements, where although all prostitution-related advertising is banned on radio, TV and in cinemas, it is allowed in newspaper classified sections.
However, the White House parlour general manager Scott McGregor said although it had been using the seal for some time, there has been no action taken by the embassy.
"Up until now (the embassy) haven't done anything. We have been using it for almost two years. It's a universally recognised symbol, I don't think they've got exclusive rights to it," he was quoted by the report as saying.
Undeterred by threat of legal action, Scott is optimistic of changing the presentation of the logo if things get ugly with the authorities. ANI
