Dating Site Busted

[Grumpy]

Dating site not on the up&up?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/05/sugar-daddy-website-owner-charged-debauchery-belgium-sigurd-vedal

Guess them gold digging college girls will have to get jobs.
You would think law enforcement has more important things to worry about.

[2tallbill]

Debauchery is a crime? Of course it is, what
isn't a crime in Belgium?

debauchery
deˇbauchˇerˇy
/dəˈbôCHərē/
noun
excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.

[tfcrew]

Not the only one of it's kind.

[Boethius]

Debauchery is a crime? Of course it is, what
isn't a crime in Belgium?

debauchery
deˇbauchˇerˇy
/dəˈbôCHərē/
noun
excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.

Debauchery is included in the sexual crimes law in Belgium - it's about soliciting someone to engage in prostitution.  Keep in mind, your definition probably does not apply identically to the word in another language.


This post was composed without the aid of google.

[krimster2]

"solicitation" in the USA
and only men who have a dismally low IQ score ever get charged with this...
how difficult is to do a little "due diligence" before you enter into a negotiation
and have the other party
do something illegal
to prove their "bona fides"

ehh, not hard at all
and if you do this simple thing you will never be touched by the long arm of the law
but you will instead be touched in another way
and hopefully this rather simple light-hearted story
will have a "happy ending" after all

[2tallbill]

Debauchery is included in the sexual crimes law in Belgium - it's about soliciting someone to engage in prostitution.  Keep in mind, your definition probably does not apply identically to the word in another language.


This post was composed without the aid of google.

But there are English words that do mean soliciting someone to engage
in prostitution. So when they translate they shouldn't use debauchery,
they should use soliciting or something similar. 


EDIT to add

Since Belgium uses has French as an official language I decided to look
up the etymology.

Middle French débaucher "entice from work or duty," from Old French desbaucher
"to lead astray," a word of uncertain origin.

I can see Boe's point now and it makes sense.

[Patagonie]

It's a little more subtle.
It could be push someone to abandon his job to the profit of an other (normal meaning, nothing morale).Or not morale : have profusion of sex, brothel, threesome, and whatever your imagination allows you.
Prostitution is indirectly a consequence of the "débauche". But "débauche" is not necessary linked to the prostitution, we use also the word "luxure" IMHO that's the closest.

What is implied in the site is the idea of transaction for sex, so prostitution first be paid, from a way or an other, but "débauche" is not linked with any money, you can organize a sex party with 20 people and yes that will be "débauche" but it has nothing to do with the law enforcment.