Nov 072009
 

“What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” they say.  The say it often because they want you to believe it.  But it’s not true.  I know.  I just got back from Vegas where I’ve been doing something I’m not proud of, and this time, it came back with me.

For years I have been going to Las Vegas.  I go for a convention.  It’s part of my job.  This year, it was no different.  I went to the convention as usual and found things in Vegas pretty much as they always are.  Although the city has a few good qualities, for the most part, it has earned the nickname of which it is so proud: Sin City.

It is a place where immorality is encouraged.  Excesses of every kind are the foundation of its success.  From the casinos, to the buffet lines, to the lewd shows and legal, advertised prostitution, the city stands as proof that greed and lust are deeply rooted in the heart of mankind.  Greed, and lust, and something else which showed its ugly mark in me this time.  And it was the prostitution that did it. Continue reading »