The Tiddling Tennis Theorem
The Professor has never been seen to hit a tennis ball, but a generation of would-be players have learned from him that the racket is in the head as well as the hand
The Professor has never been seen to hit a tennis ball, but a generation of would-be players have learned from him that the racket is in the head as well as the hand
The oldest profession predates history, and laws designed to subdue it have rarely proved effective. At worst, uneven justice—hitting prostitutes with criminal fines with one hand, tolerating or encouraging them with the other—makes the state "the biggest pimp of all," in the words of New York City's vice squad chief. After on-the-spot studies, the authors compare the prevailing approach to prostitution in American cities with decriminalization as practiced in several European cities and the legalization of brothels in rural Nevada.
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