[extropy-chat] Telegraph story that unemployed German women must work in brothels?

[Sabine Atkins]

Hi,

I'm shortly switching my lurk mode off, because I researched this story 
and it's just another media-frenzy thing.

http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/brothel.asp

Best,
Sabine

PS. Thanks to Keith Henson, who provided two other urls about this urban 
myth.

Bill Hibbard wrote:
> There's a story at:
> 
>   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/30/wgerm30.xml
> 
> that unemployed German women must take jobs in brothels
> or lose their benefits. Is this an urban myth, or is it
> for real? Can anyone in Germany or Europe verify it?
> 
> This is only slightly related to Extropy, but this list
> has international membership and often discusses politics.
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill
> 
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