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I think people are surprised because our history of slavery is largely a footnote since the numbers were so small. The French, who were the first European settlers in what became Canada and parts of the USA, did not engage in slavery to any appreciable extent since the mother country did not and the population mostly consisted of soldiers, administrators, priests and farmers on small land holdings. What they encountered here amongst the aboriginal population was a long practice of slavery, predating European contact, amongst the various tribes (today called nations) arising from conquests and subsequent enslavement of hostages. The native Indians, as they were called, even took white slaves, and particularly women, but these were relatively isolated instances. When the British arrived in 1759, they did not bring slaves with them. However, 40 years later, after the American Revolution, some British officers from the 13 colonies, like Virginia, brought some household slaves with them to what became the new province of Ontario. These only numbered in the hundreds and their offspring were granted their freedom. Upper Canada outlawed slavery even before Britain as the first governor of Upper Canada, later called Ontario, took the first steps to curtail it in the late 1700’s during his term of office. This is not meant to be an excuse for what happened here but just an explanation of what happened and to provide some historical context.

I’ve hired a number of black escorts over the years, both in Canada and the USA. I realize that the two countries have a different social history and this comes through in meeting these guys one on one (Or one on two as the case may be). In the USA blacks have lived there in considerable numbers since the founding of the country and for the first 250 years were mostly slaves. Down to this time there has been a lot of racial discrimination and we are seeing it playing out today even as other forms of discrimination such as based on gender, religion and sexual identity have been addressed in major ways. In Canada most blacks are either first or second generation and have come from former British colonies (as Canada is) like Jamaica, Barbados and certain African countries. Discrimination is prevalent here too and has existed even predating the arrival of these more recent immigrants. The colour bar was practised in Canada just as in the States with blacks being excluded from hotels, restaurants and clubs well before WWII. I hire escorts based on my personal preferences as to type which includes not just physical attributes but personality as well. I don’t make distinctions between colour of skin. I’m looking for the person under the skin. Since most of my hires are for extended sessions, these will include dinner out at restaurants. I like an escort, whether, white, black or brown, who can be as much fun out of the bedroom as between the sheets. The last black escort I hired was for an overnight in Toronto and he met the bill in every respect for me, a well educated, professional guy with a regular job and escorting on the side. He had lots of interesting stuff to talk about when we weren’t kissing or my mouth was otherwise filled. LOL

Nothing more helpful and constructive than getting advice from the horse’s mouth. You are to be congratulated on being so candid.

Haha, my confusion. I took Charleston for the city in South Carolina, not the Charleston in WV. I also had to think for a second about Charlestown, NC. Why couldn’t these states have been more imaginative in selecting names for their cities when they were set up! I know, they were all British and named their towns after English kings. Here in Canada we had the French before the British by about 250 years so we ended up with names like Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Ottawa. Won’t find them in England.

Aren’t there any cute guys on that team that might attract your devotion?

Not familiar with the post. Was he inciting a riot? Lol

Thank you. That is the chart that speaks to me the best in terms of my understanding the situation in the two countries that share the northern part of NorthAmerica and that have similar populations in term of education, wealth and access to good medical care overall although the last factor is more debatable. One can see clearly how we both started off with a rapidly rising rate of infections and then a flattening of the curve and then a bending downward as the effects of the shutdowns took place over April, May and June. It was around June and early July we started to hear of many US states start to reopen their economies (many said too quickly) and then the rates of the two countries started to diverge dramatically. I believe if you look at the North Eastern United States, who suffered the most in the early stages of the pandemic, their experience post July has been similar of ours in Canada. Canada took much longer overall in reopening our economy and this has been accelerated with the partial reopening of schools across the country In the last three weeks. We are now seeing here in Canada an uptick in infection rates but still no reason to press the panic button yet. Reading about what’s going on in other countries less mentioned here, I heard today that Israel is going into total lockdown tonight as a result of a huge spike in new cases. It seems the only public places that will remain open are the temples. LOL

Thanks Lord Skip. Glad my sense of irony has not been dulled in this pandemic. And of course West Virginia. How could I forget the state that I have crossed many times on the I-95 heading to and from Florida and Canada. But it’s only about a 20 minute drive in and out of that little bit of the state that straddles the I-95, unless I stop for a meal, which I have done also. And their hospitality is great.

The second graph does illustrate the significant difference between Canada and the USA experience in numbers of new cases but as Mike points out it is not the cases per million, which can offer a fairer comparison where the two countries are not of similar sized populations. I was hoping we could see the cases per million on a linear scale rather than a logarithmic scale. To me that would show a more realistic portrayal of how many people are being affected on a proportional basis in each country. In practical terms, if I know 5 people out of 100 are sick in my community, and in another it is 15 people per 100, that shows me the prevalence of the disease and I would act accordingly to take measures to protect myself.

His rates are attractive for someone who gets good reviews. Nice to see.

What is it that makes Charleston such a magnet for these guys? WV means what?? I take it “legit“ is a sarcastic remark.

If this is a fake ad, someone should report it to RM. Their policy is they will remove the ad if one can prove the pics used are fake. Is the Instagram profile legit and a different person from the escort going by Rue Hunt?

I get the point that both countries are heading in the direction of a second wave, which the graph shows, but Canada is starting from a much lower figure of new cases each day per million of population. Given that most cases in both countries are community driven now rather than by travellers, which was the case in the first month before the border was closed, bending the curve once again should be easier in Canada than the States but that will depend on peoples’ actions going forward.

This is a very misleading graph, visually speaking. The number of cases per million, depicted on the left side of the graph, are not scaled proportionately whereas the number of days counted along the bottom are. Therefore, on the right side, which is the most recent data, Canada appears to be about two thirds as high as the USA but is only about one fifth In reality (less than 30 per million versus much more than 100 per million for the States. Look at day 140, where Canada has fewer than 15 cases and the USA 200. It looks like Canada has about half the US number just looking at the chart.

Interesting, as earlier reports had indicated it was a disaster. And I suppose their economy has not taken the same hit as those countries that completely shut down except for essential services. The other benefit was that the Swedes generally had a more pleasant summer than most others labouring under unnatural restrictions to normal socializing.

I’m the same. Rarely do less than 2 hours. That way there is time to socialize over a glass of wine or a beer if it is a new hire. If a repeat, a chat to get caught up on events since the last time. If I offer dinner after, I usually negotiate it beforehand and offer about $150 or roughly half the hourly rate on top of the two hour rate. And of course, a great meal at a fine restaurant. Most of those who accept actually drink very little at dinner and some only bottled water. These are guys who are watching their diet and fitness regimes, which of course I highly appreciate as the results show.

No, I guess my comment was based on the fact that one of his mugshots looked like him in his porn vids, with the same haircut. The others are less flattering and hard to judge how old they are. He looks quite different in some of them. But no, I have no other details on his run-ins with the law except what was listed under his profile on that mugshot site.

Just search ‘Cade Maddox mugshot‘ and the post will come right up. It was in the Jeremy Walker thread.

We were just discussing Cade in the thread about hiring pornstars the other day. His mug shots were included in the series of porn actors who have run afoul of the law.

Despite his recent travails with law enforcement, Cade would still be on my short list of potential hires if I were in Palm Springs right now.

The guy certainly is a talented performer from what I saw on the video clip above. Vegas will always need talent such as his. His profile on RM has a pretty restricted list of activities and none are overtly sexual. Maybe he is banking on that. Of course one explicit review would blow all that but if all he does is stripping modeling etc there likely will not be such a review.

My late mother had an expression she often used to express her philosophy about health. “The money you give to the grocer, you don’t give to the doctor”. During this pandemic, more than ever before, I consider the money I give to escorts (or providers as some call them), is more than compensated by the human touch and emotions we share during our all too brief sessions from my point of view. Yes, these sessions are expensive, since most of mine are overnights or weekends because of my living distant from large urban centres, but after each date, my outlook on life and sense of well-being, fortify me for what is coming next. And by looking forward to another date in a month or so, my daily living is bearable. So many other aspects of normal life are restricted now that having the memories of recent pleasures and anticipating future ones not too distant gives me a reason to enjoy each day. BTW I don’t haggle over rates. But I take them into account in my hiring practices.

No.

Reminds me of what a late uncle of mine, who was a university professor, said once when commenting on the modern theatre,” I don’t much care for the theatre these days, it’s all about sex, violence and coarse language. I can get all that at home.”

I should have mentioned that the books I favour tend to be biographies or histories. I have a broad interpretation of histories so they can include all sorts of stories of human events, art, theatre, dance, music and travel. A smattering of the classics too. In my library, I have the 25 volumes of the Nineth Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1875-89) which is known as the Scholars Edition even today as some of the most famous scholars of the late nineteenth century contributed to its production. It’s hard to beat for historical details and easy to look up as one full volume is devoted to an index. It does take a lot of room on my shelves though and over the years has been a bitch to move! Knowing our collective history as the human species helps to make more sense of what we read in the newspapers every day as it provides context to current events and a valuable perspective to judge what is going on now against what has happened in our past.