Signs that the Athens Olympics are approaching

Ah, the Summer Olympic Games. A time when people can set aside their differences and come together as one in the spirit of peace and humanity. It's a time when the most gifted athletes in the world gather together to compete. And if it's Athens Greece, it's time to get laid.

Yes, the city fathers of Athens are seeing to everything. And that includes increasing the number of brothels to handle the anticipated demand. I am not making this up. In an article on espn.com, it was reported that a number of countries have taken a little exception to the idea, given that a large number of women will be badly exploited by the act. But don't worry. The mayor of Athens will make sure the brothels are required to be licensed.

I guess it means that the leaders of the International Olympic Committee must be coming to town.

Talk about progress.

"In Athens as in the rest of Greece there are laws which foresee that you need a license to open this kind of establishment, and what the city of Athens decided was to implement this law, that's all,'' Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyianni said Wednesday.

I can't tell you how comforting these words are. If you're going to transform your city to a sleazebucket for the largest event to hit Athens since the last terrorist bombing there, you might as well be organized about it. And while you're at it, why not make money from the licensing fees made through exploited women? Nice concept.

I can see it now. Maybe they'll make sexual exploitation an Olympic event. Call me cynical, but somehow I don't think I'm in Kansas any more.