The July 4th Knucklehead Marathon Part Twelve

Our 12th winner today is the United Kingdom's Justice Ministry. They get the award for the following.

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is proposing to remove the term "prostitute" from the criminal statutes because it carries too much stigma.

Instead, a new bill that the Justice Ministry has drafted refers simply to persons who sell sex persistently -- defined as twice or more in three months.

"We just wanted to remove the stigma of the label 'common prostitute'," said a spokeswoman for the Justice Ministry.

"It's been around since 1824, so it was a bit outdated. It just wasn't really helpful to label people."

No more calling sex workers prostitutes. Lets call them whores instead, what do you think? I think the stigma would be the same for these men and women. The United Kingdom's Justice Ministry is our 12th Knucklehead winner of the Day.

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