<<i get regular massages for a chronic shoulder injury & it is ridiculous to imply they are whores
when i visited Toronto on business back in 2003 or 2004 I had one to my room
quit dismissing shameful behavior>>
A registered massage therapist has the letters RMT after his or her name. Some work for sports-injury or rehab clinics. Some will do outcalls. They are legitimate.
There are also "massage parlours," all of which have to be "licensed." If I'm not mistaken, the employees also have to be licensed. They also do in-house or outcall work. "Licensed" basically means you pay a hefty fee to the municipality and don't have any recent convictions for prostitution, living on the avails or running a whorehouse.
The differences are readily apparent. If you are looking for therapeutic massage, you will see simple ads for registered massage therapists, perhaps with the number of years experience or the types of injuries treated. If you are looking for what Algore was looking for, you will not see "registered massage therapy" in the ad or "RMT" after the advertiser's name. You will see somewhat lurid descriptions of the "masseuse's" qualifications, such as "exotic," "beautiful, "exquisite," long-haired," "busty," "Asian" or "East European," or similar descriptions of a physical nature which you will never see in an ad for an RMT.
Now crediting Algore with minimal intelligence and common sense, I am sure that what he ordered up was NOT an RMT. The only other explanation I can think of is that the community he was visiting was so puritanical that the "erotic massage" people weren't allowed to advertise as openly as they do in Toronto and thus poor Al had to take his chances ordering from a bunch of advertisers all of whom were forced to advertise therapeutic massages only, and then take his chances on getting one of the "dirty" rather than one of the "clean" advertisers. In which case, blame the puritanical municipality or state for a legislatively-created ban on clarity in advertising, not poor old Al for having to take his chances in what should have been a clear choice.