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If prostitution was legalized
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RE: If prostitution was legalized
May 2, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Apparently in the UK prostitution itself is not illegal. The act of giving a woman money for sex is perfectly legal.

However ORGANISED prostitution is illegal.
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RE: If prostitution was legalized
May 2, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Whoever said laws were supposed to make sense?
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RE: If prostitution was legalized
May 2, 2012 at 12:49 pm
(May 2, 2012 at 12:39 pm)Thor Wrote: I can't understand why prostiution is illegal. A woman can run around having sex with as many guys as she wants and it's perfectly legal. But once the guy gives her money, it's illegal! Why does the exchange of money turn an otherwise legal act into an illegal one? There is nothing else that becaomes illegal when money is exchanged.
It gets even more confusing when you consider the fact that the simple addition of a video camera makes it perfectly legal again.
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RE: If prostitution was legalized
May 2, 2012 at 12:51 pm (This post was last modified: May 2, 2012 at 12:51 pm by Thor.)
(May 2, 2012 at 12:49 pm)Tiberius Wrote:
(May 2, 2012 at 12:39 pm)Thor Wrote: I can't understand why prostiution is illegal. A woman can run around having sex with as many guys as she wants and it's perfectly legal. But once the guy gives her money, it's illegal! Why does the exchange of money turn an otherwise legal act into an illegal one? There is nothing else that becaomes illegal when money is exchanged.
It gets even more confusing when you consider the fact that the simple addition of a video camera makes it perfectly legal again.

Very true! Women are paid to have sex on camera, but somehow that doesn't qualify as "prostitution". It seems to me the police could better spend their time investigating real crimes and leave people alone who want to have a business arrangement for sex.
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RE: If prostitution was legalized
May 2, 2012 at 1:01 pm
(May 2, 2012 at 12:51 pm)Thor Wrote: It seems to me the police could better spend their time investigating real crimes and leave people alone who want to have a business arrangement for sex.
To be honest, this could be said of most "crimes". Drugs, guns, copyright, "hate speech", etc. are mostly a waste of investigation time into things that actually matter, like murder, rape, abuse, theft, etc.
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RE: If prostitution was legalized
May 2, 2012 at 1:02 pm
(May 2, 2012 at 1:01 pm)Tiberius Wrote:
(May 2, 2012 at 12:51 pm)Thor Wrote: It seems to me the police could better spend their time investigating real crimes and leave people alone who want to have a business arrangement for sex.
To be honest, this could be said of most "crimes". Drugs, guns, copyright, "hate speech", etc. are mostly a waste of investigation time into things that actually matter, like murder, rape, abuse, theft, etc.

copyright isn't really investigated by police.
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RE: If prostitution was legalized
May 2, 2012 at 1:10 pm
Replace the word "police" with any investigative body. My statement was meant to be quite broad.
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RE: If prostitution was legalized
May 2, 2012 at 1:15 pm
I guess in the case of pornography, both parties are being paid. I can't imagine how this changes anything, but it is the only difference, apart from the camera, that I can see.
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RE: If prostitution was legalized
May 2, 2012 at 1:16 pm
(May 2, 2012 at 1:02 pm)libalchris Wrote:
(May 2, 2012 at 1:01 pm)Tiberius Wrote: To be honest, this could be said of most "crimes". Drugs, guns, copyright, "hate speech", etc. are mostly a waste of investigation time into things that actually matter, like murder, rape, abuse, theft, etc.

copyright isn't really investigated by police.

I consider the FBI to be a federal police force.
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RE: If prostitution was legalized
May 2, 2012 at 1:20 pm
(May 2, 2012 at 1:16 pm)Jaysyn Wrote:
(May 2, 2012 at 1:02 pm)libalchris Wrote: copyright isn't really investigated by police.

I consider the FBI to be a federal police force.

True. Copyright is a tricky issue. It seems that some kind of copyright laws need to be enforced, but at the same time making it illegal to copy a file seems ridiculous.
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