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RE: Should prostitution be legal?
September 12, 2012 at 9:41 am
(September 11, 2012 at 8:00 pm)IATIA Wrote: True, but this is somewhat apples and oranges. It would not necessarily remove ALL the negative aspects of the service, but unlike the guns, one does not need to pass a federal background check.
If you need to pass a federal background check when you buy a gun on the black market (notably, these are usually unlicensed (or stolen) goods): you probably aren't buying a gun from the black market, and should walk away. Why would you imagine that people would license a gun they got illegally? 
There will always be asshole clients, but with the legal recognition of prostitution: many offenses committed are become chargeable without also implicating the man or woman involved for having perpetrating the 'crime' of whoredom.
Not that hookers often get (particularly/directly) punished by legal authorities for their job, but the absence of legal recognition means also a lack of legal support. The job is built inordinately upon trust, and that always has a good chance at stabbing someone in the left shoelace.
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RE: Should prostitution be legal?
September 12, 2012 at 9:47 am
Prostitution is the oldest job in the world is it not? They should just make it a regular job. With health and safety etc. Get payed monthly, stuff like that.
It will also help to stop the unwanted prostitution and the human trafficing.
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RE: Should prostitution be legal?
September 12, 2012 at 9:48 am
(September 10, 2012 at 3:28 pm)Haydn Wrote: Violet lilly blossom makes a good point about there still being a market for the 'disposable human' and i agree even with legality , there will be coercion and sexual slavery , but at least then we could concentrate on eliminating that aspect of it.
Wouldn't that be nice... I love posting this, so I'll do it again.
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RE: Should prostitution be legal?
September 12, 2012 at 9:51 am
(September 12, 2012 at 9:47 am)Fryslân Wrote: Prostitution is the oldest job in the world is it not? They should just make it a regular job. With health and safety etc. Get payed monthly, stuff like that.
It will also help to stop the unwanted prostitution and the human trafficing.
That "the oldest job in the world" stuff is bloody annoying. If it was the oldest job in the world, where would people get any money to pay the prostitutes? Stupid saying.
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RE: Should prostitution be legal?
September 12, 2012 at 9:52 am
(September 12, 2012 at 9:47 am)Fryslân Wrote: Prostitution is the oldest job in the world is it not? They should just make it a regular job. With health and safety etc. Get payed monthly, stuff like that.
Get paid monthly? What? 
Quote:It will also help to stop the unwanted prostitution and the human trafficing.
What is 'unwanted' prostitution? 
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RE: Should prostitution be legal?
September 12, 2012 at 9:53 am
(September 10, 2012 at 3:28 pm)Haydn Wrote: Violet lilly blossom makes a good point about there still being a market for the 'disposable human' and i agree even with legality , there will be coercion and sexual slavery , but at least then we could concentrate on eliminating that aspect of it.
It wouldn't eliminate it entirely, no, but it would decrease it. I remember a few years back, I found a study that said high school kids generally had an easier time buying marijuana than alcohol. The reason is, alcohol is legal if you're 21 and marijuana isn't. If you're over 21, you can simply go into the liquor store, show ID and buy a bottle of Jack Daniels. So why would anyone really want to use black market? On the other hand, if someone wants to smoke marijuana, they kinda have to go black market because there is no other market.
And in the same way, if prostitution were legal, the girls who followed the rules would probably get the lions share of the business. Once in a while, I'm sure someone would want something outside of what is legally allowed for prostitution, but they would be harder to find because most prostitution is done legally nowadays.
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RE: Should prostitution be legal?
September 12, 2012 at 10:23 am
(September 12, 2012 at 9:51 am)Tobie Wrote: (September 12, 2012 at 9:47 am)Fryslân Wrote: Prostitution is the oldest job in the world is it not? They should just make it a regular job. With health and safety etc. Get payed monthly, stuff like that.
It will also help to stop the unwanted prostitution and the human trafficing.
That "the oldest job in the world" stuff is bloody annoying. If it was the oldest job in the world, where would people get any money to pay the prostitutes? Stupid saying.
People trade without using money...
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RE: Should prostitution be legal?
September 12, 2012 at 10:36 am
(September 12, 2012 at 10:23 am)Stue Denim Wrote: (September 12, 2012 at 9:51 am)Tobie Wrote: That "the oldest job in the world" stuff is bloody annoying. If it was the oldest job in the world, where would people get any money to pay the prostitutes? Stupid saying.
People trade without using money...
To gain something to trade, it pretty much requires you, or someone else, to have a profession.
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RE: Should prostitution be legal?
September 12, 2012 at 10:46 am
You pay for sex one way or the other. If you date, a movie and a dinner can cost as much as a prostitute. If you marry that woman you are in for a big chunk of cash when it falls apart. We all pay women too with the cost of making their self look attractive. This has been going on since wife's have been traded like cattle or a goat. It use to be a pre-arranged marriage and a dowry was set for the woman. The price was prostitution in a larger sense of the word to down right slavery.
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RE: Should prostitution be legal?
September 12, 2012 at 12:11 pm
(September 12, 2012 at 10:46 am)zappa1258 Wrote: You pay for sex one way or the other. If you date, a movie and a dinner can cost as much as a prostitute. If you marry that woman you are in for a big chunk of cash when it falls apart.
Well what a rosy picture you paint.... and perhaps if my girlfriend turns her nose up at Nando's again , i'll warn her that a prostitute might be cheaper 
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