Poll: Prostitution

[Jimmyjames]

It should be legal in state-run brothels only, outside of county lines, monitored by the health department, and they should have no liquor being served. Similar to how it is in Nevada.

Why state run? Because it won't be run by organized crime. No liquor means no one going out to get laid and plastered, then driving home.

 

[Wyatt]

why no booze? what i mean is why not just shut down ALL places you can get booze? after all people clearly arent smart enough to make ANY decisions for themselves and we NEED a government to tell us how to act and when we can do something.

heaven knows that our political leaders never do stupid things and are all paragons of virtue. why im certian we all here in America need to just check our brains at the door and let some of these wiser people who CHOOSE to be leaches on society, drawing pay checks and benifits for doing nothing that any of the rest of can see tell us how we should all be allowed to live our lives.

 

[LostInTheCosmos]

why no booze? what i mean is why not just shut down ALL places you can get booze? after all people clearly arent smart enough to make ANY decisions for themselves and we NEED a government to tell us how to act and when we can do something.

Tons of strip clubs have a no liquor policy.

 

[Wyatt]

and that changes my point how?

i can see a no booze policy by the CLUB owners (or even the whore house owners) but to mandate it by the government, hell no. and even in the clubs or whore houses a couple good bouncers takes care of any booze issues. trust me, i know, i made a living in my youth as a bouncer *grins*.

sure people are idiots when they drink, but thats kinda the POINT to drinking. ineffective policys by the government that dont really do anything but increase the courts systems income through fines isnt the way to go.

 

[Kage Me]

Further the Netherlands is beginning to tolerate more child pornography as a result. Especially because there is loopholes in dutch law that tolerate pictures of children from countries that have a much lower age of consent. After all, doesn't the Netherlands have a "pro-pedophile" party in the government called the "Brotherly Love, Freedom and Diversity Party (PNVD)"?

Formerly, yes, but it didn't get enough support to be an actual candidate for the Second Chamber.

...Child pornography is heavily overreacted to, anyway.

And we have a winner. Looks like the child-porn propagandists (or "child-art photographers") have won another mind.

Eh, no, not exactly. If a minor wants to participate in that sort of thing for her friends, then I have no problems with it.
If it's uploaded to the Internet... Well, that's very, very edgy, especially if the minor didn't upload it him/herself.

 

[Or3dinator]

The way I figure it prostitution is only a social evil if the women are put in danger. Legalise and regulate it and you'll stop many women from being abused.

Human trafficking and coercion into prostitution should be very illegal but if a woman (or man) freely chooses to sell their own time then who the fuck are we to say no? Is it any less honourable than cleaning someone's toilet?

pretty much that

 

[Wyatt]

Eh, no, not exactly. If a minor wants to participate in that sort of thing for her friends, then I have no problems with it.
If it's uploaded to the Internet... Well, that's very, very edgy, especially if the minor didn't upload it him/herself.

kids make poor choices, and lack wisdom to make proper decisions about adult situations. no child should be encouraged to think of themselves as a sexual tool not because of any moral or religious opinion of mine but because one thing is very certian, any child that DOES start to view themselves as having worth only through their sexual nature is getting a highly skewed world view and puts themselves not so much as risk from their peer group (though as is often the case, there is a HUGE danger in that arena) but at risk from the rest of the Adult population, an adult population that is more than capable of taking advantage of that childs lack of wisdom.

the most ignorant adult is many times more clever than the smartest child (unless the adult is truly retarded or has a learning defect of some kind).

 

[Aries_Split]

the most ignorant adult is many times more clever than the smartest child.

Not true in slightest.

 

[runtheplacered]

Of course it should be legal. Sex is legal. Giving somebody money is legal. Why is giving somebody sex for money illegal?

Seriously, what more needs to be said? I guess you could say that if prostitution is legal you could tax it and regulate it to require it to be a healthy, safe career.

 

[ZacQuickSilver]

Eh, no, not exactly. If a minor wants to participate in that sort of thing for her friends, then I have no problems with it.
If it's uploaded to the Internet... Well, that's very, very edgy, especially if the minor didn't upload it him/herself.

Welcome to the internet age. People have missed out on job opportunities because of pictures on their Myspace and Facebook pages. There was even a lawsuit in the US about a kid getting kicked out of college because of drunken behavior. The evidence: A picture on another kid's account.

Frankly, NOBODY knows how serious this stuff is. I err on the side of caution almost exclusively, with only a few forays into behavior I don't EVER want to be associated with.


I was at a summer camp job training where we were told "No cameras with the campers. Period. We don't want to be held liable if pictures of some camper go online". Forget a court of law: anything you say or do will be uploaded to YouTube, Facebook, and Myspace.


I'm not saying I'm for or against this. What I am saying is that we are in the age where anyone can find anything out about you, given sufficient time. In previous generations, being Pantsed (Having your pants taken off forcefully, for those who aren't familiar with the term), was embarrassing, but temporary. Now, it's just as embarrassing, but also permanent and searchable.

I'll just leave you to think what could go wrong if someone finds nude pictures of you at 15.

 

[ZacQuickSilver]

(Edit: Sorry for the double post. I take time to think out the long posts)

Of course it should be legal. Sex is legal. Giving somebody money is legal. Why is giving somebody sex for money illegal?

Seriously, what more needs to be said? I guess you could say that if prostitution is legal you could tax it and regulate it to require it to be a healthy, safe career.

On this note, one of the great ironies of US Law:

It is Illegal to kill someone, but legal to show it
It is legal to make love to someone, but illegal to show it.
And people wonder about the crime rate

 

[Social Pariah]

Surely it's an immoral blight that should be solved by erradicating it more efficiently rather than allowing it under law. It's like fudging crime statistics by legalising something so it no longer counts and therefore makes you look better, in fact it basically is.

 

[Wyatt]

Not true in slightest.

its proven to be true every day.

 

[Aries_Split]

Not true in slightest.

its proven to be true every day.

Hmm, a post containing nothing but an "I am true and you are wrong"

 

[runtheplacered]

Not true in slightest.

its proven to be true every day.

Hmm, a post containing nothing but an "I am true and you are wrong"

You both have done it now. This is like watching two people post:

"True!"
"False!"
"No, True!"
"No!! False!"

 

[Social Pariah]

You both have done it now. This is like watching two people post:

"True!"
"False!"
"No, True!"
"No!! False!"

I wholeheartedly disagree on the basis that all other opinions are falicy until categorically proven correct to myself or those nearby!

 

[Fraught]

When it would be made legal, then many factors would disappear.
For example, by making it illegal, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It exists on a huge scale, and brothels etc are everywhere.
Only that if you make prostitution legal, prostitutes could have jobs, an assured job, the country could pay them, they could do their prostitute'y things in clean houses, official brothels built by the city.

Basically, at the moment there doing that in poor conditions (well, mostly), and they're hiding it, it's illegal and stuff. When it would be legal, and if the women who take the job really want it, then it would only benefit the city it's legalized in.

 

[Cahlee]

Prostitution is legal in Australia in brothels. I'm not sure of the exact legalities and all that, but I'm pretty sure they're well regulated. It's a good thing. It means the sexually frustrated have an outlet and I have no statistics to back me up. But I'm sure it helps to decrease the rate the rape would otherwise be if it was illegal.

 

[Wyatt]

Not true in slightest.

its proven to be true every day.

Hmm, a post containing nothing but an "I am true and you are wrong"

You both have done it now. This is like watching two people post:

"True!"
"False!"
"No, True!"
"No!! False!"

one good troll diserves another

 

[Velios]

Why not? It doesn't hurt anybody, and if legal they can have regular check ups and the like. Everybody happy!