Should prostitution be legalized nationwide to help our economy?
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2009/05/15 18:53:37
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Perhaps the oldest profession in the world is prostitution and the potential business appeal it has makes it highly profitable. Other countries besides the U.S. have legalized prostitution and made it safer and profitable for the the government as well. In times of recession, prostitution might be a great way to make some extra money while also relieving Americans of stress and anxiety. Should prostitution be legalized to help our economy?
Top Opinion
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FarmerJon 2009/05/17 15:31:33I think legalizing prostitution...
+2is the right way to go. Yes, tax it, but, more importantly, put a system in place to help insure that legal prostitutes are licensed and healthy - both physically and mentally. It is sad, but we didn't learn our lesson over prohibition. We also need to decriminalize drug use, make it legal, tax it, and monitor the activity. Aren't we tired of throwing money down the prohibition hole? Drugs and prostitution, are fights we will never win. Let's stop spending money on the wars and start collecting money from drug use and prostitution in order to make those practices a bit safer. BTW, prostitution is legal in some parts of Nevada and their world has not been destroyed by a "vengeful god".
Also if it is legal the ladies will no longer need the (protection) of some lowlife bottom feeder pimp. Although they might consider hiring a body guard to prevent theft and abuse. It will continue dispite any and all laws made to
prohibit it.
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If someone punches you, then they have crossed that line. But if you agree to get into a boxing ring, then any injuries you sustain are your own responsibility. Unless you can prove that the other person put lead weights (or cheated) into their gloves.
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If you agree to pay for sexual intercourse, then any detriment you encounter is your own responsibility. Unless you can prove that the prostitute knew of, and did not disclose to you, a std. Do you understand?
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You said "it should be illegal". Fine. I disagree. But I was pointing out that when you tried to defend your stance, you claimed that we can "do what we want as long as we don't.... violate laws that are currently in place." Therefore you are saying that one should always follow the law. To this I will quote Saint Thomas Aquinas: "lex malla, lex nulla" (bad law is no law). Do you understand? Not all laws are morally correct. And defending a law by saying it is a law, is a logical fallacy. Just because slavery was the law does not make it correct. Agreed? Do you understand? Have I educated you at all, or are you against learning new things?
It should be like shopping in pawn shops, or like going to a yard sale.
The person needs a liscence/permit to sell their product (this being themselves) and the customer just... buys the product.
More like renting something.
You temporarily buy the persons service.
No legal or illegal marker thrown on it...
But having the gov. regulate it and so on...
would make it almost not even worth it.
How exactly could you tax prostituion anyway?
If it were a paid service, then it could become a sort of career. Oh man, I just got an image of a giant store where you buy prostitutes. They could be stacked up on shelves, and people would weigh out the quality vs price.
"Oh look honey, these bitches are on sale!"
I have found several American-ized Dommes that think sex is a part of domination - it is not. I've been told on several accounts that what makes Me 'unusal' is the fact that I Am not money hungry an greedy, more the attitude of European Dommes Who actually care for Thier clients.
With the way of thinking about sex, i believe that prositution becoming legal here, would certainly pave the road to what some other cultures have experienced : child prositution in order to feed a family or otherwise, the higher risk to STDs because We are suppossed to be teaching abstinence rather than ways to protect ourselves from them - if you are going to have sex, you'll do it anyways.
However, if prositution were to become legal, it would be wise to enforce medical check ups - no selling yourself if you are redflagged - AIDs or the like - and would be criminally prosecuted if you chose to do so even with being restricted from doing so. In addition to that, like Nevada, there needs to be a place for designated locations, as to not be influential...
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I have found several American-ized Dommes that think sex is a part of domination - it is not. I've been told on several accounts that what makes Me 'unusal' is the fact that I Am not money hungry an greedy, more the attitude of European Dommes Who actually care for Thier clients.
With the way of thinking about sex, i believe that prositution becoming legal here, would certainly pave the road to what some other cultures have experienced : child prositution in order to feed a family or otherwise, the higher risk to STDs because We are suppossed to be teaching abstinence rather than ways to protect ourselves from them - if you are going to have sex, you'll do it anyways.
However, if prositution were to become legal, it would be wise to enforce medical check ups - no selling yourself if you are redflagged - AIDs or the like - and would be criminally prosecuted if you chose to do so even with being restricted from doing so. In addition to that, like Nevada, there needs to be a place for designated locations, as to not be influential on the community if they chose not to have this type of adult activity in their area. If this were to become a national Law, then I could only wonder if Heath care costs would sky rocket? I havent researched enough to provide thought on the effects that legal prostitution has already had on Nevada as of thus far.
It might be that those who oppose prostitution are not having to eat nothing for their next hot meal. Desparation could make you do 'immoral' things just to survive. So, maybe allowing this to be legal would only influence more corrupt behaviors? Drug addictions? Increase the risk of STDs? Underage sex crimes?
I'm not for Voting to allow prostitution. Too many risks involved that could create a negative result, I believe.