TMSTKSBK;727740 said:With a nice red F in the corner
PappaSmurf;728206 said:Somehow that and being a Grammar Nazi do not seem to be really umm compatible together in my mind.
didymus;728397 said:I think sexual prositution should be legalized (or, institutionalized).
At least, then, it could be regulated, and guidelines set in place (as with any other profession) to protect employees and customers. It could even be defined as one of the caring professions.
Morality has little, or nothing, to do with it: As a person's sexuality is their own business (as long as it is consentual). After all, no one seems to argue (too much) over the morality of producing, and making profit from, alcohol, tobacco, or any other substance - known to cause harm.
As to the definition of Prostitution, the original word had the sense of placing one's self before another, for hire.
We all "prostitute" ourselves.
TMSTKSBK;728444 said:Are prostitutes defined as a luxury good?
TheOutkastDev;728653 said:I can't believe so many people think prostitution ought to be legal.
TheOutkastDev;728653 said:I can't believe so many people think prostitution ought to be legal.
TMSTKSBK;728757 said:I'm not sure that's entirely the reason why...
(In fact, I'm pretty sure it isn't)
Nar Matteru;728757 said:Yay lets have the government regulate yet another industry. Make sure theres a confidentiality clause to protect the husbands cheating on their wives too!
I can see both sides of this, but after much deliberation, and Joeku begging me to post here, thats my final answer. No. It would either be over regulated to hell (yay, government tax dollars at work helping people with loose morals get their sex on), or under regulated to where the bad things associated with it will still exist, STDs, pimps etc. Actually they'd always be pretty commonplace regardless of how well regulated it is. Some problems just don't go away. Oh and you'll get that new problem of corruption too.
As it is now, I've actually decided that its better illegal, and better for them to be untested. Knowing you might catch an std is a good deterrent for fucking a hooker. It's also a good reason for a young women in poverty who'd normally be prone to this occupation to try and find harder, but much better lines of work to get out of that poverty.
The whole legalizing something just because its commonplace, is really stupid. Well in this instance.. bah. Weed I can see.. I guess.