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Old 05-07-2005, 08:15 PM   #11
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Wake up and say hello to the modern world dude.
Why the hell should I? Is it not enough that prostitution exists, but is tolerated? It is < a href="http://crime.about.com/od/prostitution/a/prostitution.htm"> not a victimless crime, immoral. Why should one be proud of degrading him/herself, and why is it so accepted? [/QB][/QUOTE]Why should it not be accepted ? It's a florishing business in case you didn't know. Our government realised that too, that's why they're pimping the whole scene now.
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Old 05-07-2005, 08:51 PM   #12
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The trouble is, you can't legislate morality. That's why, despite all the chest-beating, American's still consume more porn than anyone else in the world.

The truth hurts, but the demand is there...
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Old 05-07-2005, 09:50 PM   #13
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Why the hell should I? Is it not enough that prostitution exists, but is tolerated? It is not a victimless crime, immoral. Why should one be proud of degrading him/herself, and why is it so accepted?
If you're so concerned about the 'victims' of prostitution then why are you against a program that is designed to help them? Driving prostitues underground isn't going to do squat to help them. I'm also a little disturbed by the fact that you seem to think you can judge what someone else does without knowing anything else about the situation. In responce to your second question, one may not be proud of "degrading him/herself", but they also don't need to be reminded that they have a shitty job, or threatened if they try to make their lives a little bit better (The latter is what you seem to be in favor of from your first post).

I'd also point out that the link you point out seems to be very biased. Claiming statistics from a sample defined as "55 women who sought help from the Council for Prostitution Alternatives" is going to be horribly biased. Calling the report of those statistics a "fact sheet" is BS.

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Old 05-07-2005, 10:27 PM   #14
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To whores goes a whore's dues.
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Old 05-08-2005, 02:50 AM   #15
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It gives oral exam a whole new meaning doesn't it? And it cannot be the oldest profession. Someone had to earn something to pay the prosteture with first. I'd say second oldest probably.
Prostetution is not a crime. We have had legal prostetution since the mid 60'es and there are no problems associated with it.
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Old 05-08-2005, 06:50 AM   #16
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Looks like you're due buddy.
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Old 05-08-2005, 06:51 AM   #17
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To whores goes a whore's dues.
What's your beef with prostitutes anyway ? Did one of em charge you too much the other day ?
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Old 05-08-2005, 09:08 AM   #18
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It gives oral exam a whole new meaning doesn't it? And it cannot be the oldest profession. Someone had to earn something to pay the prosteture with first. I'd say second oldest probably.
Prostetution is not a crime. We have had legal prostetution since the mid 60'es and there are no problems associated with it.
Prostitution is illegal in the United States and that isn't likely to change any time soon. Our country still retains the Puritannical view towards sex that our forefathers brought with them to our shores when they founded this country. We have a much more "restrictive" view of sexual activity than most other nations because of this.

I'm not saying this view is good or bad, just that it is the way things are over here.

There are a couple of places where prostitution has been legalized. Nevada has a legitimate prostitution house (in Reno, IIRC) and I believe there may be one or two other examples where individual cities have legalized it.

Prostitution will never go away. Johnny and the others are right about the demand for the "product" being offered. But the religious mindset of our country will prevent it from ever being legalized across the nation. Again, not saying this is right or wrong, just that this is the way it is.
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Old 05-08-2005, 09:49 AM   #19
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Well considering their clientelle, wouldn't it be easy to put the people that go to those classes under surveillance, then nab them while they... use their education?
That's alot of time and money to waste on trying to catch simple prostitutes and their costumers, who are probably just average Joe Schmoes anyway.
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Old 05-08-2005, 10:04 AM   #20
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It gives oral exam a whole new meaning doesn't it? And it cannot be the oldest profession. Someone had to earn something to pay the prosteture with first. I'd say second oldest probably.
The prostetutes were probably paid in something other than cash before money was invented.
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