ChrisL
Diamond Member
ChrisL,ChrisL,ChrisL,Prostitution has been around forever and was not always illegal. I highly doubt that many woman are going to be flocking to become prostitutes. It is usually reserved for those women who don't have any other options.
I know it's unlikely. But a further spelling of your name wouldn't be Chris Lam.... would it. As to the rest, prostitution has been legal at times. As you probably know, it is legal in a couple places here in the U.S. But that doesn't make it right. Especially in a capitalist society where when it comes to money, anything goes. Also, it may or may not be true that women would flock to prostitution. Some may actually like it. But then, it's hard to say what kind of childhood they had.
All I can say is that for many of the women I have seen that were prostitutes, it makes me very sad to see them doing it. Then you talk of women that don't have any other option. That's one of the things I was saying. It disgusts me that I live in a society that doesn't leave those women any other option. I could change things. But the chances of that happening are about zero.
I never said that it was right, but that doesn't change the fact that your or my opinions about it don't matter to those women who need money, drugs, whatever the reason they are selling themselves. I can be against something for my own personal reasons but still realize that it could be of benefit to legalize it and that making it illegal only ends up hurting under-aged children because there are absolutely no checks being done at all.
That is my biggest concern in all of this, is the selling of minor boys and girls.
There is much logic to what you say. There is a long and proud tradition of exploitation when it comes to prostitution. But no doubt you noticed my avatar. I have a solution. Which is to execute anybody even suspected of being a pimp. That is, after a very short trial. Probably the main reason why the mafia was against Mussolini is because organized crime doesn't do very well under a Fascist regeme. Unlike here where there are countless laws and "civil liberties" for them to hide behind.
I don't agree with fascism, but to address the topic of prostitution, I feel there is no better way to catch the ones who are exploiting children than by making it legal, or at least decriminalized as the poster above stated. I guess you and I will have to agree to disagree on what is best on this topic.
You basically spoke earlier of vulnerable young girls and even boys being being dragged into prostitution. I don't think making prostitution legal would stop that. After all, Colorado made weed legal. The problem is, it can still be found at a cheaper price on the street. I think pimps would still find a way to do what they do. But with prostitution being legal, it probably wouldn't seem so bad. Also, as I said, criminals like to hide behind various laws and "civil liberities." A Fascist regeme would fix that and many other problems.
It would help to cut down on the selling of minor children to men in our country. That is my main concern.