Switch Posted January 15, 2004 Share Posted January 15, 2004 Personally, I think prostitution should be legalised, as it's going to continue, laws or no laws. At least if it's legalised you can prevent abuse of children/trade from western Europe and the like. True, I think many prostitutes would adopt the laws for their own protection and finacial gain, because they could file banging on their tax's. However this would open the flood gates for every johny and billy to run out and bang as many "working" woman as they could, because their would be no consequince(sp?)Who knows maybe that wouldn't be a bad thing, sexual crimes would probaly drop as sex wouldn't be such a holy grail thing to get. It's would be kind of funny if they legalized it, you UK people would probaly laugh your @ss off seeing a American drink a beer for the first time at 21 and spitting it out, it's kind of like that, it would be chaos. I personaly don't like to use prostitutes, I don't trust them and I feel sex too private a thing to share with a stanger, I'm probaly alone on that one. But if other people want to do it with them, I don't have any problem with it. Oh yeah, I wouldn't want to use them either. Doesn't seem right to me, and it doesn't seem right that they should have to resort to it to survive either, as Almelexia said, but still, at least if it's legalised there won't be as much dodgy trade and such. Though you could have a point about it happening more often due to it being legal... but I don't think your average person would want to use a prostitute. I hope not anyway :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myris Posted January 16, 2004 Share Posted January 16, 2004 Over here in the Netherlands prostitution is legalised, as well as weed and some other stuff. Harddrugs is of course illegal. But I think prostitution isn't that bad. In Amsterdam (our capital) there's a common known red light district, so prostitutes (sp?) can support each other when issues are getting out of hand. It is also well patrolled by the police. I see no problem because of its legalisation, it is better organised and less awkward things will happen. I remember a friend of me asking a police man in Amsterdam for way to the red light district, the police man even gave him an advice to which place he could best go. Who knows maybe that wouldn't be a bad thing, sexual crimes would probaly drop as sex wouldn't be such a holy grail thing to get. It is proven by research that sexual crimes dropped drastically after legalising prostitution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohGr Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 i may only be 14, but i know alot more than i did when i was 13, just by taking hints, or every now and then being curious and doing some investigation (no...not pr0n) He he he, no kid, it's called porn or pornography. i know i know, i thought the moderators wouldnt like the word pornography getting thrown around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breton Thief Oriana Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 hmm....maybe if we just accepted it, we could see the link between other silly but mandatory illeagal laws and prohibition. prohibition causes crime. if everything were legalized and regulated, the mafia would loose business because of the governments running it. like with alcohol in the 20's and 30's, or marijuana now, or as its been put prostitution allways. it should be known that the underworld industry thrives on risk. "no risk, no reward" ~quoted from a forgotten man in Playboy's ® office sex survey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinduriel Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 "Exactly. What someone decides to do with their life is their business, as long as they are not harming someone else." A point made by many and agreed by even more people. That is not a good way to think in my opinion. Because basically everything you do affects to your family, children, life partner etc. As long as they are not harming someone else you say, ok lets assume that this person who rents his/her body for money (ok that is not a nice way to put it, but I havent got a clue what is the verb for it) has no family and enjoys what she/he is doing. Now she/he is still affecting the whole country's culture. How would the legalising of prostitution change our already sex-full (is that a word?) world, I mean we have it everywhere already. Legalising prostitution could possibly make sex with a total stranger even more casual thing than it is today. I surely wouldn't like that. I know it hasn't changed things so much in Holland, but imagine if weed and prostitution would be legal everywhere. In, say 20 years we might be debating should cannibalism be legalized. I think that if you enjoy prostituition you are sex-addict and addiction is never a good thing. In my opinion it is a mental illnes. Well that is a really negative word but my english isn't that good. And if one thinks that making crimes legal is a good way to get rid of them, then one has understood the concept of law completely wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 Ok, let me repeat this one more time: What someone does with their private life is their (and only their) business, as long as it does not harm anyone. I don't care if you think its right or good for society. The decision isn't yours to make. And how would contributing to this "sex-filled world" be a bad thing? I present this challenge: give me any argument against casual sex between two (or more) consenting adults that isn't based on your personal morals. Sure, you might not like it, and might never do it yourself, but tell me why you think you have the right to force that belief on anyone else. And it's not necessarily addiction. Occasional prostituition is no different than sex between married people for that purpose. The frequency is the issue, not the source if you're talking about addiction. So please, present your evidence that someone could not occasionally pay for sex without becoming addicted. And your cannibalism argument is completely wrong. There's a clear harm there... by definition, someone has to die for it to happen! And even if they gave consent to being killed and eaten, that's clear harm to themselves, and a psychological problem. Prostituition is clearly different, as there is no clear harm to anyone. And if one thinks that making crimes legal is a good way to get rid of them, then one has understood the concept of law completely wrong. Wrong. That argument isn't refering to the act that is legalised. It's talking about the other crimes that are committed because that act is illegal. In the case of prostituition, legalising it would allow the government to stop abuse instead of being unable to do anything since the act has to be concealed and out of reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zmid Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 And if one thinks that making crimes legal is a good way to get rid of them, then one has understood the concept of law completely wrong. Wrong. That argument isn't refering to the act that is legalised. It's talking about the other crimes that are committed because that act is illegal. In the case of prostituition, legalising it would allow the government to stop abuse instead of being unable to do anything since the act has to be concealed and out of reach. Actually, it's even more insane than that. In abuse of this type, the victim (the prostitute) is technically the criminal, although, it has to be said, in the UK at least, quite often the police turn a blind eye to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinduriel Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 I don't care if you think its right or good for society. The decision isn't yours to make. And how would contributing to this "sex-filled world" be a bad thing? I present this challenge: give me any argument against casual sex between two (or more) consenting adults that isn't based on your personal morals. Sure, you might not like it, and might never do it yourself, but tell me why you think you have the right to force that belief on anyone else.Ok so why do you have to legalise prostitution. You can have casual sex without any money or business in it can't you. Are you saying its all right to sell your body? And tell me when have I said it isn't acceptable to have sex? Im saying that it is not acceptable to me, to have sex only beacause of the money. Sex shouldn't be like that, but this is my opinion and you are right I have no right to force that belief to anyone. BTW when have I said such a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breton Thief Oriana Posted January 17, 2004 Share Posted January 17, 2004 ya know what, better sex than violence, better drugs than hate crimes. this is a crime because people, and us americans especially, cant accept that its better to love than to kill, or better to relax and chill and laugh than to get uptight and fight. that represent everything we dont want but secretly enjoy. thats the american dream: virtual hipocracy. but its still a paradox that we feel this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albareth Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 I don't care if you think its right or good for society. The decision isn't yours to make. And how would contributing to this "sex-filled world" be a bad thing? I present this challenge: give me any argument against casual sex between two (or more) consenting adults that isn't based on your personal morals. Sure, you might not like it, and might never do it yourself, but tell me why you think you have the right to force that belief on anyone else.Ok so why do you have to legalise prostitution. You can have casual sex without any money or business in it can't you. Are you saying its all right to sell your body? And tell me when have I said it isn't acceptable to have sex? Im saying that it is not acceptable to me, to have sex only beacause of the money. Sex shouldn't be like that, but this is my opinion and you are right I have no right to force that belief to anyone. BTW when have I said such a thing? That makes zero sense, not everyone can have the 'casual sex' you mention, many people are too shy and/or not blessed with superb looks to have that. These, (and others who are in it for the thrill) may seek out prostitutes, which atm contains possibilities of catching a disease, as well as supporting the black market trade. Simply put - what do you gain by having it illegal, it doesn't stop prostitution, it just makes it an object of thrill, something exciting - as well as supporting modern slavery and various other problems. It's always there - whatever you do the simple fact is there will always be prostitution. Now look at it legalized, controlled by the goverment and following regulations. Suddenly those who choose to become prostitutes (or are forced to do so) are protected by law from those who would abuse them, they and the ones with them who in many cases may not be getting any sex any other way avoid the risk of diseases. You don't really lose in any possible way of looking at it except in some personal way. As to the 'You're saying it's all right to sell your body?', the answer is yes. It's my body, it's their body, it belongs to me and only me - why can't I or they choose to sell it if I wish? Who are YOU to say I and they can't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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