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We know prostitution causes a wide array of psychological problems (to see some of the data, I'd redirect you back to the original thread where I've posted some). It's not simply an incidental relationship - real people are actually getting hurt, even dying, every day as a result.
In a sense, Johns are like the sadist in my example: they don't care if they are hurting someone else, as long as they get their pleasure out of the experience. However, the pleasure they derive is far outweighed by the pain derived by the victim (the prostitute).
You're making the same mistake the drug warriors make, blaming problems caused by an acts prohibition on the act itself.
Getting high doesn't arm drug cartels, making drugs illegal and therefore extremely profitable does.
Much of what you present as proof that prostitution causes problems are actually problems caused by prostitution's PROHIBITION and not the selling of sex itself.