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Should prostitution be legal?

Should prostitution be legal?

  • Yes

    Votes: 92 83.6%

  • No

    Votes: 18 16.4%
  • Total voters
    110
HumanBeing said:
If he hadn't been running and I was forced at gunpoint, I'd have chosen the bullet.
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That means one dead Centrist, and a V for Barack Obama. Are you getting a taste of how useless your views are?

HumanBeing said:
I don't live in Europe and I'm not really sure what that point has to do with what I said.
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I'm sure wherever you live, it's every bit as flaccid as Europe. And of course you don't get what I said. You're a Centrist.

HumanBeing said:
Not any more than it's my place to tell someone to sleep off being drunk (ie, it becomes my place when their actions are becoming aggressive towards others).
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Exactly. See, even a Centrist understands (sometimes) that he has moral obligations.

HumanBeing said:
Though, your question also ignores one of the best things about weed: When someone has too much of it, they will sleep it off without needing to be told, that's how being stoned works :)
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Actually, being stoned is a great indicator for employers, church leaders, responsible neighbors and law enforcement.

HumanBeing said:
Yeah, people can own guns but only get in trouble when they shoot someone, but clearly the simple act of owning a dried out herb should be enough to warrant imprisonment. That makes loads of sense. Thanks for educating me on that, I never would have worked it out on my own.
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Well, you Moderates have a lot to learn. You're lukewarm on everything, therefore, you really don't understand anything.

HumanBeing said:
I'm aggravating because my political views follow a consistent set of ethical values? :(
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No, you're aggravating because you vote inconsistently, or you don't even vote at all.
 
Dooble said:
That means one dead Centrist, and a V for Barack Obama. Are you getting a taste of how useless your views are?
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Anarcho capitalists don't vote, and if they did, they most certainly wouldn't vote for socialists. Your assumptions are getting weird.

Dooble said:
I'm sure wherever you live, it's every bit as flaccid as Europe.
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Cambodia. It's anything but flacid, (though it represents very little to do with my political views).

Dooble said:
And of course you don't get what I said. You're a Centrist.
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I'm a voluntaryist, though in modern American terms I'd probably be considered a hard right libertarian. I believe in non aggression, personal responsibility, and very little else.

Dooble said:
Exactly. See, even a Centrist understands (sometimes) that he has moral obligations.
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My moral obligation to others is not to commit acts of aggression against them, and to behave in a way that doesn't have a negative impact on their lives. I also have moral obligations to myself which may include helping other people, but that's for me to decide.

Dooble said:
Actually, being stoned is a great indicator for employers, church leaders, responsible neighbors and law enforcement.
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A great indicator of what? That I'm more likely to stay at home watching movies and eating pizza than go out drinking and fighting? Or that I read Genesis 1:29? Or that I won't be calling in sick due to having a hangover on Monday morning? I guess it could be an indicator for a lot of things now that you bring it up.

Dooble said:
Well, you Moderates have a lot to learn. You're lukewarm on everything
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All forms of taxation are theft and therefore all public spending programs are criminal enterprises. I don't believe anyone has the right to force anyone to do anything as long as they aren't harming anyone else. What's lukewarm or moderate about that? I have to say, this is a first for me. I'm usually accused of being a radical extremist. Not sure which is worse :(

Dooble said:
No, you're aggravating because you vote inconsistently, or you don't even vote at all.
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You keep saying I'm inconsistent without any basis. I'm very consistent. If anything I'm probably too consistent. I already said (twice) that government in its current form contradicts my ethical beliefs, so I would vote against it in its entirety (by not voting at all, and possibly engaging in acts of defense against aggression). I already said that if I was forced at gunpoint to pick one of the last US presidential candidates to be my ruler, it would have been Ron Paul. I have no idea where you got the idea I would have ever considered voting for Obama or Romney, they are both socialists as far as I'm concerned.

Also, I'd like to point out that not voting is more consistent than voting for a different guy once every eight years :)
 
Geoist said:
There's also girls (and boys) who go whoring around for free. Maybe we should pass laws on casual sex?
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Maybe we should..with the phenomenal rise of sexually transmitted diseases..rising every year, and unwanted pregnancies..abortions..etc!!
 
Black Manta said:
Hey I am trying to be reasonable here, lol. I will have enough trouble setting up the Department of Ho's or DHO.
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Office of Professional Prostitutes----OPP. Trust me, it will work better, you even get a theme song!
 
wolfie said:
Maybe we should..with the phenomenal rise of sexually transmitted diseases..rising every year, and unwanted pregnancies..abortions..etc!!
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You must be joking. You want to use laws to control people's sex lives?
 
ChrisL said:
You must be joking. You want to use laws to control people's sex lives?
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The state cannot control people's sex lives...I was just pointing out the downside to casual sex!!
 
wolfie said:
The state cannot control people's sex lives...I was just pointing out the downside to casual sex!!
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Only if you're stupid enough to not use protection. :roll:
 
The offering of Plan B to any age is perhaps the door opening to prostitution for any age.
 
Mathematician said:
The offering of Plan B to any age is perhaps the door opening to prostitution for any age.
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You DO realize that prostitution isn't anything new right? It's been around for LONG before any of us. Seems like just in recent times and in certain geographical locations it is suddenly this BIG problem.

If it was legal and regulated it would be much less of a problem. Regulation would help keep minors out of the business. It would put pimps and the mob out of business too. Are you aware that the mob is into teenage prostitution and making a killing?
 
ChrisL said:
You DO realize that prostitution isn't anything new right? It's been around for LONG before any of us. Seems like just in recent times and in certain geographical locations it is suddenly this BIG problem.

If it was legal and regulated it would be much less of a problem. Regulation would help keep minors out of the business. It would put pimps and the mob out of business too. Are you aware that the mob is into teenage prostitution and making a killing?
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It is legal and regulated in Holland where the ladies sit in a shop window displaying their wares..These whorehouses are run by Turks..who I don't think have the greatest regard for women or their health!!
 
ChrisL said:
You DO realize that prostitution isn't anything new right? It's been around for LONG before any of us. Seems like just in recent times and in certain geographical locations it is suddenly this BIG problem.

If it was legal and regulated it would be much less of a problem. Regulation would help keep minors out of the business. It would put pimps and the mob out of business too. Are you aware that the mob is into teenage prostitution and making a killing?
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Yes, I DO realize that. I'm saying I wouldn't put it past society to allow minors. I certainly oppose morally, but combine the fact that they're allowed to work, have sex and have access to Plan B and you're begging for some idiots to fuss that minors should be allowed.
 
Mathematician said:
Yes, I DO realize that. I'm saying I wouldn't put it past society to allow minors. I certainly oppose morally, but combine the fact that they're allowed to work, have sex and have access to Plan B and you're begging for some idiots to fuss that minors should be allowed.
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Well for me, that is the POINT of legalizing prostitution, to protect minors. Right now, the way things are with the legality of prostitution and the fear pimps put into these little girls and boys, they will not seek help. IF it is legalized, they have some avenues that will be open to receive help. Right now they have nothing.
 
wolfie said:
Maybe we should..with the phenomenal rise of sexually transmitted diseases..rising every year, and unwanted pregnancies..abortions..etc!!
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Out of interest, what are your views on pornography? I mean, no one ever caught an STD or got anyone pregnant just from jacking off to porn.
 
wolfie said:
It is legal and regulated in Holland where the ladies sit in a shop window displaying their wares..These whorehouses are run by Turks..who I don't think have the greatest regard for women or their health!!
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Turkish pimps you mean right? Cause that sounds like a generalization that all Turks do not care of their women's health.
 
HumanBeing said:
Out of interest, what are your views on pornography? I mean, no one ever caught an STD or got anyone pregnant just from jacking off to porn.
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I agree..seems innocent enough..now ''pornography'' can give rise to sex crimes, rape and even murder..

It depends on which pornography you mean...

Basically I think it is a man thing...women who look like blow-up dolls..it's fantasy..and a bit sad!!
 
DDD said:
Turkish pimps you mean right? Cause that sounds like a generalization that all Turks do not care of their women's health.
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Yes I do mean Turkish pimps..I said Turkish..because they are..

No pimps are noted for their tenderness and understanding..it is a business!!
 
wolfie said:
Yes I do mean Turkish pimps..I said Turkish..because they are..

No pimps are noted for their tenderness and understanding..it is a business!!
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I thoughts so :) . Yeah pimps are loveless little ****s aren't they!
 
DDD said:
I thoughts so :) . Yeah pimps are loveless little ****s aren't they!
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Even though prostitution is strictly regulated in Holland..monthly medical check-ups etc..do you really think these women stay because they like it??
 
wolfie said:
Even though prostitution is strictly regulated in Holland..monthly medical check-ups etc..do you really think these women stay because they like it??
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Yes. They like the money.
 
wolfie said:
Even though prostitution is strictly regulated in Holland..monthly medical check-ups etc..do you really think these women stay because they like it??
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What if you had no other way to make enough money to feed your children? And if the law tried to stop you from making the money you need to feed your children, even threw you in jail and made you give THEM money for selling your own body? How would you feel about that?
 
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