Well Mr. Carlin, when you let people sell it, that creates a demand so massive it far outweighs the supply, and so to fill that supply, cartels kidnap women and bring them to market. This, Mr. Carlin, is called "human trafficking", you may want to Google it between acts.I think George said it best.
George Carlin "I don't understand why prostitution is illegal. Selling is legal. ****ing is legal. Why isn't selling ****ing legal? You know, why should it be illegal to sell something that's perfectly legal to give away? I can't follow the logic on that one at all! Of all the things you can do, giving someone an orgasm is hardly the worst thing in the world. In the army they give you a medal for spraying napalm on people! In civilian life you go to jail for giving someone an orgasm! Maybe I'm not supposed to understand it..."
Well Mr. Carlin, when you let people sell it, that creates a demand so massive it far outweighs the supply, and so to fill that supply, cartels kidnap women and bring them to market. This, Mr. Carlin, is called "human trafficking", you may want to Google it between acts.
Cartels don't move sex-slaves when there's no money in it, and that's why it's ok to give sex away for free.
The most legal prostitution should be, is to be like torrents where it's technically illegal but you really have to go out of your way and be a major pain to key players before you're ever prosecuted. Simply put, the DA should just not prosecute petty prostitution charges. There should never be a licensed prostitution industry. If people want to participate in an app where sex is advertised with a 'suggested tip' just like Lyft, but no payment is required, then Uncle Same should turn a blind eye.
You get screwed twice in every transaction!
Are you sure you're not projecting? Not sure what any of those things have to do with not sleeping with prostitutes.
You'd probably be surprised at the results. There are quite a number of people out there that will support the freedom of another person to go out to do things that they do not wish to do or even find repulsive. It's a little thing we call freedom.
First, drop the snark. "Freedom" is not quite as simple a concept as you make it out to be. You're not, for example, free to do harm to others. And in this case, I believe that the women involved in prostitution and society at large are harmed by prostitution.
So it's not simply a question of freedom, it's a question of creating a fair and just society that benefits everyone.
I support it being legal under certain health related circumstances. The prostitute would have to get 'registered' and certified as being std free (periodic testing) and condoms would be a must. If it's discovered these conditions weren't met, arrests can be made. In theory, the clients would know who to avoid, if the prostitute's not on the register.
If you despise prostitutes and want them hit with taxes, why do you want it legalized? Illegal prostitutes are required to pay income tax. Why should they be taxed more?
Does a plumber or electrician get to keep the majority of the fee from any given job when they are under the employ of another? Or to move to a more service oriented job, does an accountant get to keep a majority of the fee for the client that he solely handles? No, so why should the prostitute who is working for someone else be any different? If it is a business the it is a business and should be run as such. Now one who is self employed of course will keep a majority of their money, but when you work for someone else, the worker is not the one who keeps the majority of the money for any given transaction, but it retail, food service, plumbing, or sex trade.
How many doctors, plumbers, etc do you check to see if they are actually registered and licensed as they are supposed to be? Do you know any one who does?
Yeah, the plumber and electrician also aren't kept in a house against their will and beaten if they don't work. They also have legal recourse if the employer decides not to pay them. Your comparisons are absolutely ridiculous.
Not all prostitutes are being kept in a house against their will and beaten if they don't work.
Yeah, the plumber and electrician also aren't kept in a house against their will and beaten if they don't work. They also have legal recourse if the employer decides not to pay them. Your comparisons are absolutely ridiculous.
No one said they all were, however, there is a large and sizeable number of prostitutes who are. Legalization and taxation will do absolutely nothing to help them.
Well no, that's a good point. However, if there were an accurate online database that could be used to basically pick a prostitute that doesn't have STD, i think there is more at stake than asserting my doctor has a medical license, when that doctor must have a license as condition of employment. There is no such vetting process for prostitutes/STDs that i'm aware of. Shoving them underground is a huge reason for that.
Actually legalization will help them as they then have legal recourse if they are not paid.
No one said they all were, however, there is a large and sizeable number of prostitutes who are. Legalization and taxation will do absolutely nothing to help them.
There is a large number of women who are being held by their husbands against their will and beaten too. Yet marriage isn't illegal.
This has already been proven to be utter nonsense. There are thousands of women in Germany where prostitution is legal and they have absolutely no legal recourse because police officers are paid off by their pimps and handlers. If you want to continue spewing libertarian nonsense, at least base your statements on facts and not ideology.
If the prostitute has an STD then by the suggested regulations they would not be allowed to be a licensed prostitute, so would they still be in the database as active? Of course there currently is no vetting process for prostitutes since they are currently illegal. As to the doctors, there are those who operate without licenses at times, and other professions where people operate without licenses. That's where the legal charge of operating without a licenses comes from.
Shipping in your wife from another country and putting her to work by beating her brains out is illegal. This is the situation of many women all over European countries where prostitution is in fact legal. Making prostitution legal won't stop any of that as proven by studies in Germany. Again, if safety of women is the concern here, there are a myriad of things that legalization won't do for women. Do you have any other ridiculous comparisons? I'd love to address them.
PS: Forcing people into prostitution and marriage have nothing to do with each other.
Coruption is a different matter altogether
Shipping in your wife from another country and putting her to work by beating her brains out is illegal. This is the situation of many women all over European countries where prostitution is in fact legal. Making prostitution legal won't stop any of that as proven by studies in Germany. Again, if safety of women is the concern here, there are a myriad of things that legalization won't do for women. Do you have any other ridiculous comparisons? I'd love to address them.
PS: Forcing people into prostitution and marriage have nothing to do with each other.