Why have pointless laws on the statute books? Has the fact of prosititution being illegal eradicated it? No. Will it ever do so? No. Therefore, as with certain drugs, a different approach is needed, surely?Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
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Why have pointless laws on the statute books? Has the fact of prosititution being illegal eradicated it? No. Will it ever do so? No. Therefore, as with certain drugs, a different approach is needed, surely?Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
Don't want to commit an indiscretion but are you a girl/woman?Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I made it clear I hate girls who .....etc.
Girls use to scream on such shows. Men just shut up and sigh.
A friend of mine was in Hamburg with a friend of his. That friend's friend was from Southern Europe and quite obsessed with sex. So he went to the red light area and had a choice between legal service at about 100 Euro and illegal service at 30 Euro. Needless to say, he went fore a more cometitive offer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malbec
What I'm saying is that some part of this business will always stay underground no matter how many opportunities they have to be legal.
You are no doubt right in saying that there will always be an illegal sub-industry if prostitution is legalised, however surely that is an improvement on what goes on now where the entire industry is illegal?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy Tamasz
Has the fact of murder being illegal eradicated it? No. Will it ever do so? No. Therefore, as with certain drugs, a different approach is needed, surely? Surely?Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
So if a law against something is good only if it eradicates that thing is there any law we should keep?
That's true. I always think about this whenever a promoter of the prostitution law claims it would bring money to the budget.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudy Tamasz
I don't see that as being a valid comparison given the severity of the offences. I might as well turn the question back to you — as far as you are concerned, what is the point of prostitution being illegal?Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
How bizarre...Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
Why is it that people on this thread equate prostitution with murder and theft?
Can you not tell the difference between an act performed between two consenting adults following payment and an act performed WITHOUT consent?
Why didn't the legalisation of strip clubs arouse your anger? A naked woman shaking her arse in your groin for money is perfectly acceptable but bloody hell, if she so much as dares to touch the guy she should be imprisoned dammit!
Excuse me if I don't follow your logic.
{Edit} its also interesting to see that despite several pages of arguments about making prostitution itself legal or illegal noone has suggested making the use of them illegal....
It was not a comparison. I just thought of trying your logic with another offense. You said a law against prostitution shouldn't be kept because it doesn't eradicate it.... IMO that's a little much to ask from a law... any law... and with that I'll make the mistake and answer your question and say that I feel prostitution should be illegal to discourage it.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
I excuse you. I've explained what I meant in my previous post. I hope that makes it clearer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malbec