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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:38:22 AM EDT
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When you're doing it by consent and by choice, sure. It would also condemn a large number of women who aren't doing it by choice. It already is a defacto domestic slave business. An 18 year old prostitute didn't necessarily get into the business on her 18th birthday. Legalized prostitution would end most of that, provided it isn't overregulated/overtaxed. Buy much bootlegged moonshine lately? |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:40:28 AM EDT
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Apparently not too many here have been blown from the back by a chubby redheaded broad named Bobbi Jo. Legalize it!
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:41:21 AM EDT
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When you're doing it by consent and by choice, sure. It would also condemn a large number of women who aren't doing it by choice. It already is a defacto domestic slave business. An 18 year old prostitute didn't necessarily get into the business on her 18th birthday. There's a few problems with that statement: 1. I never said anything about legalizing underaged prostitutes 2. It's difficult to conceive of how legalization would make the lives of women forced into prostitution worse than it is now 3. You seem to gloss over the fact that current prohibitions aren't doing dick to solve the problems you are citing. And it won't fix them. Ever. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:42:02 AM EDT
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Yes.
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:42:40 AM EDT
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Another thread to show how far we have fallen. but yet the poll shows the vast majority believe it should be legalized. Are you objecting on religious reasons? |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:45:33 AM EDT
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Legalized prostitution would end most of that, provided it isn't overregulated/overtaxed. Buy much bootlegged moonshine lately? I don't agree it would end "most" of it. Some of it, perhaps...and only for some prostitutes. Bottom line is that prostitution has always been a seedy thing and it's impossible to remove the bad elements from it entirely. Legalization would let porn stars hook openly (you don't think they just do strip shows when they travel to clubs, do you?) and let college coeds (and dudes, too) who are doing shit on Craig's List do it openly. It would bring some level of regulation into the game instead of outright prohibition. But there would still be brothels run by gangsters using sex slaves. Just like there are now. Maybe not as many. But they would still exist. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:48:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:49:37 AM EDT
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I'm fine with legalizing prostitution so long as I'm not required by political correctness to celebrate those who engage in it, pay for any prostitiuion involved health issues for the whores or their Johns, or offer them special snowflake privileges.
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:50:10 AM EDT
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I don't agree it would end "most" of it. Some of it, perhaps...and only for some prostitutes. Bottom line is that prostitution has always been a seedy thing and it's impossible to remove the bad elements from it entirely. Legalization would let porn stars hook openly (you don't think they just do strip shows when they travel to clubs, do you?) and let college coeds (and dudes, too) who are doing shit on Craig's List do it openly. It would bring some level of regulation into the game instead of outright prohibition. The big question would be if corporate America got involved, and the level of regulation that legalization would include. If "McBrothel" starts selling franchises in every little town, the independent contractors are going to have a tough time competing. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:53:12 AM EDT
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It would be a great way to finally legitimize trafficking and exploitation. Like H1B and guest visa workers! |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:53:23 AM EDT
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The big question would be if corporate America got involved, and the level of regulation that legalization would include. If "McBrothel" starts selling franchises in every little town, the independent contractors are going to have a tough time competing. I think there's sufficient social stigma associated with it that you won't see McBrothel. Competition wouldn't be too difficult, either. A range of service offerings would likely develop. I'd bet the majority of the market share would end up with very discreet ladies with a regular and select clientele rather than some hooker farm. When it comes to this sort of thing a big sign out front saying "Billions and billions served!" would be a hindrance rather than a help. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:54:47 AM EDT
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Adults should be able to do whatever they want as long as I don’thave to pay for it… I was just remembering - didn't the uK just make 'sex' a right? As such they are paying for one disabled man's prostitution encounter? I thought I read that article here in GD. I'm wondering if prostitution becomes legal in all 50 states, will we see that kind of 'public service'? |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:56:04 AM EDT
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3) Illegality keeps pimps and other worse criminal types "in the game." Some of the money generated (that isn't given to the girl) is funneled into organized crime...which is bad. Right, because we know that criminal organizations aren't involved at all in legal operations like strip clubs. FWIW, I voted yes. But don't think for a moment that the criminal element would suddenly vanish from vice related industries that suddenly become legal. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:58:26 AM EDT
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It's not prostitution - it is a 10 minute marriage.
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Posted: 6/29/2015 10:59:03 AM EDT
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The one thing nearly every moody loner with an assault rifle can agree on...
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Posted: 6/29/2015 11:00:36 AM EDT
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When you're doing it by consent and by choice, sure. It would also condemn a large number of women who aren't doing it by choice. It already is a defacto domestic slave business. An 18 year old prostitute didn't necessarily get into the business on her 18th birthday. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Legalized prostitution isn't about making everything squeaky clean. It's about acknowledging that regardless of government attempts, prostitution is going to happen. Period. If it's legal then the government has one less thing to do raids over and a larger number of girls in the trade might have a better shot at life. It's an acknowledgement that .gov can't fix the problem. At best, it can keep from making it worse. When you're doing it by consent and by choice, sure. It would also condemn a large number of women who aren't doing it by choice. It already is a defacto domestic slave business. An 18 year old prostitute didn't necessarily get into the business on her 18th birthday. Legalizing alcohol didn't fix all the problems associated with alcohol consumption. Legalizing prostitution won't fix all the problems associated with it either, but it's a step in the right direction. Those aren't problems government can fix, and in the meantime government is doing exactly nothing beneficial while attempting to prohibit it. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 11:01:46 AM EDT
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It's not prostitution - it is a 10 minute marriage. The Arab solution. 
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Posted: 6/29/2015 11:04:01 AM EDT
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Going after hookers and "johns" is a waste of money and resources.
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Posted: 6/29/2015 11:05:10 AM EDT
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Sure
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Posted: 6/29/2015 11:06:09 AM EDT
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Another thread to show how far we have fallen. it's not like this is the first time this topic has been brought up for discussion in GD. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 11:07:16 AM EDT
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Sure, whats a business deal between two consenting adults Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 11:15:16 AM EDT
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If it flys, floats or fucks it's cheaper to rent.
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Posted: 6/29/2015 11:16:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sure, whats a business deal between two consenting adults |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 11:20:04 AM EDT
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Legalizing alcohol didn't fix all the problems associated with alcohol consumption. No, but it did remove a huge percentage of the black market for alcohol... and in so doing fix most of the problems associated with alcohol distribution. Prostitution is a different animal, IMHO, insofar as its distribution (if you will) is where most of the "problem" exists. The act in and of itself, unlike alcohol, is pretty unlikely to cause much harm, it's the way that the "goods get to market" that destroys lives. Legalization is good at fixing "goods getting to market" - based problems. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 11:57:38 AM EDT
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I voted for the brothel idea
while I think its a dumb "crime" that takes up time that could be better spent on other things I dont really want hotels to be filled with even more people loudly having sex all night long ETA: wouldn't it drive up the quality as well as bring down the price of the high dollar escorts? |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:01:39 PM EDT
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It's about acknowledging that regardless of government attempts, prostitution is going to happen. Period. To be fair, that's true for almost ANY criminal activity. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:09:23 PM EDT
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Equal protection. Pursuit of dignity as a right. Let them do it if it feels good. Don't be a bigot full of hate!
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:16:10 PM EDT
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Its really very simple.
Consenting adults, in a private setting, should do whatever they think is right. Allowing any kind of pimp/middleman to facilitate or control prostitution by others is a root example of Human bondage. Really simple. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:17:19 PM EDT
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The bottom line for me is this:
Anything made a malum prohibitum crime needs to have very huge, bad consequences for society at large in order to justify its illegality. Very few of the malum prohibitum offenses in our current system meet this threshold. 
Prostitution doesn't even come close, especially since a large part of the "consequences" are a result if the act's illegality itself. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:21:38 PM EDT
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It already is. We call it dating.
However, direct cash exchange would be far less expensive. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:22:37 PM EDT
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It already is. We call it dating. However, direct cash exchange would be far less expensive. And involve a shitload more honesty. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:26:12 PM EDT
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To be fair, that's true for almost ANY criminal activity. True...but criminalizing those activities with two willing sides participating in the activity doesn't really solve much. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:43:56 PM EDT
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Sure, whats a business deal between two consenting adults A source for Tax revenue. 
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:46:51 PM EDT
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True...but criminalizing those activities with two willing sides participating in the activity doesn't really solve much. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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To be fair, that's true for almost ANY criminal activity. True...but criminalizing those activities with two willing sides participating in the activity doesn't really solve much. I think that's definitely the key. 
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:48:31 PM EDT
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I think that's definitely the key. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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To be fair, that's true for almost ANY criminal activity. True...but criminalizing those activities with two willing sides participating in the activity doesn't really solve much. I think that's definitely the key. IMHO, legalized prostitution stands a much higher chance of all participants being willing than illegal prostitution. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:52:37 PM EDT
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To be fair, that's true for almost ANY criminal activity. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It's about acknowledging that regardless of government attempts, prostitution is going to happen. Period. To be fair, that's true for almost ANY criminal activity. Legalize everything! |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:56:55 PM EDT
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YES, legalize it then there can be another government agency that is needed to monitor diseases, another to monitor taxes, another to monitor places that they work. we need more government. I was a Coloradoan who voted to legalize recreational MJ. Thought it would reduce police, should have known better. Now we still have police, MJ edible police, police to make sure the recreational dispensaries have proper security. Grow house police, police to check licenses to grow and sell pot. A tax division to collect the pot taxes. Imagine it would be the same with legal prostitution. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:58:15 PM EDT
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I do.
It should be legal. Prostitutes should be registered and pay taxes, just like any business. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 12:59:44 PM EDT
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I do. It should be legal. Prostitutes should be registered and pay taxes, just like any business. Somewhere there's a joke about registering prostitutes and something about prying and hands in relation to said prostitutes...but I'm way too classy to make it. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 1:00:53 PM EDT
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Legalize everything! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It's about acknowledging that regardless of government attempts, prostitution is going to happen. Period. To be fair, that's true for almost ANY criminal activity. Legalize everything! Hell, I know everybody hates God these days, but 4 or 5 of the 10 Commandments covers about 87% of what a system of laws needs to address. 
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Posted: 6/29/2015 1:03:39 PM EDT
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Legal, with the minimum age being the same as alcohol, 21.
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Posted: 6/29/2015 1:10:11 PM EDT
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Yes, though it would probably be bad for the strip club industry.
ARFCOMers should be free to go to hookers, and post a picture claiming she's their girlfriend. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 1:11:49 PM EDT
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Yes, though it would probably be bad for the strip club industry. The idiots in the strip club industry maybe... the smart ones would have a huge "leg up" (no pun intended) in transitioning to a new business model. |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 1:13:10 PM EDT
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I was a Coloradoan who voted to legalize recreational MJ. Thought it would reduce police, should have known better. Now we still have police, MJ edible police, police to make sure the recreational dispensaries have proper security. Grow house police, police to check licenses to grow and sell pot. A tax division to collect the pot taxes. Imagine it would be the same with legal prostitution. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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YES, legalize it then there can be another government agency that is needed to monitor diseases, another to monitor taxes, another to monitor places that they work. we need more government. I was a Coloradoan who voted to legalize recreational MJ. Thought it would reduce police, should have known better. Now we still have police, MJ edible police, police to make sure the recreational dispensaries have proper security. Grow house police, police to check licenses to grow and sell pot. A tax division to collect the pot taxes. Imagine it would be the same with legal prostitution. What the fuck are you talking about? |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 1:16:25 PM EDT
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The idiots in the strip club industry maybe... the smart ones would have a huge "leg up" (no pun intended) in transitioning to a new business model. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, though it would probably be bad for the strip club industry. The idiots in the strip club industry maybe... the smart ones would have a huge "leg up" (no pun intended) in transitioning to a new business model. Boner Garage: We get to fuck the customers for money now! |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 1:23:22 PM EDT
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Boner Garage: We get to fuck the customers for money now! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes, though it would probably be bad for the strip club industry. The idiots in the strip club industry maybe... the smart ones would have a huge "leg up" (no pun intended) in transitioning to a new business model. Boner Garage: We get to fuck the customers for money now! The brothel that... some guy I know... was known to visit on occasion in the Balkans had the girls dancing on stage in between services. It was basically a strip club with happy endings. Or that's what I was told anyway.
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Posted: 6/29/2015 1:27:21 PM EDT
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Absolutely
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Posted: 6/29/2015 1:28:12 PM EDT
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Why is it illegal in the first place?
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Posted: 6/29/2015 1:33:04 PM EDT
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Yes, for the many reasons already stated in this thread. Interestingly enough, it already is as long as a video camera is involved.  Is there an uncharge for that service or is the souvenir video included with the price? |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 1:36:19 PM EDT
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poll inbound.... I voted yes.......legalize yes, regulate no by regulate - no government fees or taxes health issues could be should be handled by the marketplace
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