Poll: Prostitution should it be legal?

[cobra_ky]

Why do you assume that?

Because you have to pay before the sex and if you are rough on the girls, they have security that... removes you.

Fair enough. I can accept that brothel environment makes it more difficult for a prostitute to be raped.

Yeah, brothels. I'd assume it keeps down the rape count.

Why do you assume that?

Someone who needs sex is more likely to pay for it then rape someone.

I can not accept this explanation because it rests on the assumption that rapists are people who need sex.

 

[robinkom]

As George Carlin once said, "Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. WHY ISN'T SELLING FUCKING LEGAL!?"

Whatcha do is franchise it with strict regulations and hooker registration. They can get some healthcare benefits for being registered with the company covering it for them, then we tax it to wipe out the national deficit! WE'LL FUCK OURSELVES OUT OF DEBT!

 

[8-Bit Grin]

Why pay for something most people give away?

 

[matt87_50]

well, yeah... it probably should be... but really... where's the fun in that? its just cheating...

I mean for your urges, you have porn. and I refuse to believe that you anyone can't get a partner if they're really trying...

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

Yeah, i think they should legalise drugs for the same reason.
If it were legal and government controlled, it'd be far safer for all parties involved, you wouldnt have pimps and drug dealers, and the money would be going to the government rather than back into the criminal underworld

 

[Aphex Demon]

Why do you assume that?

Because you have to pay before the sex and if you are rough on the girls, they have security that... removes you.

Fair enough. I can accept that brothel environment makes it more difficult for a prostitute to be raped.

Yeah, brothels. I'd assume it keeps down the rape count.

Why do you assume that?

Someone who needs sex is more likely to pay for it then rape someone.

I can not accept this explanation because it rests on the assumption that rapists are people who need sex.

Forget I ever spoke then. Too many of these fucking threads on this forum. The subject is far too sensitive for discussion on a gaming forum.

 

[Eisenfaust]

i'm from australia... it's legal here. means it can be regulated... taxed... enforced. means there are fewer dead prostitutes and a tonne more government revenue.

would also stop some rapes... why rape someone when you can just pay and not have to get arrested later...

also, i would imagine that someone calling supporters of prostitution sexist is in fact sexist themselves, in assuming only women can be prostitutes

 

[mduncan50]

As the great George Carlin said: "It's legal to have sex, and it's legal to buy things. So how can it not be legal to buy sex?"

 

[robinkom]

As I said...

As George Carlin once said, "Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. WHY ISN'T SELLING FUCKING LEGAL!?"

Whatcha do is franchise it with strict regulations and hooker registration. They can get some healthcare benefits for being registered with the company covering it for them, then we tax it to wipe out the national deficit! WE'LL FUCK OURSELVES OUT OF DEBT!

I stand by it. Two Problems solved at once.

 

[The Human Torch]

It should be legalized, makes it easier to control and maintain. At least WAY easier then when it is illegal.

 

[ilikepie59]

I reckon legal, but no billboards or TV ads.

 

[cobra_ky]

Forget I ever spoke then. Too many of these fucking threads on this forum. The subject is far too sensitive for discussion on a gaming forum.

Ok. I didn't mean to dissuade discussion on the topic, but given how contentious these threads get i don't blame your for not wanting to get involved.

 

[an874]

To quote George Carlin, "If selling is legal, and fucking is legal, why is it illegal to sell fucking?"

 

[Coffeemaker]

I use to think it should be legal, then after I did a criminology assignment on it I changed my mind. Now I think it should be legal for the prostitutes themselves, but should be illegal for both pimps and customers.

 

[Kryzantine]

The second consideration is drugs. Where there's prostitutes, there's drugs. You've got the street hookers, they've got the street drugs. You got the brothels, you got the party drugs. The two simply go hand-in-hand. Allowing prostitution while trying to keep drugs illegal is nigh impossible - the girls might use, the guys mostly use. This is one of the reasons the US has kept prostitution officially illegal, but informally semi-legal.

I'm going to go ahead and put this under "correlation, not causation". The reason that prostitutes often have drugs is not because they are prostitutes. It probably has more to do with them being illegal, and being around people who manage illegal businesses. It's like with pot: pot is a "gateway drug" not because it's a drug (otherwise you could easily apply it to booze) but because it's ILLEGAL.

Your point being? Because this is exactly what I'm saying, the two go hand-in-hand. You're not disproving anything.

The third consideration is that prostitution is one of the few low-level crimes left. The police keep prostitutes around, especially in crime riddled neighbourhoods, because they're usually poor, young people who can't afford to spend time in jail. They can serve two uses. The first is that they know the neighbourhood they work in really well, and they hear a lot of things. The second is the probability that prostitutes may be open to the actual criminal underworld itself, and they're easy to push. If the police want to know the street rumor, or if they want to make a push on a local drug dealer, the first people they go to are prostitutes, because they know a lot.

So...? Prostutition should be illegal because... it helps the cops? Bad argument. Also, proof that this isn't just, well, hollywood's picture of reality? You're painting this bizarre picture that the average prostitute is, well, a spy for the police. Never mind that they still get arrested from time to time. Never mind that it's kind of a ridiculous idea overall. I just can't see this, I'm sorry. Evidence?

Actually, if anyone is painting a picture here, it would be you. In no way did I say prostitutes work as spies for the police. They can and do function as informants, some of them. Some of them will be arrested. In fact, part of my whole point is that this activity is limited to certain areas, in that prostitutes will be targetted by the cops in some areas and ignored in others. If anything, the only picture I'm "painting" is that there exists red light districts in areas where prostitution is technically illegal. I'm a photographer, not a painter, BTW.

 

[robinkom]

I like how the Carlin quote is popping up with alternate wording after I said it first. I don't recall how many times he rehashed that joke on different HBO specials or albums, but the one I said is the one I heard... but I can't remember which one it was from.

As George Carlin once said, "Selling is legal. Fucking is legal. WHY ISN'T SELLING FUCKING LEGAL!?"

Got another quote for whoever mentioned illegal narcotics in their prostitution arguments.

"All illegal narcotics are medicinal... if used as directed. Boredom is a disease worse than cancer." --Doug Stanhope

(Not that I have an argument, I just skimmed over the walls of text so I thought I'd mention that one.)

 

[Tyson765]

I personal feel that if people look at the risks involved in any activity whether it be Joining the army, Taking drugs or prostitution and everything in between be it legal or not its their own, educated decision.
I mean for christ's sake they are Intelligent adults and can make decisions for themselves and don't need a government telling what they are and not prepared for as long as it hurts no one but themselves.

 

[Jake Martinez]

Legalized prostitution reduces violence against women, drug use, crime and helps protect the public health by reducing cases of sexually transmitted diseases.

Illegal prostitution puts women in jail for supporting themselves and their families.

In either case, prostitution will happen. There's a reason why they call it the worlds oldest profession.

The choice seems pretty obvious to me.

 

[C95J]

I fully believe that people have the sole right to do whatever they want with their own bodies, as long as it doesn't hurt someone else.

So yes, I do think prostitution should be legal.