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Originally posted by Agamemnon@Mar 2 2005, 10:30 AM
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@Mar 2 2005, 06:22 PM
I'm dying to hear what the slippery slopers feel would be the end result of legalizing prostitution.
The creative ones came up with rampant incest arising from gay marriage, hopefully they can kick off as fun a debate here# 
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It doesn't seem that hard to fathom. Public displays of bestial/human sex? Renting out animals for sexual use? Rampant availability of sex to minors (imagine your kids looking for something to do on Friday night w/ fake ID now!)?
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It's not enough to just speculate on it, you have to say it with conviction
E.g. Everyone
will have their own midget on a leash to bring out of the closet to service them at the end of a long day!!!
Seriously though, before I take any side on this I would need to hear an informed debate between the "Victimless Activity" & "Victimization" camps.
I don't have a moral problem with prostitution per se, and if I could be convinced that it was, for the most part, victimless then I'd likely be in favour of legalizing it and cleaning it up. [/b][/quote]
I have a moral problem w/ prostitution the same way I have one with homelessness. Its one thing to choose to be homeless (debate for another place I suppose), its another to be forced into homelessness.
Do prostitutes actually want to turn tricks? Are they trapped in a desperate social niche, with little hope for escape from their pimp/lifestyle?
If these people are basically sex-slaves, forced to do this work or end up homeless or dead, then I think there are some serious issues there that have to be looked at.
It'd be a poor show if legalizing prostitution meant that more women were 'forced' into that option as opposed to using a homeless shelter, because there is a 'job' available for them in the Red Light district.