[Agamemnon]

Decent points.

personally i have a moral problem with the activity, and the fact that our current society descends in most ways from the british tradition and claims to be christian i see as irreconcilable with decriminalization/legalization of trading money for flesh.

It should be noted that the British were usually super-square when it came to public displays of sex, but they were all about it behind the scenes. I seriously doubt our 'British hertiage' is irreconcilable with decrimilization/legalization of prostitution. There are tons of prostitutes in Britain, just like everywhere. I also don't see a lot of 'traditional British culture' in our society these days... culturally I'd assume we're much more 'North American' (US) then 'Commonwealth' or whatever.

that being said if our society changes enough from that tradition then i guess public outcry tends to focus leaders onto which problems/issues should be dealt with.

Instead of changes, you might even say 'evolves', which puts a bit of a different spin on it

if a large majority canadians can deal with legalized/regulated prostitution then i guess it may become a reality. i won't like it but i could probably deal with its existence, for one it will no question help the the people stuck in the life and it will probably cut out pimps/bikers to a large degree. there are some positives, no question.

I'm not the hugest fan of 'if a large majority' type of talk. A very small minority of Canadians are prostitutes, and a slightly larger minority are Johns. Most likely 98% of us will never talk to, let alone employ the services of a prostitute. I'm more thinking that legalization will benefit a persecuted minority, as opposed to letting the majority enjoy the delights guilt-free. That said, I hear what you're saying, clearly if _everyone_ didn't want it decriminilized, there would be a problem.