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Originally Posted by BoLevi
Things the government should allow people to decide for themselves (not a complete list):
- the sex of the people they marry and have kids with
- whether or not they put drugs into their own body (I'm not pro drugs, but I am pro people doing what they want with their body)
- abortion
- consensual kinky #### in the bedroom
- prostitution (two consenting adults should be able to do whatever they want).
- what you want to charge per hour for your labour
It's very difficult to make any sense by agreeing with the first five, and then denying the sixth.
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I won't dispute that the current governments approach is probably wrong...however...let's not pretend that this is consent. Not only is there a significant power dynamic in place, but often addiction and/or mental health make this far less than consensual in the traditional sense.