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Question: Is it hypocritical to oppose private education and support legal prostitution?
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Yes
 
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No
 
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
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« on: December 13, 2010, 07:07:11 PM »

I'm not making this poll to "make a point" either. I thought about it and decided Gustaf did have a bit of point here when he basically said this, though I obviously still disagree.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
BRTD
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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2010, 07:19:37 PM »

In what way is it hypocritical? Is the support for public education comparable to the right to sell one's body? 

Gustaf's argument was basically that it's really weird to consider it immoral to oppose paying for education but not sex because that involves selling humans or something.
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I spent the winter writing songs about getting better
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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2010, 09:06:31 PM »

also what does "oppose private education" mean

I'd rather it not exist. As it does I'd prefer simply banning any type of government funds to it.
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2010, 12:00:38 PM »

Eh. Ftr, I never said it was flat-out hypocritical to have a given combination of views on these issues. I think it's a bit odd to think that certain things are to sacrosanct to be allowed to be defiled by the vile mechanisms of the market but then around and say that the human body isn't in that category.

One may obviously have other reasons to hold various views on these positions that removes this tension though.

I would like to note though that prostitution is essentially based on a class hierarchy which makes it amusing to watch left-wingers praise it. It is, essentially, about the rich buying the bodies of the poor which strikes me as more repulsive than the rich buying a somewhat better education than the poor.

There's a guy I work with who has admitted that he hired an escort during his extreme depression following his divorce. With typical escort prices they sure as hell make a lot more annually than we do.
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