Should Prostitution Be Legalized?

[Franzl]

Mint, you've explained that legalization has not solved problems associated with prostitution.....but how is that an argument against legalization per se?

In my opinion....if you want to limit personal freedom, there should be something negative associated with that freedom that justifies prohibiting it to keep people safe.

[Franzl]

Alright, but I still don't see why prostitution has to be illegal. If brothels are the problem, alright, then just don't grant business licenses....but why should it be a crime for a person to pay for sex?

[Franzl]

No.

89% ? I knew the forum was socially liberal, but not at this point...

Why not?

[Franzl]

No.

89% ? I knew the forum was socially liberal, but not at this point...

Why not?

I'm not complaining. I still prefer immoralfags to moralfags.

No I was asking why you're opposed to legalization.

[Franzl]

No.

89% ? I knew the forum was socially liberal, but not at this point...

Why not?

I'm not complaining. I still prefer immoralfags to moralfags.

No I was asking why you're opposed to legalization.

Sorry, I misunderstood.
Well, I see prostitution as a form of oppression of women, reducing them to a state of merchandise. I however think that the anti-prostitution law shouldn't focus on prostitutes, but rather on procurers.

OK, but would you really criminalize a guy paying a woman he met $100 for sex.....or do you just mean brothels and the like?

[Franzl]

Why do you say that ? Didn't I make it clear that my problem was toward organized prosititution ?

It's still without merit. Being able to organize is actually safer than winging it alone, depending on the set up.

No, sorry. I already find scandalous that there is a health insurance market, that there will soon be a prisions market and a military market. But a sex market, never mind.

Down with markets!

[Franzl]

Why do you say that ? Didn't I make it clear that my problem was toward organized prosititution ?

It's still without merit. Being able to organize is actually safer than winging it alone, depending on the set up.

No, sorry. I already find scandalous that there is a health insurance market, that there will soon be a prisions market and a military market. But a sex market, never mind.

The two former markets can be made to disappear, but there's literally no way to stamp out prostitution. The right thing to do is make it safer, and stop hunting pros and johns, regardless of organized or solo prostitution.

Basically your argument is "we can't do anything so let's not do anything".

I think that's a pretty logical argument. Why waste resources trying to fight something that isn't going to go away? (Not to mention that I have no "moral" problem with allowing it anyway. I believe there should be a really good objective reason to outlaw something.)