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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:47 AM Original message |
Should Prostitution Be Legalized? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. In my opinion, yes it should |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. What the hell's the matter with you, ixion? I can't visit this site without |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. lol... yeah, what was I thinking? |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Ask her pimp |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. If it were legal, she wouldn't have a "pimp" nt |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. A tad bit naive eh? |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Where are these "utopian Euorpean brothels" you speak of? |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Is this a joke? |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Apples to oranges. You are talking about the sex slave trade |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Not at all |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. not all brothels are dirty houses of sex slavery. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. There are MANY male prostitutes out there |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:41 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. umm, that was kinda my point. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I know it was your point--I was backing you up! |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. >.< it's 4 am here, my brains they no work so good :P |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. No worries |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #57 |
77. About your magical unionization |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #77 |
87. as long as you think that prostitution is innately dirty and demeaning there is no dialogue with you |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:27 AM Response to Reply #87 |
92. Thank you very much |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #92 |
95. go fuck yourself for insinuating that I want to exploit children. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
109. Why don't YOU ask the girls in the legal brothels in Nye county, Nevada? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #31 |
56. unionize prostitution, cut the fucking pimps OUT. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:40 AM Response to Reply #56 |
82. Please back this up |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #82 |
88. these are all separate issues. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:38 AM Response to Reply #88 |
97. Too many mob movies |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:44 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. you remind me of a rabid pro lifer. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:56 AM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Funny chap |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 05:28 AM Response to Reply #102 |
106. and all this time... |
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Mushroom (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:00 AM Response to Reply #99 |
107. Hell is paved with good intentions. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #97 |
110. so is working at a factory for minimum wage. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. I favor legalization of prostitution with these asterisks: |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Then that needs to be applied to ALL professions (percentage of proceeds to homeless) |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Your post impresses. A lot. By throwing in the social workers component |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Me too! I sense a good movement. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Why Do You Think That Only Women Are Prostitutes? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I don't actually. |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. I would never infer that from his post. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
58. THANK YOU for pointing that out. Drives me crazy. |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. I agree. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. Prostitution is legal here, but pimping is illegal. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. Is this the 'obligatory' prosti thread for August '08? |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Nope. Just saw an article and posted it. That's all. |
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blondie58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. yes, it should be legal |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. It should never have been criminalized in the first place |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. very well said... |
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FKA MNChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. ding, ding, ding |
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fla nocount (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. Yes, and regulated along with all of lifes staples. n/t |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
11. No. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes, with regulation, because harm to health of participants would be reduced |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yup |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
18. I favor legalization for several reasons, |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. What planet do you come from |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. What planet are YOU from? |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Do you realize that Mafia and other Cartel |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Yeah, just like they run Las Vegas. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:01 AM Response to Reply #45 |
86. have you been to Las Vegas? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:20 AM Response to Reply #86 |
90. those travesties are by no means unique to Las Vegas. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. prostitutes would have a CHOICE with legal protections. I said it 5 times on this thread: UNIONIZE |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #41 |
78. their is choice and their is "choice" |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Prostitution has an interesting history... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. I think you're exactly right, mark. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Please enlighten me |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You mean, besides having access to law enforcement? |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:12 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Like the enslaved women of Europe? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Why do you hate America? |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. I love America |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. what IS it, in theory, you find offensive about exchanging sexual services for money? |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #64 |
76. Theory? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:24 AM Response to Reply #76 |
91. I don't see prostitution as debasement if it is between two consenting adults |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 05:04 AM Response to Reply #91 |
105. you confuse consent with coercion |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #51 |
83. This isn't about wonderful but about better. |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. It works in Nevada. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
72. No, it doesn't actually work in Nevada |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:14 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. raping underage girls is not unique to Nevada, nor is it a direct result of the prostitution laws. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:34 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. the point is, |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:27 AM Response to Reply #80 |
93. and as I said before, sex trafficking crimes are a law enforcement issue, not a morality judgment |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 04:48 AM Response to Reply #93 |
103. where do you think the prostitutes come from? |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:31 AM Response to Reply #80 |
94. Las Vegas (Clark County) is one of two NV jurisdictions where it's illegal (so there're no real |
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Blue Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yes... it should be legalized. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
70. AND Bush! Tax the johns, I say! |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. It works in Australia. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
54. So everytime some girl with serious esteem/mental/drug |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #54 |
69. you certainly seem to have some misguided perspectives on this issue. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:11 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. You watched "Pretty Woman" too many times. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. You haven't addressed any of my points |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:29 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. I'll keep my emotional handwringing |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:36 AM Response to Reply #79 |
96. I've met prostitutes, I've talked to them, I've heard their stories. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:45 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. You mistake where my cum dumpster arrows are pointed |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. First point. Why do you say, "Should a woman have the right..." |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. Certainly. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. For consenting adults, absolutely. nt |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. I would vote yes. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yes it should be legal |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. yes. and smoking pot too. and smoking pot with a prostitute. |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-03-08 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. Prostitution is legal here |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
47. Yes. Humans own their own bodies. |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
49. I gave my opinion as it's own thread.... |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
55. Selling a kidney is selling your body. Sex for money is an exchange of a service for payment. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:47 AM Response to Reply #55 |
85. Ayn Rand fan? |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:46 AM Response to Reply #85 |
101. Ayn Rand fan? hardly. |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
61. Sex is legal. Money is legal. That's it. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
63. No way, no how. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 01:51 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. not true. The "wal-martization" of sex is already here, sorry to say. |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:36 AM Response to Reply #66 |
81. You have me a bit confused. |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:40 AM Response to Reply #81 |
98. do you have a reading comprehension problem? |
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CrazyDude (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #66 |
123. Delete |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:44 AM Response to Reply #63 |
84. So your idea of a free society is to criminalize sex? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #63 |
116. How do you propose to get rid of prostitution then? |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
71. No: You can't keep organized crime out of it |
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MattBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 03:19 AM Response to Reply #71 |
89. But your not approaching it right. |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 05:04 AM Response to Reply #89 |
104. Rome wasn't a mythological culture. It was considered a very valuable service. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. and just like the present day |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #108 |
118. Not while it was legal. Prostitues were highly regarded, Considered pillars of society. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. your in fantasy land |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. I think you might be confused. Yes people had sex with their slaves right up to Thomas Jefferson. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #120 |
125. you are looking at a very small portion of the picture |
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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Every Society has it's underbelly. I'm quite sure it existed to some extent in Rome. |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
111. How about we invest in our girls & teach them their bodies are too valuable to be bartered for money |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
112. Don't know? - what's the rape rate in Nevada? it's been a business for how long>? |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
113. Keeping it illegal certainly isn't stopping it |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. Prostitution isn't illegal in parts of Nevada-N/T |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. I'm aware of that. What's your point? |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-04-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
114. Yes n/t |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
121. Yes |
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CrazyDude (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
122. The only people who need prostitutes are those with no game |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-05-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. Yeah that's why it's been with us since the beginning of recorded history |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-06-08 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
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