Re: I'm afraid I don't see what all the ruckus is about

On Mar 13, 11:28 am, "Edward M. Kennedy" <e...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"Randolph M. Jones" <rjo...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote





I gotta admit I don't really care what happens to the guy either way.  I
think prostitution should be legal, and I think cheating on your partner
is pretty shitty.  I don't imagine either one has much to do with how
good or bad a governor he may be, but I think he knew the rules of the
game when he was doing all this.
It's tricky.

I too think prostitution should be legal.  And unfortunately, I do
recognize that today, cheating is "normal" rather than something that
should surprise people.

I will never, ever, understand this mentality.  Because it's normal,
and despite all of the negative impact it has on society in various
ways, we should legalize it, removing yet another impediment for guys
that are tempted to do this?

Why does that make sense to anyone?

Because breaking agreements is a civil matter, not a criminal
one (usually).

What do you mean by usually? We have all sorts of laws that address
"civil" matters, and for good reason. Anarchy isn't all it's cracked
up to be.

Two people making whatever arrangements they choose about having sex together does not have any negative impact on society.
People choose to have sex with each other for all sorts of different reasons...I don't see how the *one* factor of actual cash
changing hands suddenly makes it an evil thing that causes all sorts of societal ills.

It doesn't have a negative impact on society? Single parent
households? enabling crack users? Crack babies? teenage
pregnancy?

The cash factor makes a heck of a lot of sense. Especially given that
the vast majority of prostitutes turn that direction because of
desperation and need for money, oftne to supply a drug habit,
sometimes to support kids. None the less, from that angle, that's
where the vast majority of the spread of STDs is going to come from.
Not to mention that by creating an industry and creating a demand,
people with dollar signs in their eyes exploit the situtation and turn
it into a predatory situation. Human trafficking anyone? Now maybe
you believe some of this goes away if it is legalized. The porn
industry is still a predatory industry and it's legal. You still have
coercion, extortion and the like and it negatively impacts society.

And if prostitution were legal, it would open up a number of possibilities for addressing some of the negative things that are
currently associated with it.  If you make something that is otherwise harmless a crime, you are *creating* an environment in
which problems will thrive.

That's a convenient excuse for legalization. Interestingly enough,
the negative factors associated with gaming did not disappear upon
legalization. The negative factors associated with the porn industry
also did not disappear. The fact is, it takes infrastructure and
money to even attempt to address those negative things, and it isn't
going to happen.

And in my opinion you can apply the same logic to drugs, including alcohol and tobacco.

You could, you definitely could. I'm sure the statistics on people
killed by drunk driving, alcohol poisoning, and other alcohol-related
deaths would almost assuredly back you up on this too.

Brent

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