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    Quote Originally Posted by ejfimp View Post
    I think you are missing the point. Making it legal would include strict rules and proabably laws. I believe making it legal wouldn't make increase the number of sex slaves nor make it easier, but harder to maintain. An increase in adultery could be an issue though. There might be some actions that could be taken, like an identity-check or something like that. Although, people would whine about "privacy", I'd bet.
    Again, adultary is NOT illegal! If people want to be slime bags, let them. the Courts will then usually side with the hurt party in the divorce proceedings. We may think its morally wrong, but i dont think we have the right to try to prevent it when tis a failure of character.

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    To quote George Carlin, "Selling is legal and fucking is legal. Why isn't selling fucking legal?"

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    The difference between prostitution and porn is that porn stars pay taxes. Also it's such a waste of police time and resources to be arresting people for it.

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    You know, the protection in said business is easier, when all the people involved don't mind talking to eachother. In places where prostitution is legal, the police has it a lot easier actually protecting the people in that line of work.

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    legal and regulated sounds good to me. Although I don't particularly think it's a good line of work, and am saddened that it exists and that our culture promotes it

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    IIRC England had a system in which its only legal to sell in places like brothels? I think thats the best way to do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by obdigore View Post
    There is no reason for it not to be legal and well regulated, to help increase the safety for all involved.

    There are no moral reasons to prevent it from being legal without attempting to force your personal morality upon other people in areas where what they do has no impact upon you.
    what this guy said. if we legitimize it that means we can actually control it. if we handle it like how they do in various European countries then the risks that are involved with it are greatly reduced. the only objection to this practice is based purely on it being "immoral", which is is of course total horse shit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quetzl View Post
    legal and regulated sounds good to me. Although I don't particularly think it's a good line of work, and am saddened that it exists and that our culture promotes it
    Our culture doesnt really promote prostitution, or else it would be widely legalised. Unless you mean "used a lot illegally by johns" kind of promote.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pacox View Post
    No, sex is gross!

    This biggest issue with prostitution is that its makes adultery (cheating on someone you are married with) very easy. All sorts of fun in divorce proceedings.
    maybe instead of blaming the hooker for doing her job, blame the husband that is either unhappy with his marriage or is just a cheating asshole to begin with? food for thought. but like you said the black market that is so massive needs to be dealt with, now how that will make it better in places its rampant in is a different matter.
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    It's their body, I have no right to tell them they can't have sex with it.

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    Legal here, and I don't mind it remaining so - if a woman wants to sell her body, who are you to stop that? I'm against the 'pimping' aspect of prostitution - it should be an independent 'career'.

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    I guess this is sort of going against my view on drugs, because I say that anyone that wants to use is already using. However, I do not go for prostitutes now, but I would likely do so if they were legal and regulated. I do not think there is anything wrong with it if both parties are not under any duress.

    Honestly, I pay a hefty chunk for therapy every now and then. Part of me thinks that I would be better off spending that money with a prostitute. Funny thing, I even talked to my therapist about it and she all but agreed. I was hoping she would surprise me and be in to that sort of thing, but nope
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sky High Shark View Post
    maybe instead of blaming the hooker for doing her job, blame the husband that is either unhappy with his marriage or is just a cheating asshole to begin with? food for thought. but like you said the black market that is so massive needs to be dealt with, now how that will make it better in places its rampant in is a different matter.
    Did I say blame the hooker. Wouldn't even consider it...The cheater is the one to blame.

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    Don't really care what people do as long as it's their own decision.

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    It should be illegal totaly. Maybe you heared some storys that some ppl tricked some girls , stealing their documents in other country and told them some lyes too force them too work for them.



    So even if its legal you will never know if you get a sex slave or free person when you enter bordel.
    Don't sweat the details!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letmesleep View Post
    Other than the fact that it's a profession most people would not choose if they had better options, I see no reason to make it illegal.
    You could say that about most any low paying job Difference is prostitutes can make a lot of cash in a short space of time (don't think about that too much)

    In NZ it is legal in registered premises subject to local bylaws in an effort to get them off the streets for safety reasons among other things. Legalising it also makes it taxable which is probably why there is still a group of them who hang out in the streets in certain places. I really can't think of a good reason why it should be illegal aside from morality to which I say it is really none of your damned business.

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    It's legal over here IF it's not done out in the open, the prostitute works for herself and not a pimp and is not a victim of human trafficing. Which is perfectly ok in my opinion and I see no reason to change the law. Making it illegal would only bring more problems than it would supposedly fix.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Descense View Post
    It should be illegal totaly. Maybe you heared some storys that some ppl tricked some girls , stealing their documents in other country and told them some lyes too force them too work for them.



    So even if its legal you will never know if you get a sex slave or free person when you enter bordel.
    If they regulated it, yes you would know if its "legit" or sex slaves. Right now you certainly dont know if the prostitute you're seeing is a sex slave or not because thye dont feel safe tlaking about it due to risk of arrest. Most people would probably rather use a legit place anyways from a safety and disease free point of view.

    again, REGULATION is the key here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crissi View Post
    If they regulated it, yes you would know if its "legit" or sex slaves. Right now you certainly dont know if the prostitute you're seeing is a sex slave or not because thye dont feel safe tlaking about it due to risk of arrest. Most people would probably rather use a legit place anyways from a safety and disease free point of view.

    again, REGULATION is the key here.
    Ironically, if it is legal and regulated, those people who had their papers stolen should be able to go to the police to report it then visit their consulate or embassy to get help either getting back to their country or getting new papers.

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    In Holland prostitution is "legal", that's to say that certain forms of it are allowed and some others aren't. It's a legal profession and the prostitutes pay taxes. Several organizations exist that look after their interests and inform the public. Dutch government wants to ban prostitution, because of the "sex slavery" they think to see. They even proposed a law in which prostitutes should register (and get some kind of ID that must be shown to the customer, and the customer must ask for it), but this never made it because enforcement of this law is just not possible.

    -edit: I see a lot of people mentioning married people making use of prostitutes. I think you have a wrong impression there... It also has been proven many times that the amount of rapes would be much higher if prostitution did not exist.
    Last edited by TooMuch; 2013-01-08 at 08:53 AM.

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