Nevada (United States) and Amsterdam (Holland) give us models for how legalized prostitution would work.
On Oct 22, 3:30 pm, "Liz Purkrabek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Don't forget, if male or female prostitutes (but especially female) were > legal they could organize and in general make the profession safer. > > Right now girls are abducted and murdered by Johns and the crimes are not > seriously lamented. "Oh. She was a prostitute. She was asking to be tied > up and have a broken beer bottle shoved up her vagina repeatedly..." Maybe > if prostitution were legal, the attitude toward prostitutes would change > eventually or... I don't know. I don't know, really, but I think > legalizing prostitution would be the way to go. Although I'm glad they > won't be penalizing the girls, the move still doesn't legitimize or protect > them. > > Liz > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason > (Memphis) > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 2:56 PM > To: Memphis Freethought Alliance > Subject: Re: San Francisco weighs prostitution proposal prop K... > > I don't know if San Francisco should legalize it. You can drive 3 hrs > to Reno (a non-major city?) and pay for a blow job or intercourse. > > What are positives and negatives of legalized prostitution: > > Negatives: 1) incentive for woman to sell sex but hot women already > marry for money and ugly men pay for trophy wives so what's the > difference? 2) corporation sponsored sex industry that could be used > in other industries 3) drug use is high in that group 4) increase > divorce rates possibly 5) men spending lots of money they can't afford > for a blowjob....postives: 1) less STDs because it'll be monitored and > prostitutes must be tested 2) less sex crimes because of the > monitoring 3) more tax revenue because illegal prostitution doesn't > generate taxes > > If they do legalize it, it should be heavily taxed just like other > activities that do not really do anything to promote health or > education of the community (gambling, alcohol, smoking pot or > cigarettes, etc.). That money should be used for education, health > care or other more pro-social community benefit programs. > > Jason > > On Oct 22, 1:11 pm, CrossBow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > San Francisco would become the first major U.S. city to decriminalize > > prostitution if voters next month approve Proposition K — a measure > > that forbids local authorities from investigating, arresting or > > prosecuting anyone for selling sex........... > > >http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27306120/ > > > your perspectives on this issue? good, bad and ugly.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
