To be clear, San Francisco is NOT making it legal. It will still be against state law. They are just 'decriminalizing' it.
My view about it is constantly in flux. There are many many different issues to address. At the moment, I don't think laws against it should be enforced. There are numerous other issues though. On Oct 22, 2:18 pm, "Jason (Memphis)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
