thanks for the clarification.
On Oct 22, 4:31 pm, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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/
>
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