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In reply to the discussion: What Drives Most Prostitution is Men. [View all]LiberalLoner
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Did global human trafficking go up, or did human traffickers go to Germany instead of elsewhere?
anti partisan
Aug 2014
#8
Do you really believe that open up large markets for trafficked people will not increase the
Squinch
Aug 2014
#26
Yes I am OK with trafficking going up in one country if it decreases more in others
anti partisan
Aug 2014
#36
And what in god's name makes you think that if you open up the US for trafficking, trafficking will
Squinch
Aug 2014
#60
It says so much about the left that this industry is treated so differently. nt
redqueen
Aug 2014
#65
I just can't believe the stuff I am reading! They all just pulled the idea out of the air that
Squinch
Aug 2014
#70
because knuckleheaded proponents have made it into a "Hip vs. Prude" argument
Scootaloo
Aug 2014
#116
And you are just A-OK with increasing trafficking in the US because of this bullshit strawman
Squinch
Aug 2014
#144
"...best judgments based on actual research which is applicable to the discussion..."
chervilant
Aug 2014
#121
It's not OK, but when presented with the choices of A) less trafficking and B) more trafficking
anti partisan
Aug 2014
#169
I'm assuming you mean well but whatever argument you're making is not well articulated.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2014
#170
I used to believe that legalizing/regulating prostitution was the answer
A Little Weird
Aug 2014
#17
If a adult man or woman wants to buy sex with young as in < 18 persons
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#33
Agree! It just seems so incredibly risky. I think there are something like about 25 STDs now. I
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#7
Lots of people are "coerced" into crappy jobs out of economic necessity.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#51
Then we should outlaw jobs like the police and military where the incidence of PTSD
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#72
That you rank the entitled attitude of men to have whatever kind of sex they wish alongside
redqueen
Aug 2014
#79
What are you even talking about? I didn't denigrate them, I lambasted your idea
redqueen
Aug 2014
#95
You implied that sex workers suffer the same incidence as do soldiers and policemen and policewomen.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#98
No I didn't. You inferred that on your own. And your sickening comparison stands.
redqueen
Aug 2014
#109
I actually lived in the same home with someone who served in Korea and Viet Nam
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#91
Yeah because making the punishment more severe has stopped every other crime
davidn3600
Aug 2014
#11
Exactly. And law enforcement uses decoys disguised as buyers and sellers of sex to ensnare offenders
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#27
Why does it matter to you if two consulting adults consent in acts that are none of your concern?
Shoulders of Giants
Aug 2014
#151
Prior to Lawrence V TX there was a man in a GA prison for performing oral sex on his wife.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#37
I have this CRAZY mixed up idea that consenting adults should be free to do what they want to do
Douglas Carpenter
Aug 2014
#40
The solution to all our problems: Build more prisons and put people in them
The Straight Story
Aug 2014
#46
There's a lot more coercive sex in the hoosegow than there is on the outside.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#57
So you think you can stamp out the world's oldest profession with modestly harsher punishments?
tritsofme
Aug 2014
#55
There are parts of the world where the penalty for unmarried sex, paid or otherwise, is death.
LadyHawkAZ
Aug 2014
#56
I'd argue but I can't help worrying that your humor is flying over my head.
Gidney N Cloyd
Aug 2014
#62
Paying for sex with an underage prostitute is already legally and culturally prohibited
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#77
In both instances, the prohibitionists profess to know what is best for other people.
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#124
"Personally, I cannot even imagine what possible benefit I could get from paying for sex."
Silent3
Aug 2014
#71
You want to throw consenting adults into prison because you don't like what they're doing?
Iron Man
Aug 2014
#76
I have worked as an 'escort'. You want to throw my clients into jail for paying me
mwrguy
Aug 2014
#87
I agree, and I wish it was true, but it is the 'world's oldest profession.'
joanbarnes
Aug 2014
#104
I can't believe somebody wants to make it a felony, mind you, not a misdemeanor
DemocratSinceBirth
Aug 2014
#173
The only thing I have against it is that it very often is slavery, criminal human exploitation.
Quantess
Aug 2014
#140
Money is not part of human biology. There might be some truth to a claim that
hedgehog
Aug 2014
#148
I believe in "legalize, tax and regulate" for alcohol, drugs and prostitution (nt)
Nye Bevan
Aug 2014
#149
So you are selective about where you think the government should stick its nose in private business
Shoulders of Giants
Aug 2014
#164
Well actually it's either desperate or lazy women in a comination with men. You can't have customers
craigmatic
Aug 2014
#156