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Originally posted by Sodfather@09-15-2003 09:08 PM
Man, you blew every last one of those points:
1. Patriot said that there would be better control of VD, not eradication of it...What's so hard to understand? Patriot is absolutely right - if prostitutes had to be tested and such, the amount of customers getting VD would be almost zilch, hence cutting down on STDs.
2. Okay, you have a (weak) point here. Make that one less point that you've blown.
3. Oh God, are you serious? First of all, a HUGE amount of sex crimes that occur involve prostitutes; if there's a bunch of people waiting for their turn in an office or house (not on the streets, as Patriot mentioned), you think anyone's gonna rape the hooker or kill her with people around? Okay, maybe some still would, but there would still be a considerable decrease in sex crimes.
Patriot, I believe you made some good points, whether they were originally yours or from some study. Good job ;) although teh thought of hookers, legal or illegal, still makes me wanna puke. :o |
actually, you blew every one of your responses.
1. if prostitutes were routinely checked for stds, they would have to serve one client and then wait for their results, and then one client etc. this would not be conducive to actually making a significant amount of money. checking for a host of stds takes a significant amount of time and money, which would totally negate the idea of offering a service. unless of course prostitution prices skyrocketted, in which case i'm sure there would be enough illegal prostitution to satisfy the needs of the poor/tighwads. it would create only marginally greater control of sexually transmitted diseases.
2. well said. you certainly proved
you have a point here.
3. once again, the feasibility of running such a well maintained (and secure) business negate the entire idea of prostitution (which, unless you are forgetting, is cheap sex). so unless said fantasy business was run, the availabilty of prostitutes would only increase.
for prostitution to become a legitimate business as this hypothesis claims is possible, the costs would increase dramatically. this would make for a business that would 1. be completely unfeasible because it undermines the point of prostitution 2. turn extremely low wages for the women involved, underiming the point of prostitution (making lots of easy money) 3. spawn a "grey market" with reasonably priced prostitution with reasonable saftey 4. spawn a "black market" with significantly less safe prositution for low prices.