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Old 04-01-08, 05:02 PM
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Should Prostitution be legal or should it stay as it is and be illegal.

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Ah, another real debate. Firstly, I would say that being a prostitute and hiring prostitutes are not good ideas. STDs, being found out, ruined reputation, etc., but mostly STDs. That, however, is opinion.

I'm having trouble making a decision, though. I don't think the government should tell you that you can't and put you in jail if you do, but I also think that many laws are there to protect people, like murder and needing permits for guns. There's a possibility of a large breakout of STDs like AIDS, herpes, and all that would result from legalized prostitution, sort of like Africa.

So I guess it comes down to wanting more liberties and putting safety in the hands of the citizens or taking control and stopping such activity. But then, how does one define prostitution? People are free to go around and have sex, but if money enters the picture, it is a crime? Perhaps organized prostitution should be illegal and we should let half naked women with too much make-up walk the streets alone. I don't know.
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Legalized and heavily regulated. Why should the government tell me what I can and can't do with my body?
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If it was legal, everyone would have aids, and the world would end, because everyone died. Just think about howmany people do it right noe, admagine it was legal? Not a good idea
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I think it should remain illegal, because of the main factor of an increased STD epidemic
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I don't think it would increase if you regulate the hell out of the trade. Free testing , at home testing would be even better, easily available treatments, maybe some kind of registry for workers that passed all health inspections.
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Yeah exactly, a bad idea waiting to happen.
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Why is it such a bad idea? Would you rather people have no clue which prostitutes are healthy and which aren't? I'm not actually advocating prostitution. People are going to do it anyway and it's not something that should be up to the government in the first place.
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If it was legal, everyone would have aids, and the world would end, because everyone died. Just think about howmany people do it right noe, admagine it was legal? Not a good idea
Pessimistic are we? Not with regulations, such as any other job. Random drug tests, passing health inspections, and other tests.

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Legalized and heavily regulated. Why should the government tell me what I can and can't do with my body?
Agreed with legalized and why should the government tell me what I can and can't do with my body.

However I'd change it to "legalized and not regulated." C'mon people, use common sense. You think a prostitute has aids? Don't fuck her. Don't need a law or anything telling me that.

People also aren't scums when they hire prostitutes and neither are prostitutes, at least not by default (not directed towards you gillibean).
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