ah, your last post at 3:54:18 restates some of my earlier thoughts, which is, aren't there really some victims of prostitution? the question is, would the harm done be lessened were it legal (ie, less prostitues beaten, it would perhaps make it harder for women with STDs to make it as a prostitute, married men who made the mistake of being with a prostitute would be less likely to infect their wives with a disease)...

i don't know. i just don't know.