three days of debate...that has to be a record on this blog i must say.
i said earlier to scott, there is going to be no winner in this argument. every piece of an argument on this subject, has a counter argument. i know what scott is looking for, and I don't think anyone here is able to produce a sufficient amount evidence to support reasons to NOT legalize it. emperical data and statistics will not point out one or the other. those who made moves against prostitution did so from a moral and personal-belief. yes, amy's article's showed life being "not-so-hot" as a prostitute in the only state in which prostitution is legal. the exact opposite ocurrs in Amsterdam in the Netherlands at the woman's choice. she pays for her booth and charges her own prices and comes and goes as she pleases.
does this mean we should be more like the netherlands and relax our standards as a whole? not sure about that one there. our country should look at some things that the european nations do sponsor and maybe think of enacting some new standards. yet the United States in it's short history (relative to the world) has far exceeded most if not all expecations of the forefathers here. why is that? perhaps it's the staunch determinism, perhaps it's the rejected/exiled/small religious groups that came to practice their forms of religion, or perhaps we value different beliefs than they.
sorry for the digression of the topic there. to do a little role-playing/reversing the situation here; if someone legislator came up to me on the street and said: "Mr. Mack, do you think prostitution should be legal or illegal, why or why not?" I honestly say i could not say either way because EVERY ANSWER I GIVE COULD BE COUNTERED. yet, i think a better question would be: what EXACTLY do we gain by having it legal? this country has existed for many a century with it being illegal, why now all of sudden do we need/should make it legal? we've lived this long without having it, why do we really need to change now? does it further the advancement of our country in the world's eyes? does it advance our society as whole and make us a liberal and understanding people?
my two cents.
and i gladly admit defeat here. and know there are open areas to be ripped wide open...
i said earlier to scott, there is going to be no winner in this argument. every piece of an argument on this subject, has a counter argument. i know what scott is looking for, and I don't think anyone here is able to produce a sufficient amount evidence to support reasons to NOT legalize it. emperical data and statistics will not point out one or the other. those who made moves against prostitution did so from a moral and personal-belief. yes, amy's article's showed life being "not-so-hot" as a prostitute in the only state in which prostitution is legal. the exact opposite ocurrs in Amsterdam in the Netherlands at the woman's choice. she pays for her booth and charges her own prices and comes and goes as she pleases.
does this mean we should be more like the netherlands and relax our standards as a whole? not sure about that one there. our country should look at some things that the european nations do sponsor and maybe think of enacting some new standards. yet the United States in it's short history (relative to the world) has far exceeded most if not all expecations of the forefathers here. why is that? perhaps it's the staunch determinism, perhaps it's the rejected/exiled/small religious groups that came to practice their forms of religion, or perhaps we value different beliefs than they.
sorry for the digression of the topic there. to do a little role-playing/reversing the situation here; if someone legislator came up to me on the street and said: "Mr. Mack, do you think prostitution should be legal or illegal, why or why not?" I honestly say i could not say either way because EVERY ANSWER I GIVE COULD BE COUNTERED. yet, i think a better question would be: what EXACTLY do we gain by having it legal? this country has existed for many a century with it being illegal, why now all of sudden do we need/should make it legal? we've lived this long without having it, why do we really need to change now? does it further the advancement of our country in the world's eyes? does it advance our society as whole and make us a liberal and understanding people?
my two cents.
and i gladly admit defeat here. and know there are open areas to be ripped wide open...
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