Why not legalize prostitution?

A somewhat related topic I made during the summer http://www.gamingforce.org/forums/po...-legal-us.html

I questioned why porn was legal when prostitution isn't because no matter how you sugercoat it, they are still being paid to have sex.

Everybody has already covered just about anything I could possibly add to the conversation however, the idea that this would reduce the number of rape crimes, I'm not so sure about that. I'm sure it would have some effect on the number of them, but from what I've read about many rape cases is that people don't commit rape just because they want sex. Most people commit rape because of the feeling of power it gives them, because they're violating someone and that the person can't do anything about it.

You have to think about how irrational alot of criminals can be. How many people rape that are also married? And I'm not talking about married guys whose wife won't give them any, in alot of cases it's some guy that the whole community is shocked they would do such a thing. Then there are all the scumbags that rape their own kids. Also how often do people steal shit just because they're a cheap skate? So you'd still have people who might rape because they don't want to spend money. I just find it hard to believe legal prostitution would really do all that much to reduce the number of rapes.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I was commenting on a point that other people had made, that was all. I honestly don't care whether prostitution is legalized or not. I'm not against it, but even if it was legalized I'd never make use of it since the only girl I'd ever want to have sex with is one I care about.

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Originally Posted by killerpineapple

But I'm still against it. Nyeah nyeah! Whether or not anyone shares my morals or not, I would still push to keep prostitution illegal. Hmm, let's get rid of the strip clubs while we're at it too. MWA HA HA! I honestly feel we'd be better off without those types of things. The world I'm imagining probably isn't as fun, but overall it would be happier one. Hrm, better qualify that last sentence by saying, "...at least in my opinion."

You know, I never really understood why anyone went to strip clubs. I mean seriously... If I wanted to look at boobs that I can't touch, I have the internet.

On a more related note, if Prostitution was legal, I'd imagine it would cost strip clubs alot of customers since they could go pay to have sex rather then pay to watch someone dance naked.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Here's an interesting thought on the subject. Prostitution is illegal, but it's legal to be a member of hate spreading groups like the KKK or Westburo Baptists because of Freedom of speech. So... according to our government Prostitution is more evil then the KKK. That's some backwards morality there...

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

On the topic of Marijuana being harmful. I had a friend that smoked pot. He died at the age of 19 from a rare lung disease. Now, I'm no doctor but the fact that it was something involving his lungs, just kinda leaves me to believe it might have had something to do with all the pot he smoked.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

He died at 19 due to a rare lung disease. He shouldn't have been smoking anything, dude.

He didn't die because of marijuana use - the shit just sped up the degradation of his lungs, I imagine. But then, I'm not a doctor.

But seriously. Someone prove that pot kills more people nationally/annually than cigarettes! I'd love to see that one.

He didn't have the lung disease when he was smoking. He was in the hospital for 3 months dieing when they realized he had whatever it was. The bad thing is it sounded like the doctors didn't even know what it was he had.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?