New Zealand legalizes prostitution.

[FrostyBoy]

What IS the problem with prostitution? If the girl wants to do it, then let her do so, what crime does it make? who gets hurt?

[Flubber]

Just curious but what has been the experience in the parts of Nevada where prostitution is legal?

[Shi Huangdi]

Prostitution is a blight on our society. However, I doubt that banning it is an effective way of stopping it. Prostitution bans have been unable to stop the practice, people continue to see prostitutes anyway and the ban just takes the whole business outside the boundaries of the law. By legalizing and regulating it, we can get the street walkers indoors and regulate the brothels to ensure the safety of the prostitutes.

[Imran Siddiqui]

New Zealand .

Good job, you Kiwis .

[FrostyBoy]

Yeah well I think legalizing it is the way to go, safety for the prostitutes is the main concern here I believe - because prostitution is just not going to go away, it's a part of our society.

[Agathon]

Yeah, if it was stamped out, what would all those middle-aged businessmen do when they're at weekend conferences in Taupo?

(I used to keep bar at an hotel there and you wouldn't believe the amount of hookers some of those guys ordered).

[Sava]

By legalizing and regulating it, we can get the street walkers indoors and regulate the brothels to ensure the safety of the prostitutes.

YES! See! I knew there were smart conservatives around here somewhere!

[FrostyBoy]

LOL Taupo

That is a hole of a town. There's only one kind of entertainment there, and it's not fishing in the lake.

[Skanky Burns]

Good move.

[ravagon]

Probably doing it to revitalise the tourist industry.

Originally posted by Velociryx
It has always amused me. The notion that it's okay to give something away, but illegal to sell the same thing.

How....strange.

One could discuss Civ2 scenarios with those exact same terms.

[Lung]

Originally posted by alva
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I thought the postitution was about the sheep!

[Mr. President]

quote:
By legalizing and regulating it, we can get the street walkers indoors and regulate the brothels to ensure the safety of the prostitutes.

[Ben Kenobi]

By legalizing and regulating it, we can get the street walkers indoors and regulate the brothels to ensure the safety of the prostitutes.

What about expansion of the trade due to legalisation? Do we want more women to prostitute themselves?

Will legalisation curtail independent operators who want to cut corners?

Secondly, we need to look at why women prostitute themselves. Some are forced, I wish we could prosecute all the pimps that force women into prostitution. The problem is the evidence, and the security of the women who choose to testify. It is very hard to get these women out of the situation that they are in, when they are strung out on drugs.

The other kind is that this is very easy money to make, especially in areas that do not have much employment. You can make much more doing tricks, than you can working at a full-time job in some areas, dramatically increasing the frusteration of those who choose another route.

Why don't we offer shelter, food, etc. for any woman that we see on the street prostituting herself, rather than money for a trick?

I can remember seeing notices, from families asking people to help get their mother home so that she would be off the street. Will legalisation help these people, or encourage others to follow the same path?

He accused the church leaders of arrogance and said they were ill-informed.

Now that's an effective argument. You don't see the Christians insulting their opponents.

Another argument looks at the functions of laws. One effect is to encourage the lowest-common denominator, that whatever is legal, is also praise-worthy.

I would argue that if one believes prostitution to be immoral, you should argue for prostitution to be kept illegal, and the nature of the restrictions up for grabs, as there are different ways to tackle the problem.

Now, what motivation will there be for crackdown on the illegal operators, other than the profit the government gets from taxation?

[Zero]

While Im in favor of legalizing anything, Prostitution is one thing Im not too excited about cause it really doesnt affect my life personally.

Have you ever seen a protistute so hot that you're willing to pay for? Why not get (technically) free ass when there are so much more hotter free ones?

[Ben Kenobi]

Have you ever seen a protistute so hot that you're willing to pay for? Why not get (technically) free ass when there are so much more hotter free ones?

I've had a prostitute jump into my car because I made eye-contact.

So yes, I've seen some of the street life back home. It's not a pretty sight.