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In reply to the discussion: Prostitutes Are People, Not Criminals' by Belle Knox [View all]Shoulders of Giants
(370 posts)If they are coerced, its not a choice. I never liked the "slippery slope" argument of making choices illegal, because they may later not be a choice. It makes no logical sense. On social issues, I am libertarian minded. People should be allowed to make whatever dumb choices they want to, if their choice doesnt harm other people. If the idiots in the Jackass movies decide they want to get waterboarded as part of a stupid stunt, what right do we have to stop them. In the same regard if someone wants to sell or buy sex consensually (yes consensually, I am not making an argument in favor coerced prostitution, which is rape) then what right do we have to tell they can't do it? In my opinion, government should not be in the business of banning consensual sex. And I don't know why so many people feel the need to lump consensual sex in with nonconsensual sex. It is possible for sex to involve a money transaction and still be 100% consensual.
You can say that some people need the money to survive, and therefore is not consensual, and should be banned. But that argument can be used to ban pretty much everything. The solution is to increase governmental safety nets so people can make the choices they want to make, not ban consensual activities.