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In reply to the discussion: Prostitutes Are People, Not Criminals' by Belle Knox [View all]Threedifferentones
(1,070 posts)Hence, Belle Knox must not be a young woman who has already had sex for money, but rather some MRA type masquerading as such.
Oh, wait a second, that isn't right, just like the argument for keeping prostitution illegal makes no sense. It is like people who say that drugs are bad because they funnel money to gangs.
Actually, the prohibition of drugs funnels money to black market dealers, just as the prohibition of prostitution funnels money to traffickers and pimps. If both "vices" were legal, then sooner or later 99.9% of the people dealing in them would be legitimate tax paying citizens instead of gangsters.
Ya, it would probably be better if we all had sex in committed relationships, just like it would be better if we were all content to be sober all the time, but that's never going to happen, and the prohibition clearly makes the situation worse.