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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:01 PM Original message |
Poll question: Legalize Prostitution |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. I hate the very idea of prostitution |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. It should be regulated in the public interest. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. great points. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. 'Would prefer that women would never be in such economic straits |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's called the oldest profession for a reason |
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achtung_circus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Second oldest, actually. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Actually |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Politics is the oldest profession. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Nah...violence is so old we've perfected it. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. That would make it the third oldest. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
81. The snake paid with an apple. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
80. ROFL |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
96. Are you sure it isn't slithering? |
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medeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. live with legal houses in middle of town |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. I prefer the term de-criminilazation, like drugs.... |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. I was |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Decriminalization and legalization are very different concepts. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. What consenting adults do with their own bodies should NOT be the government's business. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. What is the difference... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I can't support anything that has poor people demeaning themselves |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I can't support my kid choosing mcmallrat as a profession |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I can't support pissing away tax dollars fighting a "crime" that involves consensual adult behavior. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. who are the ones that are being demeaned...? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Sex in and of itself isn't demeaning act - but the stigma that |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. But shouldn't this be up to you to decide? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. yes, i have known a couple of girls who were 'exotic dancers'... |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. You are telling |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. What is demeaning should be left to the individual to decide. The Morality Police |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:03 PM Original message |
They are doing it anyway... |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
129. Alot of people think cleaning toilets is demeaning, but we don't jail people who do it. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've never understood the rational for keeping it illegal. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I doubt that they will with your little idiot remark. Just because someone |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Oh you already explained yourself. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
79. I explained myself? I didn't vote in the poll. Rational is spelled with |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #79 |
91. oh no i dropped an i |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #91 |
130. you put words in my mouth, which is dishonest and pathetic. I don't |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
97. I did - I voted no, I'm your "idiot" |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. I fully support the legalization of prostitution. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Indeed - there are pot smokers everywhere! Call the cops! nt. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Well, there's another ridiculous "crime" |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. This poll makes me sad. |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. On the contrary.. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. OK - one woman in 10 may want to do this profession, but |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Not to say prostitution is a "good" thing, but.. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. And for how many women (or men) is working at McDonalds or in a coal mine the #1 choice? |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
124. So they should be forced to resort to selling sex? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #124 |
146. No, they shouldn't be forced. People should choose without the sex police telling them |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
132. I agree to some extent, redcappedbandit, but its worse to me as a gal |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. But the issue is about whether your POV should be the law, basically. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. I never said that my POV should be law. I don't believe criminalizing |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Okay, understood. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #138 |
143. I agree. My mom when she was a kid worked in a restaurant where |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. So keep it illegal meanwhile, until utopia happens? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yes. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Well that is the part where irrationality comes into play. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Nope. |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
99. You are basing your idea here on rationality? (response to 33) |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #99 |
112. Did you have a case for continuing to keep prostitution illegal? |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #112 |
133. no not me, the women of Sweden do - did you read my link? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Amazing. You don't want others to tell you what to believe. But you'd want to tell others |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Condescending Much |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Not as much as you are, apparently. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. ...and if it were legal |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
57. That's why it must be legalized. To protect people. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
131. Legalizing prostitution does not protect women. |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #131 |
134. Lots of people work for lots of industries. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Well, there are male prostitutes as well. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Demeaning to women? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
48. What makes me sad is that it's apparently hard for some to grasp the simple concept |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. not all women find sex to be demeaning. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. I think that many women who are not prudes find prostitution demeaning |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. So because it's not "most" people's choice, no one should choose it? |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #66 |
77. There are many labor situations that are illegal |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. Don't confuse regulation with prohibition. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #60 |
73. it would definitely be better than working at walmart for minimum wage. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
85. Some people think homosexuality or abortion are demeaning. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
98. Are you a prostitute? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #98 |
104. if i could, i probably would...if it were legal, that is. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. What if it was a JOB. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 01:25 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. humans are NOT to be bought and sold? |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 07:32 AM Response to Reply #105 |
110. "humans are not to be bought and sold" |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
54. Only women can be prostitutes? |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Well, sex does seem to be a special activity |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
83. I think you're confusing society's expectations with peoples' beliefs. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. Until such time, you support prohibition on any prostitution? That doesn't make sense to me. |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
59. Sex will always be demeaning to women... |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
69. Respectfully and not trying to change your mind, only represent my own views... |
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mc jazz (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
45. It's a profession |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
46. I support it |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Me too. I'm pro choice (and on more than just abortion). |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Damn straight. I'll third that. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. America is such a backward country. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 07:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
84. On this, we agree. - n/t |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. Ya Mean It's NOT ??? |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
58. It's a mutually beneficial relationship |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Isn't the Porn Film Industry legalized Prostitution? |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. All acts of prostitution must be videotaped |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. From what I understand it's illegal to pay porn actors for this reason |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Gee that would be news to all the porn actors. |
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kiahzero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I forgot to type "in most states." |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #70 |
89. In the US |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
62. Personally, I would prefer if pimping and being a john were illegal |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. That's How It Is In Israel |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 12:36 AM Response to Reply #64 |
102. Yet Israel has a major human trafficking problem |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #62 |
75. in most places, all three are illegal. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
78. Why should being a john be illegal? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 07:20 AM Response to Reply #78 |
108. it already generally is. they are party to an illegal transaction. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #62 |
82. The prostitutes could then blackmail their clients more easily. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #82 |
92. pimping is a result of the illegal status of the trade |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
87. I'd prefer that substituting your choices for those of others in matters of conscience was illegal. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
100. Johns |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
144. According to this article, such a policy (ban on johns) works out being bad for prostitutes |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
65. Absolutely - because it helps the workers. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
72. Ahhhhhh!! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
74. Consenting adults in private= no government involvement |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
76. Of course it should be legalized |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #76 |
88. Exactly! |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
90. I lived in Pahrump,(Nye County, Nevada) where it is legal. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. "STD's were virtually non-existent" |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
94. Do you know if.... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-14-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. First of all, prostitution isn't leagal throughout the entire state of Nevada. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
101. Yes. Women need to claim the power of their sexuality, not consider it "demeaning." |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 01:38 AM Response to Reply #101 |
107. Please see my reply below. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #101 |
117. Right On!! |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #101 |
127. That's ridiculous. |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
103. There is an aspect to this which is being completely overlooked |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 07:30 AM Response to Reply #103 |
109. I understand that and it's tragic. But IMHO, making it legal would |
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NormanYorkstein (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 07:36 AM Response to Reply #109 |
111. in your opinion, that's the theory |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Go check Las Vegas stats and info |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
113. Ain't nobody's business... |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
115. Condescension...and a repeated post |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. That is what my husband said! About being pro-choice... |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
118. Gloria Steinhem...Equality Now |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
119. Id Rather |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. Then you are NOT Pro-Choice.... |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #120 |
125. My final word on the subject is: I don't think any prostitute should be arrested |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #125 |
135. Condescending |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. Republican Psychosis |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
122. That's like saying people deserve the right to work in sweatshops and other degrading circumstances. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
123. That's like saying people deserve the right to work in sweatshops and other degrading circumstances. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. Actually |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. Third time to post this... |
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IanBean (40 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
139. Good way for an uneducated woman to get money |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. THAT is crappy... |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
141. Aside from the fact that it is not my business how (or for what purpose) |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. THANK-YOU |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
145. I don't support sending women to jail for prostitution |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #145 |
148. Check |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
147. Note that if republicans weren't hypocritical, they be ok with it too..... |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
149. It's been a long weekend |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-15-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. you made a great post, Morgana. Thank you. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-16-07 12:35 AM Response to Reply #149 |
151. To Your PM |
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