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In reply to the discussion: It's time to decriminalize the buying and selling of sex [View all]BainsBane
(53,171 posts)41. The morality of concern only for self
vs. exploitation, enslavement and child rape? Why should you care about the latter? What do human rights compare to male sexual entitlement? Yeah, I get that's the prevailing neoliberal ethos. No one matters but the self. Ayn Rand lives on.
This discussion of prostitution gives a perfect illustration of why exploitation and inequality prevails around the earth. Why should anyone care about morality or social justice when all that matters is themselves?
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Victimless crime you say. Ask Carina Saunders family how fucking victimless it is
CBGLuthier
Aug 2014
#1
Hey I like the bit where people who disagree with you "should be excluded from this "debate"."
el_bryanto
Aug 2014
#6
I don't entirely disagree with your basic point. But I object to your tone and approach
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#15
Is this a guy you really want to stick up for? Given his earlier post about minors "choosing"
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#24
Okay, if you really want to know, it's not even "tone" that I most object to here.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#27
"More the guy's insistence on labeling anyone who disagrees with him stupid and irrelevant."
opiate69
Aug 2014
#30
I like good craft beer and (relatively) inexpensive red wine, as a general rule.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#35
Decriminalize, maybe; but it still objectifies and commoditizes human beings. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2014
#22