Reply #124: Of course. Sex is not the same thing as love

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The primal urge is a fearsome power. Giving people an outlet for this is a good thing, even if just for release.

It's funny how extremist conservatism and extremist leftism both cling to the idiotic premise of the perfectibility of mankind. Communism failed because people are still lazy and greedy. Conservatism fails because, along with the good, there's too much ugliness in the human heart. We're messy beings, and if we can find a way to accomodate the untoward appetites within us, we'll all be better off.

Regulate it, tax it, and keep it very discreet.

Do you really want people playing fast and loose with others' affections just to get laid? Do you want the sexual urges to go unslaked?

Love and sex are often the same penultimate urge, but there's nothing wrong with good old-fashioned sportfucking, and it should be made more accessible.

Those who work in the sex industry do so at great risk to their bodies, health and psyches; regulation would help them more than anyone else. It's too bad that people hate and fear sex so, but that's just life. Whenever we rage at sex for trade, we're really hearing the backlash of those who have sexual problems and those who are the true prostitutes: the ones who use sex as a weapon of control. If you care about your mate, you don't do that.

Sex is part of life; it shouldn't be taken lightly for many reasons, but chiefly for the emotional hurt of the partner and the biological dangers of contact. Controlling these issues would help us all, except for those afraid of sex and those who use sex as a tool for dominance.