Reply #27: You seem to have a lot of contempt for women...

[shaayecanaan]

that do sex work. I like your "through her veins" comment, thereby implying that all sex workers are drug addicts. Nice. Do you feel similar contempt for male sex workers, or is it only women that you hate?

"I don't see how standing by while someone funnels money from the wallets of stupid, nasty men into the coffers of organized crime"

The reason the association exists with "organized crime" is because prostitution is illegal. If you want to end that association, then legalise prostitution.

"That's why I advocate prohibiting the purchasing of sexual services, and third-party profiting from them. Not punishing women for getting stuck in the middle."

Sort of like how some Christians advocate banning abortion by punishing the doctors that perform them, rather than the women that obtain them. Its the same thing at the end of the day.

"That's what Sweden does. And it's working quite nicely."

I'm a curious fellow, so I went at had a look at the wiki entry for "Prostitution in Sweden":-

"Sweden considers prostitution a form of violence against women, so the crime consists in the customer paying for sex, not in the prostitute selling sexual services."

So in other words, there's no violence involved if I skip after sex without paying the prostitute? Hmmm...

"The law enjoys wide public support in Sweden. A recent survey shows that 80% of Swedes "support the law and the principles behind its development"...However, the same survey showed a very interesting thing: despite the fact that most Swedes approve of the law, few people think that it works in practice (only 20% of respondents believe the number of people who pay for sex has been reduced)."

And there's the rub, isn't it? No one has ever figured out a way to successfully outlaw prostitution. I wonder how many Swedes take the short trip over to Amsterdam to enjoy the pleasures of that fine city? Quite a few I would imagine.

"And if you think I'm going to waste my time laying out the reasons why this should be done, and what the justification is for doing it in a liberal/social democracy, you're wrong."

Well, you seem very keen to speak to me thus far, given the extent and punctuality of your replies. I suppose I can only assume you have nothing better to do.