I have visited prostitutes, and I don't apologize for it. It was 1971, in a place called Vung Tau.

[Major Nikon]

87. I don't think that's going to happen

I don't have much interest in continuous discussion if one side refuses to be objective. My patience does have limits. If you want to continue to make unreasonable assumptions about my assertions, at some point I'm simply going to invite you to go piss up a rope. If you want to be objective and engage in reasonable discussion, I'm more than happy to participate.

Once again you're pointing out problems that are associated with prostitution rather than prostitution itself. If you really want to address a problem, your first step should be identifying what the actual problem is in the first place. You continuously reference "street-level" prostitution, which is an example of unregulated prostitution. It's silly to assume that advocating for any civil liberty means it should not be regulated. Every civil liberty you have is regulated in some way. Furthermore in order to make your argument you continuously pretend that I don't want to think about the "abuse" or any other problems associated with prostitution. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I think prostitution should be legalized (not just decriminalized) and regulated. I see that as the best and most reasonable way to deal with all the problems associated with prostitution that you've mentioned. That doesn't mean those problems are simply going to disappear, but it does go a long way towards reducing those social issues, especially when you compare that to simply dreaming about prostitution going away.