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jeff47

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48. It would make the "dark side" easier to find.

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 03:44 PM

Jun 2013

Let's say you happen to decide to visit a house of ill repute. As you are leaving, you find out they have a 15-year-old working there.

If prostitution is legal, there's little impediment to you reporting the underage prostitute to the police.
If prostitution is illegal, you have to decide to risk your own arrest in order to report the underage prostitute.

So while no one can guarantee it would stop a situation like the OP, it would make it easier for authorities to find that situation.

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Man beat 15-year-old girl brought to Twin Cities to be a prostitute [View all] MineralMan Jun 2013 OP

It's not OK! In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #1

It certainly isn't. I'm tired of people giving a blanket OK MineralMan Jun 2013 #3

I agree with you 100%. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #9

There are many, many underaged prostitutes MineralMan Jun 2013 #12

Those men should be charged with raping a minor. It's wrong. In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #15

Yes. It is rape. It's rape of a child. MineralMan Jun 2013 #21

So she should go to jail? lame54 Jun 2013 #26

So she should go to jail? Where did I say that? MineralMan Jun 2013 #28

Your thread is in response to those who think prostitution should be legal... lame54 Jun 2013 #35

Nonetheless she is a criminal, right? jberryhill Jun 2013 #42

She is a victim. She is not under arrest. The pimp is. MineralMan Jun 2013 #60

Please, sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #81

Because this OP is in response to others threads currently on DU advocation legalization lame54 Jun 2013 #93

OK sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #94

It's happened LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #97

That's Texas. sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #102

Read the rest of the article LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #108

What does that have to do with Texas? sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #110

Er...you brought it up? n/t LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #111

It happened there. sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #116

It's happened other places too LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #117

I did read it. sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #118

OK, well LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #119

Becasue I'm acquainted with Texas. sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #120

Ah. OK. LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #121

It don't get no worse. sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #122

I'm not sure that your fact is so demonstrable. jeff47 Jun 2013 #53

obvioulsy forcing a minor or anyone into prostituion is wrong. bowens43 Jun 2013 #2

And I didn't say that it should be illegal, either. MineralMan Jun 2013 #6

How many adult women or men came to the Skidmore Jun 2013 #27

And really, all these people who are suggesting that lots of prostitutes are out there Squinch Jun 2013 #44

Compare it to the other ways to make a living jeff47 Jun 2013 #56

Kidding yourself. Squinch Jun 2013 #59

You are describing the situation where it's illegal. jeff47 Jun 2013 #62

I am talking about the situation where it exists. Prostitution is a hellhole. Squinch Jun 2013 #63

Then why do the women who do it where it's legal not claim it's a hellhole? jeff47 Jun 2013 #76

Kidding yourself. Squinch Jun 2013 #77

Go ahead and show the statistics proving me wrong. (nt) jeff47 Jun 2013 #79

Go ahead and keep kidding yourself. Squinch Jun 2013 #80

Well, you could easily prove me wrong with some statistics. jeff47 Jun 2013 #85

Kidding. Yourself. Squinch Jun 2013 #86

Ah yes, the terrible, terrible condition where reality apparently doesn't match your opinions. (nt) jeff47 Jun 2013 #99

Auto kiddage. Squinch Jun 2013 #101

I've heard a lot of conflicting sulphurdunn Jun 2013 #84

+1 for you Squinch and +1 for Skidmore's post too. nt riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #57

I doubt any healthy adult, who is not drug addicted and/or mzmolly Jun 2013 #107

k&r Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #4

Do what Nevada does, premium Jun 2013 #5

And Clark County is the county containing Las Vegas. MineralMan Jun 2013 #7

I've no doubt that there is underaged prostitution in LV, premium Jun 2013 #11

It doesn't. Those legal brothels out beyond Clark County MineralMan Jun 2013 #17

There are no minors in the legal brothels LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #50

How will legalizing prostitution stop child prostitution, sex slavery or trafficking? riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #14

It wouldn't. Because some men specifically are looking for MineralMan Jun 2013 #18

It would isolate these men though as the criminals they are... cascadiance Jun 2013 #67

I have no idea how it would make criminals easier to catch. riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #70

The police could concentrate their efforts on those Mariana Jun 2013 #103

It would certainly free up a lot of resources for dealing with illegal and unconsentual prostitution EOTE Jun 2013 #19

Prostitution is not actively dealt with, for the most part. MineralMan Jun 2013 #22

Again, legalizing CONSENSUAL prostitution would free up quite a bit of resources for the EOTE Jun 2013 #24

The reality is, unfortunately, that it would free up those resources MineralMan Jun 2013 #25

OK, you're free to believe that. EOTE Jun 2013 #30

Well, I have no idea what "Johns" are looking for, really. MineralMan Jun 2013 #31

That's neither here nor there. EOTE Jun 2013 #39

Even if that were true... Major Nikon Jun 2013 #47

783 women were arrested and prosecuted for prostitution in NY in 2010. riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #46

Is prostitution legal in NY? I don't believe so. EOTE Jun 2013 #49

You're the one who indicated that it would "free up resources" if prostitution were legal riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #54

They bust a few street prostitutes, always prostitutes. Rozlee Jun 2013 #91

It won't, premium Jun 2013 #23

It would make the "dark side" easier to find. jeff47 Jun 2013 #48

I don't buy that either. There are anonymous crime tip hotlines all over. riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #61

And you have to believe those lines are actually anonymous. jeff47 Jun 2013 #65

Links for your statements please? nt riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #68

Gonna have to wait until I'm not at work. (nt) jeff47 Jun 2013 #75

And if you're not living a life of paranoia . . . caseymoz Jun 2013 #69

Several reasons caseymoz Jun 2013 #66

Ok. Thanks for answering although I disagree with most of your points. Fair enough that you did. riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #73

It's going to be hard to tell if it does. caseymoz Jun 2013 #104

The same way that legalizing adult porn marginalized child porn Yavin4 Jun 2013 #72

Do you have any statistics to back up your assertion that child porn has been reduced? nt riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #74

Do you have any statistics to show child prostitution is common in Nevada brothels? (nt) jeff47 Jun 2013 #78

Yavin made the assertion. I think its fair to ask him/her to back it up. riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #82

In places where it's legal, there have been no arrests for child prostitution jeff47 Jun 2013 #83

That's demonstrably false as a google search of child prostitution arrests in the Netherlands shows riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #89

We're talking about Nevada. jeff47 Jun 2013 #98

No. Your post said "in places where its legal". riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #100

I don't have any statistics. However, child porn is not a part of ANY mainstream porn. Yavin4 Jun 2013 #95

So you have absolutely ZERO factual basis for stating that child porn is now "marginalized" riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #96

well, no one who should be bringing pedophiles to justice is instead Schema Thing Jun 2013 #105

Actually, it's not the counties outlawing prostitution. jeff47 Jun 2013 #58

K&R Adsos Letter Jun 2013 #8

Dear men who pay for sex: you help make this sort of thing possible. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #10

Well, some people seem to believe that all men MineralMan Jun 2013 #13

People act as if the kind of man who buys sex wants a regulated geek tragedy Jun 2013 #16

Yup. People who pay for sex don't want the MineralMan Jun 2013 #20

Thank you. n/t whathehell Jun 2013 #52

was it that dude from the other thread? arely staircase Jun 2013 #29

Was who that dude? MineralMan Jun 2013 #32

the guy who said he didn't know any men who hadn't paid for sex arely staircase Jun 2013 #34

Some people think picking vegetables is okay jberryhill Jun 2013 #33

i know vegetable pickers arely staircase Jun 2013 #36

I'll bet you do jberryhill Jun 2013 #37

they say they meet lots of people but they also wear pumps arely staircase Jun 2013 #38

Tomatoes? jberryhill Jun 2013 #40

THAT is fucked up arely staircase Jun 2013 #41

+10000 this is a DUzy! Tien1985 Jun 2013 #43

Some people think posting petulant irrelevancies masquerading as a point is clever. LanternWaste Jun 2013 #51

This is more common than is known or believed azurnoir Jun 2013 #45

Related. proverbialwisdom Jun 2013 #55

Why is it again?..that Rhodes NOT being charged with Assault & Battery or attempted murder???/ ~nt 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #64

To those who have visited prostitutes, and who think they couldn't possibly be the Squinch Jun 2013 #71

Minnesota actually has a high number of enslaved BainsBane Jun 2013 #87

I'm old enough to remember when they used to say, "Contributing to the delinquency of a minor"... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #88

Human Trafficking BainsBane Jun 2013 #90

Well I would like to make a response in support of prostitution DAngelo136 Jun 2013 #92

I used to work in an area (in St. Paul) rife with prostitution. For those who mzmolly Jun 2013 #106

I dislike backpage.com very much. MineralMan Jun 2013 #109

Indeed. mzmolly Jun 2013 #114

There is, or was, a connection between Backpage.com MineralMan Jun 2013 #115

Good for you! mzmolly Jun 2013 #123

The whole point of legalization is harm reduction. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #112

Underaged prostitution will remain illegal, and MineralMan Jun 2013 #113