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jeff47

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56. Compare it to the other ways to make a living

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 03:58 PM

Jun 2013

We're not talking about people deciding between corporate lawyer, doctor, or prostitute. We're talking about people deciding between part-time at Wal-Mart and prostitute.

Some people will decide it's better than the crappy alternatives.

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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