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LadyHawkAZ

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99. You think not?

Wed Jun 5, 2013, 05:39 PM

Jun 2013

Look at the witch hunt in these threads. Or:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/feb/22/larry-brown-victor-chaltiel-against-downtown-red-l/#axzz2VNZSvmre
look what happens when you propose making it legal. Goodman caused a firestorm of NO from the good (R) citizens of Las Vegas, and the idea got dropped.

I don't know what TV show you're watching, but it isn't just "watched" by the police and shooed into certain tolerance areas in any city that I know of. They bust everywhere they find it. In Vegas it split along racial lines: most of the street workers who got regularly harassed were the black and Hispanic workers. You only really saw a blonde get busted if they were working the casinos as escorts, and then it made the local news. That race thing? That's an unwritten regulation, too. Aren't unwritten regulations fun?

Need more fun? Here's the Las Vegas sheriff, complaining about the damaging budget cuts to police in August 2012:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/aug/30/sheriff-warns/#axzz2VNZSvmre
and here's the Vegas news reporting an expansion of the vice squad in October 2012, specifically targeting prostitution:
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/5101862/prostitution-crackdown-in-las-vegas-is-just-the-beginning

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Why Do We Throw Prostitutes in Prison? [View all] xchrom Jun 2013 OP

k/r marmar Jun 2013 #1

public health??? Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #2

you could throw every other person in prison for that 'crime'. nt xchrom Jun 2013 #4

maybe they could get rehab in prison... Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #6

Your optimism about our penal system theaocp Jun 2013 #14

not morals.... public health Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #15

I'll assume you're on the side of public health theaocp Jun 2013 #17

regulation Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #19

Criminalization... TommyCelt Jun 2013 #22

decriminization Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #25

Explain Nevada then. It has a well regulated prostitution business, the girls are safe from pimps Katashi_itto Jun 2013 #45

{crickets} Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2013 #69

Thanks! Katashi_itto Jun 2013 #70

Nevada is one huge Government bombing range happyslug Jun 2013 #73

I would prefer this regulation fall under Health and Humane services.... midnight Jun 2013 #78

We could create a Happiness Services Dept Katashi_itto Jun 2013 #101

I think that could work.... midnight Jun 2013 #113

Nice handle Fumesucker Jun 2013 #57

LOL! Spot on blueamy66 Jun 2013 #63

what makes you assume someone needs rehab because they are a prostitute? arely staircase Jun 2013 #67

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! backscatter712 Jun 2013 #120

So are you going to toss diesel bus engine manufacturers in jail too? marmar Jun 2013 #5

Bingo!!!!! orpupilofnature57 Jun 2013 #9

the diesel bus engine Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #11

How many moons are on your planet ? orpupilofnature57 Jun 2013 #13

all diesel engines Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #18

"All" is kinda the opposite of "case by case". Just sayin'. ret5hd Jun 2013 #27

ot, Niceguy1 Jun 2013 #31

What a coincidence! So are the legal prostitutes in Nevada! LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #80

The walking Pestles are rarely tested, or punished . orpupilofnature57 Jun 2013 #12

I think your priorities are slightly peculiar. sibelian Jun 2013 #21

indeed. nt xchrom Jun 2013 #23

prostitution happens anyway, it would be better for public health if it was regulated and legal. bowens43 Jun 2013 #30

Actually - it's more of a health risk being illegal. ehrnst Jun 2013 #34

Other 1st world countries do this. dotymed Jun 2013 #46

It would also be easier to catch those exploiting minors in to this business too... cascadiance Jun 2013 #65

Ah and the people hanging out in meet markets aren't? pipoman Jun 2013 #47

then promiscuity is the problem, not prostitution. unblock Jun 2013 #48

Ah yes, that strategy works so well in the War on Drugs. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #50

So you favor locking up anyone who's sexually promiscuous or geek tragedy Jun 2013 #55

So you just completely ignored the first paragraph of the post:? Hissyspit Jun 2013 #76

Public health would be served by regulating the trade, not criminalizing it. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2013 #77

god. people like you really make me vomity. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #114

A rare coalescing of common sense. Nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #3

taxes newmember Jun 2013 #7

It's easy orpupilofnature57 Jun 2013 #8

Generally it is a great way to generate cash revenue to supplement police income. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #10

What are you talking about? Police are paid for by TRAFFIC Tickets and taxes NOT other fines happyslug Jun 2013 #71

The vice squad in most cities has a long and sordid history of abject corruption. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #74

So most Vice Squads are "Captured Regulatory Agencies" what else is new? happyslug Jun 2013 #97

Huh? Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #104

If you understood REALITY is not legal technicalities you would understood what I said. happyslug Jun 2013 #105

Ok. Obviously our realities are fairly different. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #109

Look at the bigger picture. LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #83

But busting prositutes is NOT high on anyone's willingness to pay taxes for. happyslug Jun 2013 #93

You think not? LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #99

Or I just talk to actual POLICE OFFICERS about this. happyslug Jun 2013 #107

What city, please? And what streets? LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #112

as useless as the war on drugs. KG Jun 2013 #16

Pretty much. I would legalize both. Jennicut Jun 2013 #54

George Carlin asks a valid question... TommyCelt Jun 2013 #20

Why is blackmail illegal MattBaggins Jun 2013 #24

Selling is legal. Donating organs is legal. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #26

Seriously? You equate organ donation with having sex? LOL!!! bowens43 Jun 2013 #29

You equate what prostitutes endure on a daily geek tragedy Jun 2013 #33

Prostitution leads to drug addiction? Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2013 #36

Sucking the dicks of 25 low lives per day geek tragedy Jun 2013 #43

Your username is apt. sibelian Jun 2013 #49

And you know this....how? (nt) Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2013 #87

My wife works with women who have been trafficked. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #88

I can imagine a lot... Jeff In Milwaukee Jun 2013 #89

When you've had women sobbing in your office for hours, maybe then geek tragedy Jun 2013 #90

He's talking about trafficking LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #91

ONLY prostitution...? TommyCelt Jun 2013 #41

your claim that bad sex can lead to PTSD geek tragedy Jun 2013 #53

Credibility? TommyCelt Jun 2013 #56

It is completely insane to make it a crime to get paid for doing what it is legal to do for free... bowens43 Jun 2013 #28

Legalizig gambling caused a similar stir and now it's legal almost everywhere. xtraxritical Jun 2013 #59

"It is completely insane..." panader0 Jun 2013 #61

I'd say madokie Jun 2013 #32

It appears you are already full of truth, bother. MindPilot Jun 2013 #75

Because that would put the power and money in the hands of the 'sluts' ehrnst Jun 2013 #35

To keep them quiet ? eppur_se_muova Jun 2013 #37

Why?.,. Puritans.. Upton Jun 2013 #38

The problem is how do you regulate prositution? happyslug Jun 2013 #62

Several flaws in this jeff47 Jun 2013 #66

As I mentioned in an Earlier post, UK and Europe did not go crazy over freedom of Contract happyslug Jun 2013 #92

You went through a very long post to continue to ignore current reality. jeff47 Jun 2013 #100

I did address those points, you just did not like my responses happyslug Jun 2013 #106

No, you just like wandering off. jeff47 Jun 2013 #115

happyslug, thanks. Laelth Jun 2013 #118

I did simplify the history happyslug Jun 2013 #121

Bottom Line Scalded Nun Jun 2013 #39

You "guarantee" whatever you want to feel good about yourself. sibelian Jun 2013 #52

But if you hire an "actress" tomtharp Jun 2013 #40

There you go... Thor_MN Jun 2013 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Inkfreak Jun 2013 #103

so society can continue to believe that it's morally self righteous. nt Javaman Jun 2013 #42

Because police don't want blow-offs from Johns Capt. Obvious Jun 2013 #51

Capt. Obvious once again demonstrates a firm grasp of the obvious Fumesucker Jun 2013 #58

We shouldn't ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #60

Why? sibelian Jun 2013 #68

To reduce the frequency of prostitution. geek tragedy Jun 2013 #94

There is no "exploitation" in a situation in which both parties consent. nt. sibelian Jun 2013 #116

Yeah, just ask the garment workers of Bangladesh, nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #117

Because that is the answer in certain feminist circles Major Nikon Jun 2013 #110

To perpetuate the idea that sex is weird and creepy and wrong, sibelian Jun 2013 #64

Yes, thank you. PDJane Jun 2013 #79

Also LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #81

Yes, that too. nt sibelian Jun 2013 #82

Most congressmen are prostitutes too. They fuck us for money. n/t L0oniX Jun 2013 #72

Agreed. Make it a fine if you want it outlawed LittleBlue Jun 2013 #84

To get them off the streets, obviously. Flying Squirrel Jun 2013 #85

I thought prostitution was a misdemeanor if not around schools or churches. craigmatic Jun 2013 #86

That's what I thought too LeftInTX Jun 2013 #98

so they can get some rest? yurbud Jun 2013 #95

so the prison guards won't have to drive so far after their shifts? yurbud Jun 2013 #96

It's not the question that should be asked Scootaloo Jun 2013 #102

A mix of being a nation of puritanical assholes, being a nation of greedy fucks who like TheKentuckian Jun 2013 #108

It wasn't always so! sfpcjock Jun 2013 #111

A frightfully bad idea. caseymoz Jun 2013 #119