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redqueen

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12. Prostitutes are people.

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 01:02 PM

Feb 2012

Why are you being disingenuous?

When people use drugs, they are using a product. A thing. That is very much not the case when they buy sex.

In the US prostitutes are prosecuted even when they're victims of trafficking.

Your statement that human trafficking isn't affected by this method is factually wrong. Apparently you haven't read about this system, which started in Sweden, was adopted in Norway and Denmark, and has now been also adopted by France.

You might want to read up on it, it will most likely (hopefully) spread to many other countries.

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Under New Law, France Would No Longer Be Sexual Playground of Men Like Dominique Strauss-Kahn [View all] redqueen Feb 2012 OP

"The Nordic model does not penalize the persons in prostitution, but makes resources available." lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #1

Drugs are not people, so the comparison is invalid. redqueen Feb 2012 #3

Sex isn't people either, so the comparison is valid. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #7

Prostitutes are people. redqueen Feb 2012 #12

I can't reconcile two contradictory belief systems lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #28

They don't stand on the streetcorner and never have. LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #18

"the abolitionist movement WANT us to die" redqueen Feb 2012 #19

Yes, it's a terrible thing to have to say LadyHawkAZ Feb 2012 #21

I didn't want to talk to you because it is my opinion that you argue in bad faith. redqueen Feb 2012 #22

It's not the same thing for a few reasons Aerows Feb 2012 #5

A man who has sex with a 13 year old IS a child molester. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #8

Yes, it does Aerows Feb 2012 #9

Pimping, exploitation, trafficking, and child molesting are all tangents. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2012 #27

Unless you are famous. nt Snake Alchemist Feb 2012 #24

The point is not to punish women for having sex. JDPriestly Feb 2012 #16

You mean now I have to go to Thailand??...OK better food. Loudmxr Feb 2012 #2

Check this out. redqueen Feb 2012 #4

everybody should read that letter dana_b Feb 2012 #10

It is my very great pleasure to share it here. redqueen Feb 2012 #13

Wow - that was powerful! Thank you for posting that. RueVoltaire Feb 2012 #15

My pleasure. redqueen Feb 2012 #20

Odd wording for a Dublin Call Girl. ieoeja Feb 2012 #23

I always thought "punters" were gamblers FrodosPet Feb 2012 #25

I figured it was Irish slang. redqueen Feb 2012 #26

In the UK, any consumer of any product or service is a 'punter' stevenleser Feb 2012 #29

Oh noooooes ...... oldhippie Feb 2012 #6

I have every confidence that they will follow the same method redqueen Feb 2012 #14

This is excellent JustAnotherGen Feb 2012 #11

Very excellent news. Glad to hear this. K&R closeupready Feb 2012 #17

What does everything think of the reverse situation? FrodosPet Feb 2012 #30

You are not going to get an answer because that destroys the meme some are trying to sell. stevenleser Feb 2012 #32

this is good news varelse Feb 2012 #31