The imaginary victims of victimless crimes

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54. People have a lot of theories about a Utopia that follows legalization

That is not borne out by the evidence in places where it has been legalized. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1986065

Thank you for acknowledging my situation, and I'm sorry you faced similar harassment. I understand that people have different views on the subject, but to be told what happened to me is "imaginary' is incredibly cruel, which given the OP's previous comments to me, I can only assume was deliberate.

I don't know exactly what the solution is, but to be a just one it must focus on minimizing harm rather than further empowering the privileged. Minimizing harm is not possible if people ignore the reality of the sex trade.

As redqueen notes, the sex trade is not comparable to marijuana. People aren't things. And the violence and exploitation is not ancillary to prostitution but rather part of the sex trade as it actually exists, in places where it is legal or illegal.