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LanternWaste

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9. I think "it's always existed" is a poor rationale to support a thing.

Reply to Lee-Lee (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 12, 2015, 03:08 PM

Aug 2015

I think "it's always existed" is a poor rationale to support a thing. Imagine the odd contexts it would create if applied consistently.

Underground - loansharking. Above ground - payday lenders... six of one, half a dozen of the other.

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Photo-tribute to Amnesty International's decision on the decriminalization of human trafficking [View all] uhnope Aug 2015 OP

Maybe you could provide a tiny bit of background? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #1

OK. See update uhnope Aug 2015 #2

They are trying to get it decriminalized in Thailand. Cleita Aug 2015 #3

Hm. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #5

I'm only the messenger answering your question. Cleita Aug 2015 #7

Sex work exists. It has always existed. It always will Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #4

you realize that a lot of sex trafficking involves minors, right? cali Aug 2015 #6

I do. Moving the industry out of the shadows will make it easier Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #8

I think "it's always existed" is a poor rationale to support a thing. LanternWaste Aug 2015 #9

Your never going to eliminate it Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #10