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In reply to the discussion: Swedish PM wants tougher sentences for those who buy sex from prostitutes [View all]Kurska
(5,739 posts)35. It won't eliminate the entire black market, nothing in history can eliminate the entire black market
However it would rip the floor out from under it. This would be a superior product that could be acquired safely, you seriously think that wouldn't take a massive bite out of the illegal business?
The only people still dealing dirty in this kind of system would probably be the real bad guys involved in this business. This would let police better focus their vice resources on the worst kind.
I think it would work, do I know it will work? I can't tell you exactly. I do know that our current system isn't working. All the police resources in the world haven't made the slightest dent in prostitution and human trafficking is rampant. This might actually work. We can keep reinforcing failure or we can try something new.
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Swedish PM wants tougher sentences for those who buy sex from prostitutes [View all]
Judi Lynn
Dec 2013
OP
Buying sex from minors and trafficking victims is rape, and opposing rape is not prudishness.
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#2
Boo hoo that men don't have the freedom to buy the opportunity to rape a kid or trafficking victim.
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#4
Four legal options have been presented three in the OP. Let me break it down for you.
Kurska
Dec 2013
#16
How on earth is throwing people in jail for consensual sex anything but sexual fascism?
Kurska
Dec 2013
#20
It won't eliminate the entire black market, nothing in history can eliminate the entire black market
Kurska
Dec 2013
#35
Maybe so .. but the 'honest' thing to do is help the other person understand their mistake
brett_jv
Dec 2013
#17
he is a jerk for a stronger sentence raping a child and raping a sex slave? wow. progressive much?
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#27
I don't think selling sex should carry any criminal penalties. Especially considering how many
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#42
"Mandatory prison sentence for buying sex from minors." That I have no problem with.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2013
#41