This is just sick . . .

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Obvious jokes aside, this is disgusting and I don't really know what to say about it. Should provide quite a moral dilemma out there for some, though.

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That *IS* messed up!!

However, I recall that when I was on unemployment, that if a job assistance office set me up with a job and I refused it, that I could lose the unemployment benefits...

...of course, there's a bit of difference in the jobs offered, too...

Mike
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That's what you get when you install democracy in foreign countries!

it's what you get if you make prostitution legal.

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it's what you get if you make prostitution legal.

It's what you get if you let political correctness loose where it doesn't belong.

I remember reading an article years ago which was entitled "When will Dirty Old Men get a fair crack of the whip?"

Speaking of the above - School days were the happiest days of my life - getting spanked by a middle-aged woman every day. I have to pay good money for that now!

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Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

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it's what you get if you make prostitution legal.

Which was made legal by a democratically elected govenment, right?

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Which was made legal by a democratically elected govenment, right?

It could have been made legal by any flavour of government.

I bet they don't want to make prostitution exempt from their social security scheme because they'd have have to deal with people to turning down all kinds of other jobs on moral grounds.

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oh my gosh, poor woman. I had no idea prostitution was legal in Germany; what kind of sick people would legalize that?

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>I had no idea prostitution was legal in Germany; what kind of sick people would legalize that?

Same sort of people who legalized it in places here in the US I suppose.

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I had no idea prostitution was legal in Germany; what kind of sick people would legalize that?

I have no problem with legalized prostitution. My take on individual liberty is such that I think a woman should be able to choose whether or not she provides such services. Her body, her moral system, it should be her choice.

That said, I have a serious problem with the thought of a woman being pressured into such a job. My suspicion however, is that the people who are quoted in that article are alarmists simply crying wolf.

Blues,
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oh my gosh, poor woman. I had no idea prostitution was legal in Germany; what kind of sick people would legalize that?

Since Jan. 2002, prostitution in Germany is to be considered like a legal employment/job. And no longer immoral. They now can pay into the unemployment and pension insurance fund, also even sue a "client" on payment.

But as a huge share of girls are coming from East Europe, Russia etc., they still work illegal here, are working under hardest circumstances and pressures, simply are exploited.

Prostitution is the "oldest job" on earth. Ask the customers of these girls , this job always will exist.

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oh my gosh, poor woman. I had no idea prostitution was legal in Germany; what kind of sick people would legalize that?

There's a difference between legalizing and regulating prostitution and forcing someone into it.

This makes a good headline but obviously it ain't gonna stand, it's the kind of thing that happens when you apply any regulations mindlessly.

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well, everyone that responded to my post, my morals say that prostitution is wrong. You may think prostitution is okay, but it goes against my belief system.I am not surprised to find a lot of people who don't have the same belief system as I; I'm not gonna get into a huge argument about it, but I know it's true.
...just wanted to state my opinion

and BTW, I don't care if prostitution is the "oldest job" on earth, that doesn't mean it's right.
People have been cheating on their spouses for the longest time too, does that make it right?

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>my morals say that prostitution is wrong.

I agree. I also think that relying on welfare is wrong, that defending guilty people is wrong, that not taking responsibility for yourself is wrong, and that smoking is wrong. However, I also realize that other people feel differently than I do, and that's OK - I wouldn't want to "ban smoking" or anything like that just because my morals don't match theirs.

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>my morals say that prostitution is wrong.

I agree. I

However, if you legalize it, then you can regulate it, making it manditory for testing and so forth to help curb STDs.

However, people will still do it illegally.

Prostitution is one of the oldest professions in the world, it has no respect for race, culture, religion or age, historically speaking.

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I wouldn't want to "ban smoking" or anything like that just because my morals don't match theirs

how then can you say you're against it, when you're not against banning it? When people stand by and do nothing, isn't that in fact communicating you really don't see it as wrong?
IMHO, if you're against something, you should take a stand against it.

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However, if you legalize it, then you can regulate it, making it manditory for testing and so forth to help curb STDs.

And tax it.

I wonder if the huge budget deficits Germany is accumulating due to their Socialism has anything to do with legalizing prostitution?

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>how then can you say you're against it, when you're not against banning
>it?

Because I accept that not everyone is like me. There are people who think skydiving is stupid, dangerous, suicidal etc. - indeed, most people think that way. Aren't you glad they don't ban it?

>When people stand by and do nothing, isn't that in fact communicating
>you really don't see it as wrong?

No. I try to talk my friends out of smoking, but I don't beat the crap out of them when they smoke. Doesn't mean I don't see it as wrong, it just means that they're adults and can make their own decisions - even if I think their decisions are wrong.

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well, everyone that responded to my post, my morals say that prostitution is wrong. You may think prostitution is okay, but it goes against my belief system.I am not surprised to find a lot of people who don't have the same belief system as I; I'm not gonna get into a huge argument about it, but I know it's true.
...just wanted to state my opinion

I agree it's wrong but criminalizing it further victimizes the women involved on several levels. It also gives the usual sanctimonious finger waggers the chance to put down a bunch of their peers over personal mores masquerading as criminal behavior.

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had no idea prostitution was legal in Germany; what kind of sick people would legalize that?

How's the air up there on that high horse?


Prostitution happens. Not always for cash either and it ain't always in the "bad" part of town.

Why not legalize, regulate and tax it? You'd get better control of the diseases, and make a bit of money for say......women's educational programs?

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IMHO, if you're against something, you should take a stand against it.

So if you're not gay, you should kick the shit out of fags?

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And tax it.

I wonder if the huge budget deficits Germany is accumulating due to their Socialism has anything to do with legalizing prostitution?

[windcatcher 0]

no, I am not talking about kicking somebody's butt if they don't have the same beliefs as you. I just wanted to state my opinion, to me that's one way of standing against something.
I told you guys I didn't want to argue w/ you, your beliefs are waaaaaaay different than mine. I don't like to get in debates in SC, that's why I rarely post in here but when something in me says "that's wrong", I'm gonna post about it.
I am not saying I am better than any of you, just different. I stated my opinion, so there.
Have a wonderful day.

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I wouldn't want to "ban smoking" or anything like that just because my morals don't match theirs

how then can you say you're against it, when you're not against banning it? When people stand by and do nothing, isn't that in fact communicating you really don't see it as wrong?
IMHO, if you're against something, you should take a stand against it.

Perhaps his stand against it is simple non-participation. He can oppose smoking, prostitution, abortion, and many other things without saying that others must share his view. We don't all have to agree on everything.

Question - What criteria should we use in determining that Person A's moral system is superior to Person B's and that it therefore should be imposed on Person B?

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
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