Is prostitution right ???

Is it right and would you ever use there services ??? I know its the oldest profesion in the world but there is something about them that makes my skin crawl...

The police had a big crack down in the luton area recently and they have all moved up to near where I live

Everytime the police raid them they simply move on to a different area !!

[Jerrek]

Does an individual have that right? Yes.

Is it morally wrong? Yes.

Would I use such services (buying)? No.

Would I offer such services (selling)? Unlikely, but I can be bought.


You can't crack down on prostition. It is here to stay. At best the police forces them to relocate, and relocate, and relocate. Do I want it in my neighborhood? No, definitely not.

[Defiant]

If that's what they wont to do so be it. This is supposed to be a free democratic country so who are we to be telling them what they can and cannot do. There hurting no one after all

Originally Posted by Defiant

If that's what they wont to do so be it. This is supposed to be a free democratic country so who are we to be telling them what they can and cannot do. There hurting no one after all

They may not be hurting anyone but when they pull cars over for bussines outside our home at 2:00am and shout at each other it gets a little anoying

[Defiant]

Originally Posted by Stuartbe

They may not be hurting anyone but when they pull cars over for bussines outside our home at 2:00am and shout at each other it gets a little anoying

Well thats an issue about were there doing there business which is different dont you think

[Chris]

If society accepts that people have the right to have as many sexual partners as they choose, then it must accept the right of the individual to buy/sell sex. The fact that our society has embraced one and not the other is further proof to me that a society that has abandoned its moral absolutes becomes fractured and contradictory in its opinions and not a little hypocritical in its attitudes.

From my point of view, lifelong monogamy is morally right and sexual promiscuity - whether paid for or received free of charge - is morally wrong.

Originally Posted by Defiant

If that's what they wont to do so be it. This is supposed to be a free democratic country so who are we to be telling them what they can and cannot do. There hurting no one after all

But thats not the case, at the end of the day its illegal, so democracy has nothing to do with it. Morally i can see what you mean, and i personally think that the only way to sort out kerb crawlers is to legalise Brothels. It may not stop prostitution (because i doubt anything ever will) but will help get them off the streets

[Russ B]

I don't expect everyone to see sex the same way I do but it's certainly not (from these eyes) which can or should be bought. Humans are the only animals which can have sex whilst looking in to each others' eyes and personally I feel that stands for something.

[Earl of Bronze]

Is it right, prolly not.
Do prostitutes deserve the protection of the law from attackers and their pimps, yes
Have I used their services, yes.

Thing about being in the army, you are usually posted to contries where the local ladies wont date squaddies. Or you cant be arsed hunting in the bar, so find a prozzie and you are sorted.

BTW, if anyone is in Hamburg, check out the Onion in the Reeperbahn, fantastic bar.

Originally Posted by Jerrek

Does an individual have that right? Yes.

Agreed.

Is it morally wrong? Yes.

Disagree.

Would I use such services (buying)? No.

Unlikely, I don't *need* to pay for it

Would I offer such services (selling)? Unlikely, but I can be bought.

Well, I'd be happy to offer Free Samples...!!!

You can't crack down on prostition. It is here to stay. At best the police forces them to relocate, and relocate, and relocate. Do I want it in my neighborhood? No, definitely not.

Whereas if it was properly managed, I wouldn't have a problem.

I'm not talking about Street Walkers and Kerb Crawlers, but well owned and maintained "Houses of Negotiable Affection" (to quote Terry Pratchett).

Nobody should be *forced* or coerced into Prostitution, especially not if it's to feed a drug habit (self-inflicted or not), but if they *want* to participate in "the oldest profession" and they prefer to slinging burgers, who are we to tell them that they shouldn't?

[Ramrod]

I think they should legalise brothels, put in place regular health (std and drugs) checks for prostitutes and get rid of the pimps.
It's always going to happen so you might as well get rid of the violence/drug influence/kerb crawling etc...might even reduce the levels of rape

[Jerrek]

Originally Posted by Graham

Well, I'd be happy to offer Free Samples...!!!

To me? :pp


Prostitution is the classic NIMB (not in my backyard) problem. Everyone agrees in a free society it should be permissable, as long as we don't see it. We somehow want it off the streets.

[luftys]

But dont we all pay for sex one way or another

As for looking them in the eye I find a paper bag does the trick

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by luftys

As for looking them in the eye I find a paper bag does the trick

Just wait till the women here get their hands on you....it'll be you needing the paper bag

Originally Posted by Jerrek

To me? :pp

Nope, you'd pay double...!! :PP

Prostitution is the classic NIMB (not in my backyard) problem. Everyone agrees in a free society it should be permissable, as long as we don't see it. We somehow want it off the streets.

Sorry, but I'm not a NIMBY and my position is not that "it should be permissible as long as I don't see it".

Yes, it should be "off the streets" because that's hazardous to the women who work the streets, causes disruption to the people who live in the houses on those streets and can result in women who *aren't* prostitutes being propositioned by mistake.

However I want it off the streets precisely *for* those reasons, ie to protect the women and to avoid problems for residents.

One other point, I'm not in favour of *legalising* prositution, I'm in favour of it being "decriminalised". The difference is important.