----- Original Message ----- From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:34 PM Subject: Re: More hypocrisy on display than skin
> > which is a governmental report on legalized prostitution in the > > Netherlands. It quotes studies, but does not quote evidence that the > > decriminalization has resulted in a decrease in the negative aspects of > > prostitution. It does mention high drug use among prostitutes, with > > over > > 40% of people treated for severe drug use being prostitutes and 80% of > > the > > streetwalkers being drug addicts. Residents of brothels are said to > > have > > lower incidence of drug use, but no firm figures were given. This is > > the > > most positive report I found. > > > > Slightly better is still better isn't it? But, both were in the Netherlands, where it was legal. > > So, I'd conclude that a preliminary review of the evidence indicates > > that > > legalization does not remove problems with prostitution. > > > > But making it illegal doesn't make it go away. Even strict Muslim > countries have prostitution. No, it doesn't. But, my point was that prostitution wasn't healthy for society, not how/whether it should be regulated. Eating 5 supersized fast food meals a day and sitting all day long isn't healty, but I don't think it should be illegal. > So if making it illegal doesn't actually make it go away and regulating > it makes at least some improvement in the lives of those involved... I understand your argument. I hope very good studies can be done in Germany, Australia, and the Netherlands to see if and how the dynamics of prostitution changes. I could be persuaded that health and safety regulations for legal prostitution are better than laws against prostitution....and as far as laws go I'd tend to lean for prosecution of the johns and the pimps, and not the prostitutes. But, it would be far harder to persuade me its OK to use a woman as an object. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
