Andrew Paul wrote: > LOL, yes, you are well known for your callousness, you are > clearly blessed with a heart of stone!
*g* You do say the nicest things to a girl. :) > I get the feeling we are all being armchair experts here. It > would be best if we listened to one who had some experience > in such matters. I have no doubt there are women (and perhaps > men) who are pushed into prostitution, either by force, or by > economic necessity. Equally, there are some who choose it, of > their own free will. Perhaps if we all chipped in $5, we > could book an hour or two for discussions with someone who knew :) Agreed. :) If I were a bit more ambulatory, I'd have prefered going over and talking to these people myself. As it is, I have been unable to talk either my brother or husband into going over to get some answers for me. > No, I don't think > they will all burn in hell for all eternity, and I think it > would be a) stupid, b) pointless, c) in an odd and no doubt > misguided way, a denial of a women's right to choose if we > were to attempt to eradicate it. I don't think anyone burns in hell for all eternity. And the only disagreement I have with the rest of what you say is that I think you are narrowing the field a bit when you say 'a woman's right to choose'. Men's rights are also being affected, dammit! :) But I don't see how anyone can ever eradicate prostitution. So the most sensible course of action seems to be legalising the trade. Things would/could be monitored, and at least the prostitutes would have a legal status and all the protection that affords. To go off on a tangent here, the comment you made at the end of your first mail in this thread made me want to recommend Guru Dutt's _Pyasa_ to you. I think you'd enjoy the movie. Another movie that I found myself thinking of was Vijay Anand's _Guide_, the story of a woman whose mother forces her into a marriage to enable her to escape the dev-dasi system. Ironically enough, the girl would probably have been happier within that system, and indeed breaks free of her marriage soon thereafter. The ending is a bit unconvincing but the movie is definitely worth a watch. Ritu _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
