On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 09:52:03AM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > On Nov 29, 2004, at 7:56 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > >My wife worked with strippers as part of her work with incest > >survivors. That convinced me to not go to strip joints. Not because > >it was immoral because seeing semi-naked women was immoral, but > >because of the stories she relayed about why the women were in that > >line of business. When I relayed her work, it was meant with the > >objection that it was a self selected sample. When it was pointed out > >that the survey was taken at one establishment, the hypothesis that > >somehow that was that establishment was chosen by a network of women > >who were sexually abused as children. > > So far you haven't supplied contrary evidence. In fact you've supplied > nothing at all except, at best, hearsay. > > Interesting you seem unwilling to carry on this discussion by anything > but proxy. Is your argument really so weak that all you can do now is > try to appear rational by whining to someone else about how your data > is rejected? Oo, oo, big bad Warren, I can't talk to him because he > keeps asking me where my facts are.
Contention #1: Under certain circumstances (legality, reasonable regulation, etc.) prostitution can be a healthy and worthwhile job for a non-neglible fraction of people who choose to do it Contention #2: There are a lot of unwell or emotionally scarred people who are engaging in prostitution Contention #3: Some people are unsuited to be prostitutes for emotional reasons Contention #4: No one should be required to engage in prostitution -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
