Comments on: The Proper Study

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:33:35 +0000

We’re working on it; of course the prohibitionists claim we have one already and that’s it’s so amazingly powerful it can’t stop other parts of the government from sinking millions into prohibitionist schemes.

By: Sailor Barsoom

Sailor Barsoom — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:55:07 +0000

Recently, I heard the old “ecstasy puts holes in your brain” thing from a friend who should know better. I’m sure we’ll be hearing “they spread diseases” and “they’re all on drugs” long after the most prestigious sociology journals have put those two to rest for scholars.

But decriminalization would help even with this, because the government would no longer have any laws to support with these falsehoods, and so could stop promoting them.

I wonder, why couldn’t there be a sex workers lobby? Lobbies manage to do things like protect multi-billion dollar subsidies for industries that don’t need them; surely a lobby could get a few anti-prostitution laws relaxed.

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:37:52 +0000

LOL! Absolutely bang on!

By: Alicia

Alicia — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:02:16 +0000

Agreed. I am sick and tired of all these whores getting their own special little laws. I say we quit giving them all this undeserved attention and treat ‘em like they’re just regular old nobodies.

By: Maggie McNeill

Maggie McNeill — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:43:45 +0000

Using force or threat of force to take someone’s money is already illegal; it’s not necessary to make any special laws for whores.

By: Doug1

Doug1 — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:06:49 +0000

Indoor prostitution should be decriminalized.

Using force or the threat of force to keep a woman employed as a prostitute and to give the forcer some otherwise non consensual slice of the prostitutes earnings is what should be illegal. Voluntary escort agency fees and advertising fees should obviously not fall into this category, since no force is involved.

Does that work for you Maggie?

By: Gorbachev

Gorbachev — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:51:20 +0000

Apparently, there are groups that deny even this. That link I sent you is from some Canadian group that has targeted all prostitution and rescues prostitutes in the old Soviet Union (Ukraine?). The same parroted lines, the same moral agenda.

In Sweden, it’s just taken on a feminist tone, but the old-Christian Anti-Sex agenda is more or less identical.