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Ugh! I rarely talk about politics in my blog since it makes me feel that I really care about something. But wait I do care about something. I am not a cold hearted bastard and I always vote for world peace!
Sometimes I do wonder why most of the politicians we have are a bunch of idiots. What did they do to sway the masses to vote for them? What power do they hold during elections that they really charmed these hapless people to choose them?
I am just irritated about some governments making prostitution illegal. I mean why can’t they make it legal since it is actually a win-win situation.
Why? Here are some pros if prostitution is legal just like in the Netherlands.
1. Prostitutes must procure working permits before they can rush out and become town bicycles. In that way it discourages illegal whore trafficking, underage girls and boys and etc. Also it ends the cat and mouse game between the authorities and the prostitutes.
2. The health department can monitor them closely. Prostitutes can get proper help and guidance to have a safer intercourse between their customers. That averts the spreading of HIV and other STDs.
3. Prostitutes can get benefits from the state since they pay taxes from their honest days’ work.
4. Prostitutes can get protection from the law if they are mishandled by their customers. They are not afraid to call the police being the fact that they are operating legally.
And the list goes on…
I think the holier-than-though morons are responsible for this kind of shit. As you have noticed it I am a liberal person and I also respect the choice of profession these women have.
I know that it is immoral to some societies to be a prostitute but does morality give food on the table? Does it provide you with clothing or shelter? It is easy to say that there are other jobs to get but in reality it is not. Even people with higher education have a hard time securing a job.
Sometimes I feel ashamed of myself that once I had the same mentality as these religious zealots. But now I know better. The world can be a better place if we are more compassionate and understanding to the lives of our unfortunate brethren.
P.S.
I’ll be sharing my love by recommending different blogs on The Queer Chef starting with the people who usually visit this blog and then the bloggers that are listed on my blogroll!
This starts on my next entry!
somehow… this is what “contradiction” seems like. may post din ako about contradiction upcoming…. di ko lang alam paano i start
but its not a question of morality…. its what works for a person that matters..
its easy for people way up to say its immoral when they themselves did not experience what the prostitutes experienced (e.g. homeless, poverty, hunger)
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That is true that is easy for other people to judge without knowing first the background of it all.
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Seems to be working just fine in Amsterdam - I don’t get it either, other than we live in a bible-thumping country.
Congrats on your award - that’s Cool! :o)
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Thank you!
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Now I want to be a prostitute…. good one. Haha
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lol
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In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan, “Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
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Now when you said it, it does look like the first one indeed.
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I think it is a complicated matter with no clear solutions.
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It is complicated but I always believe that there is always a clear solution to every problem.
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I totally agree on making prostitution legal, Chase! I’ve written something about this in my old blog and we have the same views. Look at Thailand. Prostitution is legal and they’re requiring the girls to get a health certificate (pero come to think of it baka Recto will produce a counterfeit!). Still, the government can create a law to protect these women who chose prostitution as their profession.
Nice, spread some love, Chase!
Happy Wednesday!
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That is my point and they should also check around to see if those health certificates are really authentic.
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The reason why politics is the way it is is because everyone’s pursuing their own interests.
Oh by the way, I’m gonna steal tese cute smileys!
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I think I’ll give you a link where I manage to find these smilies.
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Oh no worries
If you pass by my site, you’ll see that I’ve saved them and hosted them at photobucket to use for my cbox
Hehe
I just love em!
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Yeah, they are really cute right?
Prostitution is legal in Australia. It makes it a much safer situation for both the clients and the workers. It is one of the oldest professions and making it illegal has never stopped it existing. As you stated making it illegal just sends it underground.
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That is nice coz if it goes underground there is no way tracking them.
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It’s a delicate question and there are both pro and contras. I feel ashamed though, on behalf of men who feel they have the right to buy sex!
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There is always a con on everything in life but still a good solution will at least minimalise the problem
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Why is prostitution a woman’s profession? There should be male prostitutes for those who want to pay for Gay sex. I know there is that kind but not legally. It would be a good way to make money for college. Talk about being a people person. LOL. Let’s vote for politicians who understand next time.
My Lil Bro’ you are not afraid of being controversial. I hope you never stop saying what is on your young mind. You are so refreshing. Hugs and Kisses.
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Oh no it is not just a women’s profession alone. I am just stating an example and I did mention about underage boys here.
Thanks big bro!
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There are plenty of examples of male prostitutes for both men and women.
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The Government always think that they are doing the right things … Don’t they?
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Yeah they do but at least they should make a survey first before deciding on things.
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i guess these traditional politicians, similar to the celebrities, wins people over popularity. because of the lack of education and awareness, include in poverty, many voters are bought or mislead. victims of ignorance.
as for the prostitution, you do make sense. i’ve encountered a lot of people asking the same thing. mostly from other countries. if the government can’t make it legal, it does put more risk on health and illegal underage prostitution. why, they even made ‘jueteng’ legal secretly, integrated and renamed under PCSO or lotto, havent they?
what’s the difference doing the same thing then?
truly, a controversial topic.
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There is no difference but I know down there morality is as important as money itself.
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the point though is whether they really are successful in implementing the so called morality issue here. the more they tighten the knot, the more immoral the philippines is becoming. ahehehe…
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I agree with you. They don’t call it the oldest profession for nothing. With or without sanction from the government, it will happen. Heck, some people prostitute for nothing! but that’s another issue. hehe! I think the main hold up in making prostitution legal are the moral police. I think by making it legal, it is a win win situation on all sides as you said. Well, except for the morality watchers………….who secretly visit brothels on their free time
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I hate those people with double morality. That’s why it is better to be shallow and knows about it rather than pretending to be someone.
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If prostitution be legalized, should prostitutes have their own degree too? Like Bachelors of Arts (or Degree) in Prostitution? You dont need to go to school to be a professional these days, huh? Kids want to be prostitutes already! Ching!
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Hahahha that is funny! And on that course comes subjects as Fondling 101 or How to do proper blowjobs and etc. But I think geishas are like prostitutes and they do study to be one.
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Sadly, it’s everywhere Charles. Even on the internet, I mean cmon admit it, most of us looks for pornos (don’t we?) - sex sells. It is as dirty as the Politics come to think of it.
But - do you know how much do you pay for one night? (I’ll find that out myself).
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Well, I did manage to interview prostitutes before and they say that there price is usually higher during peak hours like from 11pm to 3pm. After that it goes cheaper until 6am. It really sounded like a last minute sale
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Hi Charles…I was hoping you would post my comment which I sent you in an email…I am confused, my dear, about what we are supposed to do about our comments. I thought that if I emailed you what I thought you would post it—as you had in the beginning of this NEW Email thingy…Just let me know what you prefer and I will be happy to comply…
I had said that I agree with ou completely on this issue and that considering prostitution is ‘the oldest profession’, you would hope it would be legalized, everywhere, AND, the the people whio are against it, go to prostitutes in secret which makes the very ingenuous as well as total hypocrites!
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I think it is alot better if you post your comment here if you dont mind me asking. Coz the email thingy only notifies you but can’t really comment from there.
Oh yeah. I really hate those type of people as I said it to Jmom.
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I chose to believe in my religion so I’d have to follow (most) of it’s teachings .
But I don’t want to do so blindly so I’m re-evaluating my stand on this issue (as with many others)..
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You so deserve the thinking blogger award..
but I’ve half a mind to call you out for giving me a headache lol
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I know and I respect that. But it is nice that you are trying to re evaluate things.
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talking about politicians, i got this sms which dissects a politician’s brain: The brain of a politician has 2 sides, the LEFT side where there’s nothing right, and the RIGHT brain where there’s nothing left.
about blogroll, i have always tried to look for your blogroll, but the non-techie person that i am, i really really could not find it. strange.
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That is sooo funny. My blogroll is on the “Links” section of my blog.
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I don’t think prostitution would ever be legalized in my country. The politicians here are so afraid of hell, even if a lot of them are hanging out in girly bars.
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Hahhaha that is soo true. Bunch of hypocrites!
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I’ve changed a lot in the last ten years, I’m now of the opinion that prostitution should be legal and regulated–it would resolve a lot of the outstanding issues. Legalizing soft drugs in the Netherlands really improved their social issues.
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Yeah it does. It even saves time and money on the government’s side.
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I don’t agree with your arguments pro prositution.
Here in Belgium it is legal, but all the so-called pros you cite are a load of bullshit in a lot of cases. Prostitution is a playing field for trading people, getting poor girls here under false pretences. The permits, health checks, monitoring are just a load of BS.
Making it illegal however, will not solve the problem. It will only make it go underground.
I spent 6 months in Paris where there is a general problem of immigrants prostituting their young daughters.
I remember that I was shocked by a poster all over the suburbs with a picture of a boy and a girl. It read: “When a boy grows up he becomes a man. When a girl grows up she becomes a woman, not a whore”.
Prostitution is indeed a complex matter.
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I think you havent read the pointers clearly. Working permits allow the government to check if the person getting the work is underage or forced to do it. There would’nt be false pretences if the government there actually monitors things just like here in Norway where it is a millimeter bureaucraty. Like almost everything is transparent.
That’s why I don’t believe that it is bs. Probably in Belgium, they have implemented those stuff but the execution is wrong.
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Money makes it!
The money they bn stealing from us!
I am with you. le’ts protest and boycott those politicunts who don’t make prostitution legal!
Kiss
Fendi
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sure do! lol!
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You brought up a lot of really good points that I didn’t even think about before…
I’m more of (so not totally) on the anti side on this because it’s somewhat degrading for women. I’m pro-women’s right and I am ALL for women doing whatever they want to make make of their lives. But I really think that more than 90% of prostitutes don’t like their jobs or didn’t enter that industry because they’ve always dreamt of becoming prostitutes.
Instead of letting women find themselves in a situation where they feel the need to sell their bodies just so they can put food on the table, I think the government needs to start helping them out a little bit more and giving them other jobs that won’t make men see them as just sex objects.
But I am keeping an open mind and I do see your points
You’ve brought up good ones
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I do understand but the pointers I am making are for those who chose to get this kind of job. I dont know why they choose this kind of job. I guess we will know if we listen and understand them.
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You certainly do deserve the Thinking Blogger Award… as you’ve certainly got me thinking right now! Well, you know how much I love your blog!
Like Ann, I choose to believe in my religion… but nooo, never blindly. I’m a fairly liberal Roman Catholic (sometimes I wonder if I actually am… possibly more Bahai than RC), but I also don’t just choose to re-interpret things to suit my tastes… When my sense of morality will hurt a lot of people, I re-evaluate my choices really deeply.
Prostitution is a complicated matter… and truthfully, I don’t think there are easy and clear solutions. All I can say is my sister (who is a grass-roots activist and trained social worker for 15 years) has been working with the homeless, drug addicts, prostitutes (male/female/gay/transgendered), street kids, etc… She says that to state that prostitutes want to actually be prostitutes… is quite overly simplistic and incorrect — she has helped a lot of them to get other jobs and clean up their drug habits. Most of them, in fact… do not want to be prostitutes AT ALL… they fall into it because of i.e. sexual abuse, to support drug habits or coercion from pimps… and even “forced slavery” (she’s seen this). I trust my sister implicitly… A few years ago, I wanted to know what she does… and hung around at her workplace. It changed my life. It was so eye-opening… the misery that is out there… and that we need to help people.
I don’t know what else to say… it’s not simply a matter of morality for me. What a person does is always their choice… and to judge a woman/man who would sell their body to feed themselves or their family is wrong… Judging them is wrong.
But what you have to ask yourself is… did anyone HELP these people… so that they could have better choices in life? What can we do as individuals? Maybe I’m being simplistic.. I’ll just say that no one was born… wanting to be a prostitute when they grew up.
Take care,
fo
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Nobody wants to become a prostitute or dreamed to be one. It is always a matter of survival which is quite sad but true. I know about these stuff since being a journalist way back allowed me to interview these people. Everyone has a different story to tell but I do agree on what you said. At least with legalising prostitution can allow government to see and even help those who really dont want to be one.
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Those are good points Chase…and legal or not, as long as there’s demand, there will always be that “grand old profession.”
On the other side of the coin, I can see why not many places would want to legalized it. If it’s legal, then it will be like “law degree” swamped with tons of “lawyers”
uh, for the lack of better analogy.
I guess it’s like a dirty little family secret. Every one knows about it, but no one wants to talk about it.
In Vegas it’s legal, and last I heard, there’s actually girls from Vegas whom are not “frosty” yet.
Mainly, it’s probably the tight-ass politician thinking they’re doing good work by not encouraging “prostitution” as an open choice of profession.
[You'll have to exuse me, it's midnight now]
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That is true but legalising it can also make the government hinder one who is getting the said profession if they can’t meet the proper requirements and a way to help for those who are forced on this kind of trade.
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That’ll sure put the street pimps on the unemployment line….
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That is true as well. And I think it is nice since they(the prostitutes) can actually decide for themselves if they want to continue or not. Since the pimp is usually the one forcing them to work and by eliminating the pimp they get their freedom as well.
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nice blog..
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thanks!
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you’ve combined two issues I rarely blog about — religion and politics.
There’s lots of controversial issues I’d like to tackle in my blog (e.g. drugs), but unfortunately, I’m not blogging anonymously and my words might come back to haunt me in, say, when looking for a job. Good for you though for taking on such a controversial topic.
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Well I always have been frank on what I believe and nobody can stop me from speaking out. It is actually a nice feeling to speak what’s on your mind.
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and i hate it how goevernment can be so manipulative about everything.
i’m not saying not to or to legalize it. but in a world where all of us are living now, it’s such a shame that there are a “lot” of people who could pamper themselves with stuffs and a lot are crawling just to have it.
a lot has happened! a lot of promises stated. housing, health, etc. but they utter those just for “starters” so as to fool and wrap the people round their fingers!
they can’t give a better job. prostituion isn’t legal and i bet they won’t do something about it. but these women gives pleasure to almost all men now. we all can’t be blinded by the truth. if these women doesn’t want to venture on other things. give them what they want.
minsan, kung sino pang may mataas ang pinag-aralan ang siya pang mga immoral.
kudos to you here, Charles!
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You know what? That actually makes sense.
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well, here in the Philippines, since we’re a “Christian Community”, it’s immoral to ’sell one’s flesh for others’ pleasure’ lol
and technically, pre-marital sex is illegal according to church doctrines. hehe
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Prostitution.
Thats an interesting topic.
I agree with you that mothers need to put food on the tables, but selling your body for men who need a little pleasure here and there.. I don’t know. It makes women look demeaning.
Back through history, women weren’t allowed to have jobs and there only real jobs were to conceive babies, clean the house, and take care of the children. Now that we’ve grown past that era why would you want to bring women back to the degrading age when now we can do so much more.
I understand you can make a lot of money selling your body, but that must hurt you physically and mentally. All I know is I could never do it and I think its wrong.
But maybe its because I’m still a virgin and I have a certain outlook on sex. Either way thats what I think x)
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I agree completely. Prostitution isn’t a crime, it is a business transaction. It isn’t particularly pretty for either of the participants, but people want sex! LOL And for whatever reason, there are people who are willing to pay someone to have sex with them. And there are people who are willing to provide sex for money. I hate it when governments try to legislate morality. There are far better uses of government power.
(Stepping down off soapbox now - LOL)
Hope you have a great day, sweetie!
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what a delicate subject, Charles. you do have very strong and valid points for legalizing prostitution.
sadly, society has become accustomed to the word’s negative connotation. i guess if it would be legalized, we should start calling it something else. hehe
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Chase, if i may change what you wrote just a little tiny wee bit:
“The world can be a better place if we are more compassionate and understanding to the lives of our unfortunate brethren.”
i say:
“The world can be a better place if we are more compassionate and understanding to the lives of ALL.”
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It’s just like the pros of legalizing abortion and marijuana. I mean, sex is legal anyway
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i don’t really think there is a way of regulating prostitution. There are always going to be underground operations no matter what. But making it illegal doesn’t help either…i don’t know how they can solve the issue. good points though.
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oh my.. very debatable topic. but is prostitution illegal? i thought its just a fly-by career but nonetheless illegal. what makes it illegal i think is how they “advertise” it, or how media delivers it to the masses, and yes, because of this so-called morality… it also has become a very aggressive business. but i dont think its illegal neither a career. its a choice. i can be a prostitute or a hustler if i want to.
anyone want to be serviced? 
jk
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Hehehe, I do the same, I don’t like to talk about controversial thing in my blog.
Kahit saan may prostitution, I think the government cannot control about this issue. Being legalized is the best way I guess para lahat tayo may proteksyon, especially having transmitted by HIV disease.
Nice post Chase!
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I also think that making prostitution is more modern Scandinavian conservativeness than common sense!
I think the reason that the people who get voted in are such morons is usually because they manage to lure people into voting for wings instead of people when we have our elections. People rather vote for a political party with whom they have a a lot in common than a person who might comes from a different party than usual but who they share opinions with even more. People are so stubborn!
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makabisita nga sa Netherlands. hehe
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Hey, Chase!
I am all for whatever people want to do as long as it is consensual. If its regulated and they pay tax, even better. I keep thinking that if Texas legalized the growing of Marijuana, it would be our #1 cash crop.
Consider yourself tagged for the do follow list.
http://advertising-for-success.blogspot.com/2007/04/join-do-follow-movement.html
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well said
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After reading this post, I feel like I want to be a prostitute.
C’mon! Who’s with me?! ^_^
*silence*
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>I also respect the choice of profession these women have.
So long as they do have freedom of choice. I’m not sure this is the case for many. Read a report from the Bureau of Crime Statistics over here a long time ago. Despite legalisation of prostitution, there was an alarming figure of something like 95% female & 80% male prostitutes being addicted to heroine in the red light district area. Illegal drugs, heroine predominantly, featured as a very sad heart of the problem. Prostitution in order to feed the addiction, then as the body grows sick & rendered no longer “marketable” - the next logical career choice, to become a drug dealer to further support the addiction. It’s one thing to source income for housing & food, but quite another when it’s to primarily feed a drug addiction. Anything in excess without moderation will eventually kill you.
A different kind of affair if someone chooses a vocation like this and does pay their fair share of the goods & services tax, along with filing their business activity statements every quarter.
I wasn’t too thrilled that the local government in my former town was considering the proposal of another brothel within 100m of the infants school. I guess people can always move if they don’t like the concept of their town turning into another red light district.
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