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eridani

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1. This is mainly a city thing, though

Reply to Boojatta (Original post)

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 08:23 AM

Jan 2012

If your nearest neighbor is 10 miles away, why would you care how he wires his house? If it burns, too bad, and next time do it right or hire someone to do it right. If your nearest neighbor is ten feet away, how he builds his house becomes your business too.

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Is the slogan "consenting adults" an adequate foundation for all economic regulation? [View all] Boojatta Jan 2012 OP

This is mainly a city thing, though eridani Jan 2012 #1

I'm sure that you can think of many problematic scenarios if you try. Boojatta Jan 2012 #5

Yes, but people who live in rural areas just see distances eridani Jan 2012 #9

In the case of prostitution, a customer might be Boojatta Jan 2012 #6

But the average distance between neighbors in rural America is closer to 10 feet than 10 miles happyslug Jan 2012 #11

I'll take hookers for $50, Alex! Fuddnik Jan 2012 #2

You are creating a false analogy. TalkingDog Jan 2012 #3

My intention wasn't to create an analogy. Boojatta Jan 2012 #4

You are, of course, correct that decriminalizing prostitution ... Boojatta Jan 2012 #7

Most laws making prostitution illegal in the 1800s was to control the spread of VDs. happyslug Jan 2012 #12

Faulty assumption underlying consent is that both parties have total information about every mbperrin Jan 2012 #8

No Yo_Mama Jan 2012 #10

no more then it is an adiquate bases for good sex. Sam1 Jan 2012 #13