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Boojatta

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7. You are, of course, correct that decriminalizing prostitution ...

Reply to TalkingDog (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 02:38 PM

Jan 2012

does not necessarily imply leaving it completely unregulated. If you don't believe that the slogan "consenting adults" justifies leaving prostitution unregulated, then I suppose that this thread is not addressed to you.

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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