TemplarKormac
Political Atheist
what if a small tax was imposed on that industry for a "safe sex administration" to help regulate it.My case. In not so many words.
I thought you were arguing for prostitution to be illegal
I am. The risk for disease if anything else should be one of the main reasons to keep it illegal. If government's role is to protect others from harm, preventing the spread of STDs is the first measure I'd want them to take.
There will be a wealth of unregulated and untaxed prostitutes. Some men will use legal brothels, some men will choose the cheaper alternative that's not taxed and not regulated.
How is that different than any other product or service? The more the government taxes and regulates something to death, the more incentive people have to go to the black market.
And is that an argument? Seriously? Well, we don't want to legalize something because not everyone will use the legal version, so let's keep it all illegal...
I just explained why. I thought better of some people in this thread, I thought people had respect for women. Perhaps I was mistaken.
To make something legal doesn't make it right. I have enough respect for women to know that there are better things for them in life than to subject themselves to this.