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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:05 AM Original message |
Poll question: Should prostitution between two consenting adults be legal? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, and why is this the second poll tonight asking that question? Did I miss something? nt |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. probably because of this |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Thanks -- yeah, I missed it. nt |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. media is making a huge deal about an Obama aquaintence getting arrested for buying sex |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Thank you, too. Incitatus just directed me to a thread about it. I hadn't seen it. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Are men happier when they can "buy" sex -- rather than be in a relationship? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Not everyone can be in a relationship. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Some men opt for both |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
105. most johns are married but they can "control" prostitutes.. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #105 |
122. Interesting, but the heart of the question was "happy" ... |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #122 |
126. I think it is a deeper psychological issue... |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Clearly the poster is referring to lobbyist/lawmaker relationships |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Well then, I should have voted 'no'! nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. Wrong Question: Is something wrong when people sell their body parts, or bodies for $$? |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. aren't people selling themselves for money regardless of what they do for a living? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Agree they sell themselves in employment -- a less invasively than selling body parts, however! |
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joeunderdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Pro Football is pretty invasive. Not sexual, but physical and dangerous. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. You think Pro-football compares with the risks women take in industry porn? |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:14 AM Response to Reply #75 |
88. WTF are you talking about |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #88 |
119. So you're saying the international sexual slave trade for women and young males is safe? |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #88 |
153. how exactly will legalizing prostitution stop the street prostitution? |
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Dokkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #153 |
167. I will tell you how |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #167 |
170. nice try but no cigar... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #170 |
177. Deleted message |
defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #170 |
181. +1000% -- thank you! |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #75 |
106. that's my fear...sexual psychopaths taking advantage of |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #106 |
117. Even from what can be seen in internet porn now -- shockingly violent -- |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #117 |
164. Your propaganda is starting to annoy me. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #164 |
171. I doubt "plenty" of women like rough sex and secondly |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #171 |
180. Thank you -- and it also encourages males to think in abusive terms ... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #171 |
189. Really? So all those people who are into consensual adult kink are... what? |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #189 |
196. I'm not telling anyone they can't have sex but people who get off |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #196 |
201. I'm wondering how many actual GLBT communities you've hung around. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #164 |
179. So you're familiar with most of internet porn -- ? |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #75 |
165. Actually, porn stars have far more control over their jobs than football players. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #165 |
182. You have a very naive view of the world ... |
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Petrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Hm-m. What do pimps sell or "do for a living"? n/t |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
65. No... |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #65 |
77. Says you |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. a "24 hour a day relationship"? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. CAN there be consent under such a scenario? |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. The same question can be asked of ANY degrading job, no? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. What job is as "degrading" in your opinion? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Assistant jizz-mopper at the porno movie booth store. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Oh, yeah, the kind of place SC Justice Clarence Thomas was said by his friends to habituate!! |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Just about all of them are as degrading or more to me. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
107. I doubt you'd enjoy being a prostitute having sex with some nasty |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #107 |
204. Mostly, yes. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. McDonald's and s****** d*** is not equivalent... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. I don't really want to work in a grocery store. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
192. So only people who are wealthy can consent to |
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TomCADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. What Would Senator David Vitter (R) Say? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yes |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. The high class hookers wear flag lapels and talk small government. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. I don't care. |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thanks for contributing |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 01:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. That was my response, jackass. |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
23. This is not a "victimless" crime. In our area many are kidnapped and coerced into prostitution. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 01:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Perhaps you should look up the definition of the word "consenting" |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
98. You think you can remove all coercion? |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I agree with you. Too many times the "consenting" woman is |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Okay. Leaving aside the belief some have that no one else can possibly consent to something that |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. What are you talking about? I didn't say or even imply any of that. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I'm asking you what your opinion would be if you were to assume "consent" actually means "consent". |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
83. Guess I'm not going to get an answer on #40, then. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:02 AM Response to Reply #83 |
87. My answer is it should be illegal. Some things should not have a price. But before |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #87 |
120. You're still erecting straw man arguments in response to that person's points. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #120 |
140. There's no strawman here. You're confused. nt |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #140 |
145. Nope, I'm not. I can point by point it out if you still dont get it. n/t |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #145 |
149. I can assure you that |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #87 |
133. Understood. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #133 |
147. I think there is room for debate. I don't believe |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
116. What you are describing is the logical fallacy known as a "Straw man" and probably a few others... |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #116 |
141. I went to college too and I took critical thinking. Please stop trying to |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. If you think this isnt it, then you don't know what a strawman is. n/t |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. All of those factors would be lessed with the legalization of prostitution. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Wouldn't stop women from being kidnapped by enslavers -- or children ... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
68. Why are people seemingly incapable of answering a straightforward question about consenting adults |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. In their minds nobody could ever possibly consent |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #72 |
154. now its a transaction...that's free market run amuck ... |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #43 |
82. Where are the facts to back up those assertions? In The Netherlands, where |
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vim876 (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #82 |
102. Correlation is not causation. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #82 |
121. Thank you -- and certainly linked to the rise of the right -- |
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vim876 (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #23 |
101. Human trafficking is a HUGE problem. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
159. All those problems are solely caused by prostitution laws |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
27. Fucking is legal. Spending money is legal. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Ah but spending money on fucking is illegal! |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
93. LOL |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
109. organ transplants are legal spending money is legal.. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #109 |
135. Honestly? |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #135 |
151. that's horrible...allowing people to sell their organs.. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #151 |
185. If people's bodies don't belong to themselves, then who do they belong to? |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #185 |
186. self ownership and autonomy is not the same as seeing a person's |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #186 |
187. So you assert that "the economy" owns your body, not you. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #187 |
194. no I don't think we can ban porn due to the 1st Amendment... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
32. Either the government belongs in consenting adults' bedrooms or it doesn't. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. In neither prostitution nor pornography industry there is no way to assure there is "consent" -- !! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Nearly all work happens because of economic conditions. There are already laws against... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. So you're saying there is no "sexual slavery" and no one in porn is forced? |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Erecting Strawmen to flail away at because you're losing the debate on the merits is laughable. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #67 |
118. There are a lot of these in responses to this OP. People dont seem to know the logical fallacies |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Yeah. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #66 |
108. What about Heidi Fleiss? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #108 |
183. Heidi Fleiss was a Madam running an elite service ... |
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Chef Eric (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
112. Even outside of prostitution and pornography, there's no way to assure there is consent. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
110. it isn't in bedrooms...they solicit prostitutes on the street.. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #110 |
123. Try again. Just do a google search on "Escort Sting operations" n/t |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #123 |
184. that's not private behavior..it involves solicitation in a public setting.. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
34. Yes. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. Legal prostitution goes a long way toward changing pimps to paid bodyguard. |
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Rochester (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
38. No |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:41 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Nobody would be denied sex based on unwillingness or inability to pay. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. Yeah, but that idea would fast-track legalizing the profession, doncha think? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. ?? "no one should be denied it " |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
62. Sex is already a commodity. Lots of people are denied enjoying it |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
63. To each according to their needs, eh? Oy. (nt) |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #63 |
71. And from each according to their. . . abilities. |
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octothorpe (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
94. That's the most unqiue take on this topic I've ever heard... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. prostitution is not all rosy and pretty wrapped in a bow with legalization. it does not make it a |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
44. If only so that the sex worker can be protected from sex slavery... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Legalization could make it look like government/people condone people selling their bodies... |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #44 |
155. Why tax it? Why not make it tax exempt? |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. probably decriminalizing it would be the lesser of two evils |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. Whooooo Boy! Here we go again! |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
47. Should we go ahead and outlaw "sugar daddies"? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. You can apply that question to all of marriage -- which was the only way women could |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
54. I think tricks and pimps need to be tossed in jail |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
73. Why toss johns in jail |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
56. 93% YES; but "our" party likes to moralize on this one too. forget it. n/t |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
57. If you could get pimp-less prostitutes (free-agents, if you will) of both genders, I'd say yes. |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #57 |
78. So you believe that one's body should belong to them, so long as your specific requirements are met? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #78 |
100. It's not about requirements. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #100 |
156. it's odd to me that a progressive sees a capitalist society as.. |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
59. Perhaps a more appropriate question would be, what is wrong with an economy that fails to create an |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
60. It is legal, it's called marriage. You pay for life! |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
64. no because it pushes the mentality that women are property... |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:00 AM Response to Reply #64 |
86. You are aware |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #86 |
104. yes I know there are male prostitutes but I was talking about... |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #104 |
113. One could argue the case that this could actually give women more control |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #113 |
115. I don't think they are all forced into it by pimps.. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #115 |
125. I didn't say it would solve all problems |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. yes I think govt has the power to tell people they can't agree to |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. But how far do you take that? |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. I'd have to see that statistics about "upscale" call girls vs. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. Actually, they both do |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #136 |
152. that statement may border on sexism.. |
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Volaris (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #64 |
92. ok im not trying to start a fight, I just have some clarifying ?'s because I have'n't voted yet... |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #92 |
103. Well I'm a pig-male too....Pygmalian... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #103 |
199. That's why rape, unlike burglary, is more than just property crime |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #64 |
143. Probably no more than marriage (traditionally) has. I used to be against prostitution |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #143 |
169. I'm sure there are examples of escorts who make good money... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
193. Men can be prostitues as well |
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Logical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
69. And health checks! |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
74. No, because a person's body is not a product for sale. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #74 |
79. We let them sell blood |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:59 AM Response to Reply #74 |
84. Why do you get to tell someone.. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #84 |
138. I like that reasoning. |
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Mulhane (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #138 |
163. Because.... |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #84 |
157. well we sure tell people they can't agree to work for $3 an hour.. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #74 |
137. Mine is. |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #74 |
148. tell that to the millions of models throughout the world |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #148 |
160. models are modelling clothing and aren't doing it to gratify men |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
76. Only if just one is a prositute. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #76 |
81. Hiring two prostitutes to have sex with each other. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
80. Yes under a condition - I think prostitution should have some sort of regulation |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
85. It should require 4 |
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CantAffordBootstraps (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
89. Repubs are Doing it... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
90. Yes. nt |
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ehrnst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
91. The marriage of Anna Nicole Smith was a move in that direction, wasn't it? (nt) |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
95. long as we can make sure it's got nothing to do with kids |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
96. No, coercion is the problem. A woman may consent to something just to |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
97. Only if they are both prostitutes and pay each other nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
99. Yes, but as a business with health implications it needs to be regulated. And even then... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
111. The big problem is the whole pimp-prostitute abuse dynamic. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #111 |
124. Which is not related to the OP/poll. The OP and Poll are about consensual acts. n/t |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
114. I'm really trying to reconcile this with a woman's right to choose |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #114 |
161. I don't see abortion in terms of a woman's right to choose... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
127. Legal...and free. Imagine how much more peaceful America would be |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. wow... that is the most disgusting post on this thread. haev women available to satisfy men at |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #131 |
166. Incredible...perhaps I mis-worded something, but I'm talking about everyone. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #127 |
139. Ugh. That was vile. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #139 |
168. Americans are so anal about sex. |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #168 |
173. the protest wasn't sex but the idea that women exist to pleasure.. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #173 |
175. Ah, thanks. I certainly don't agree with that concept. Please see my recent GD post: |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #175 |
176. public service... legal and free, yes, must have been worded incorrectly |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #176 |
178. Thanks, sorry about that! |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #168 |
203. *snicker* |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
128. Regulated for health, safety and labor standards, but legal. nt |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
134. Legalized and taxed. Quit using our tax dollars on prostitution stings. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
142. I voted "other" because for some reason, johns tend to mistake |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
146. I don't care who fucks who, nor do I care about their motivations. |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
150. I think if you legalized and regulated it then it would be much safer |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #150 |
162. just because it is regulated doesn't guarantee safety... |
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gort (567 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
158. Are you talking about Koch Whores? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
172. As long as those adults don't smoke in the same room (even if they want to) I am for it |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #172 |
174. it has nothing to do with sin or being a nanny... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #174 |
188. So only adult women who make choices you agree with are capable of consent? |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #188 |
190. your putting words in my mouth so why should I keep talking to you.. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #190 |
195. Can people -adults- choose to be "exploited", or no? |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #195 |
197. talk with yourself if you are going to put words in my mouth.. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #174 |
198. So all women are exploited? None are free to make their own choices? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
191. Sure, why not? |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
200. Question for y'all with the "no" votes... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-09-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #200 |
202. It's the same sort of tortured logic you see backing up all sorts of authoritarian nonsense. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
205. Sure. If free sex is legal, |
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