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Fred Amese
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Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 20, 2008 - 05:13 PM
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Sex is not illegal neither is payment so why should a combination of the two be?
This is one of the numerous questions posed by those who advocate for legalising the sex trade (in countries in which it is not yet legal). Just recently prostitution was legalised in South Africa making it the first African country to do so. The issue has generated a lot of debate in various quaters and many have shared their view looking at it from different angles such as: human rights, morality, job creation, etc.
Do you think prostitution should be legalised in countries in which it is not legal? What do u think?
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 20, 2008 - 07:17 PM
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i think it should be legalized... its a womans choice as a means of income and for countless people it's their only way to get money. with any "job" there are risks, and the women have to be take those risks with their choices. who is the government to say that their choice is wrong? they will have to pay the penalties if the they encouter any...
i do, however, think that if someone is forced into prostitution that it then should be illegal.
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 21, 2008 - 05:16 AM
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In these days of HIV and AIDS i would vehemently say NO that.NO to legalising prostitution.
This is the same as legalising SIN of adultery and fornication and put humanity at risk of the wrath of God.
Anyway where are our MORALS?
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 22, 2008 - 05:59 PM
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its not prostitution that is the problem.. its education.
its illegal now. and people are doing it.. so the law isn't stopping anything...
so our morals should not be in the law, but in education....
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 23, 2008 - 03:13 AM
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HMMM -this is an interesting topic. Morally prostitution is wrong and most laws in a country tend to reflect the morals of the country, but legally no one gets hurt. You face the same consequence if you have sex with a prostitute or your partner. the only difference is the money paid.
This is a subjective issue. some may see it as wrong and others may see it as right.
This post was edited on: 2008-10-27 at 01:58 AM by: Ute4eva
This post was edited on: 2008-10-28 at 03:15 AM by: Ute4eva
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 24, 2008 - 08:00 AM
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Thank you for that message, the word of the Lord can never be broken.
the word is change and they want to changing the constant living word of God that has over live them. The Lord is God and he want the standard not to change and the standard is that you only have sex with your wife FULL STOP
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 25, 2008 - 07:35 PM
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I call that we refrain from calling religion into this discussion.
To be honest, it comes down to the same set of morality that give flame to the pro-choice/pro-life argument. The issue is, people are going to do it whether its legal or not.
I vote we give these men and women who have chosen this profession legal recognition and laborer's rights. It would prevent much violence and hardship for these people. People are afraid of the degenerate effect this would have on society, but face the facts. People who are hiring prostitutes already are going to be the only ones who will, regardless.
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 27, 2008 - 03:48 AM
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doesn't matter what the reason behind when someone decided to be prostitute, but they deserve to get protection also as this is a risky job. we can't avoid for not having prostitution as long as the people, in this case customer, want them.
yup.. i agree that it has relation with the education.
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 27, 2008 - 05:27 AM
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I honestly don't think that it should be legal at all under any circumstance for a number of reasons like:
Health - Like a few other people have pointed out legalizing prostitution could help spread sexually transmitted diseases.
Affects upon the individual - We could say that it is up to the individual to make their own choice whether or not they should do something but honestly why else would they do it unless they have no where else to turn (at least in my opinion.)
Morals – Do I really have to explain this one?
It might do a few things like make a few jobs in the area but at what cost to the people who are then employed by it. Perhaps if it were legalized it would be monitored more and laws would be put in place to protect people but it would still be dangerous.
I really don’t see any reason it should be legalized there are too many moral and health concerns that would be involved with it, then again I’m someone who thinks smoking should become illegal because it basically sells addictive cancer.
I don’t have anything against any particular group of people. I always tend to prefer judging and punishing the individual rather than the masses so I have nothing specifically against the people who do this sort of thing in particular because you don’t know how they landed there. But if we created more jobs helped these sorts of people help themselves why should we honestly have it.
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 27, 2008 - 07:54 AM
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This is indeed a tricky topic and requires a lot of thought. Many a governments have tried to deal with this issue with no success.
My take is that we are trying to patch up the symptoms instead of dealing with the real problem. what is the cause of prostitution? Only in answering this perinent question will we begin to address the issues that underly this issue.
I will post some more after a lot of thought
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 28, 2008 - 12:46 PM
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Most of you are bringing religion and God into this, but you must also think of human rights, it is your right to do so with your body as you please, and as for moral values, maybe that being paid for sex does not bother you, and your values do not touch that subject, so I say do as you please, but also do think of the ricks because yes HIV is out there and several more things that can hamr you, and kill you for all we know.
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 30, 2008 - 03:53 AM
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I'm of the opinion that you cannot separate God from Human Rights. After all, he is the one who made us and gave us those exclusive rights as opposed to animals or say plants!
On the other hand, there is no 'freedom without responsibility'. that said, we must decide whether we are willing to take responsibilityfor the actions of our race.
Secondly, how would you feel if your mum, sister, aunt or even grandma decided that it is their body and they henceforth will sell it at their descrition? that inherent horror or disgust must amount to something.
Ultimately, we must decide. Like I said before,legalising is only 'aspirin to a hang over', rather than the reason for the drinking binge in the first place.
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
October 30, 2008 - 07:42 AM
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certain moral basics must not be ignored,the former south African president has been under heavy criticism for not doing much on the fight against AIDS.the republic of south Africa is among the worlds most AIDS affected countries.
I base my argument on this point,the world has not found a cure for Aids it claims.
The answer is clear,morals once maintained,one can never go wrong,deadly diseases will be like smoke in high speed wind.
The bible says teach a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from the right path.
legalizing prostitution is not right,it only destroys morals
one does not have to sale there body because its the only means of income.its not the only way.
AIDS is real and it can take a life(The world in time) if we live irresponsibly,fact,our lives are the only assets we fully own,all others come after.treasure your soul.a second of pleasure can cost a soul.
Lets do the right thing.
Sex is good at the right time with the right person.
Take responsibility
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Akash Sharma
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
November 6, 2008 - 06:54 PM
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Recieving an intimate service such as sex for money gets off as "taboo" in some communities because they regard sex differently than other communities do. Just take a look at some rituals in african tribes where they mutilate themselves and get extreme piercings done. It definitely is rare here in North America but might be a common or expected custom in Africa. Prositution is bascially satisfying one's sexual desire, like any other bodily desires such as an hair cut, body hair grooming and such other things. On a global scale its all the same thing. Legalized Prositution in some parts of the world shoudn't be different than if you wanted to legalize prostitution here. As for risks and human rights violation, that happens more in developing countries when people say that legalizing it would create more of this that has nothing to do with the essence of prostitution. That is how people in that country operate, illegaly and inhumane. From child soldiers to slave labourers prostitution is just another way business they can exploit. What im saying is there is not a right or wrong, its just how you look at it and what your feelings are toward it and how they compare with the global community.
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Re: Legalising prostitution. Right or wrong?
November 16, 2008 - 12:48 PM
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Am of the opinion that prostitution should not be legalized.,this sex trade is immoral,.imagine if prostitution is legalized in the country,them moral decadence sets in and this becomes an avenue to spread the dreaded HIV/AIDS pandemic,show me a country where prostitution is on the increase and i will show you the statistics of Sexually transmitted diseases it holds
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