That is a great article. I just wish the leaders of the country/state/county/city would have the courage (or just agree) with that. All cracking down does is drive it underground. Does nothing to stop it.
The hobby, as we on ECCIE recognize it, does not have any place for underage participants or unwilling human trafficking participants. Nearly all of us are good people and don't want to see anyone harmed. We believe those types of behavior to be just a disgusting as any other normal person.
What we have here in our hobby, is a sharing of mutually beneficial exchanges where there is no victim. It's too bad that often intelligent people can't seem to distinguish between the two. The escort industry gets lumped in with slave trafficking and child porn. It does the hobby a disservice, and it weakens the fight against the horrific crimes that are truly hurting people.