Stossel: Legalize Sex Work

Texas Playboy's Avatar
Tremendous article:
John Stossel approaches the sex work issue with the clear logic that almost always comes with a libertarian argument.

If this issue were assessed using logic instead of centuries old stereotypes and dogma, the answer to this question would illuminate everything: "Why should it be illegal to sell something that is perfectly legal to give away?"

Great job Mr. Stossel. And by the way, any hobbyist who treats a provider as a "semen spittoon", as argued by a feminist quoted in the article, ought well to be run out of the hobby through forums such as ECCIE. That would be liberty at work.
the_real_Barleycorn's Avatar
Tremendous article:
John Stossel approaches the sex work issue with the clear logic that almost always comes with a libertarian argument.

If this issue were assessed using logic instead of centuries old stereotypes and dogma, the answer to this question would illuminate everything: "Why should it be illegal to sell something that is perfectly legal to give away?"

Great job Mr. Stossel. And by the way, any hobbyist who treats a provider as a "semen spittoon", as argued by a feminist quoted in the article, ought well to be run out of the hobby through forums such as ECCIE. That would be liberty at work. Originally Posted by Texas Playboy
Not so much libertarian ism but true conservationism.
Tremendous article:
John Stossel approaches the sex work issue with the clear logic that almost always comes with a libertarian argument.

If this issue were assessed using logic instead of centuries old stereotypes and dogma, the answer to this question would illuminate everything: "Why should it be illegal to sell something that is perfectly legal to give away?"

Great job Mr. Stossel. And by the way, any hobbyist who treats a provider as a "semen spittoon", as argued by a feminist quoted in the article, ought well to be run out of the hobby through forums such as ECCIE. That would be liberty at work. Originally Posted by Texas Playboy
I've LONG felt it should be legal.. Coming with it being legal is safety BOTH For the gals providing and the johns soliciting.

BUT what the heck is "Semen spittoon?"
First time i've heard THAT phrase..
Now, reading through the comments on that page, i saw one that really made me go HMM.. WTF IS wrong with this picture..
Oregon sets the age of consent for medical procedures at 15. That means a 15 year-old with a penis can hire someone to surgically remove it as part of gender reassignment surgery, and the state will pay for the procedure. Personally, I think we should raise the age of consent for gender reassignment surgery to 18. However, anyone who thinks that it should be legal for a 15 year-old to pay someone to surgically remove her penis will have trouble convincing me that a 15 year-old does not have the right to pay someone to suck his penis.

So its LEGAL for a 15 yr old to get a sex change OP, but not for that same 15 yr old to HAVE SEX...??!
dilbert firestorm's Avatar
sex work should be legal for obvious reasons.

1. protects the women
2. protects the johns
3. affair remains secret
4. ensures that the money earned goes to the women, not the pimps.
5. due process for both parties when one of the parties get stiffed.

one of the problems of this so-called gotcha raids is that they are humiliating events and destroys marriages of arrested Johns.

sex trafficking (sex slavery by another name) need to be addressed properly and fairly.
It would sure help the ECCIE resident Gloryhole Guru and his reach-around crew ! They wouldn't have to hide out in Men's room stalls or behind truck stop dumpsters to provider their " service ". Might make them a little less " edgy " .
rexdutchman's Avatar
Yup the only issue I see is the gov will want to tax
Yup the only issue I see is the gov will want to tax Originally Posted by rexdutchman
So you think all the gals maknig cash dough, hand under fist, SHOULDN'T get taxed for it?
dilbert firestorm's Avatar
they should get taxxxed. as it currently is, the entire enterprise is underground due to its "illegal" nature. I don't know what the numbers are, but it is at least a 1 billion dollar industry.
The Government should let 10 million tight assed 18yr or older Buddha Worshipping Vietnamese Girls in this country RIGHT FUCKING NOW. STOP all other immigration...

Yeah, that's the ticket! serious...
dilbert firestorm's Avatar
The Government should let 10 million tight assed 18yr or older Buddha Worshipping Vietnamese Girls in this country RIGHT FUCKING NOW. STOP all other immigration...

Yeah, that's the ticket! serious... Originally Posted by IIFFOFRDB
pretty much what my last line in my sig says.
rexdutchman's Avatar
No I don't think the gov should be taxing everything , and giving the free money to illegals and lazy people ( the issue with the libertarts)