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Grex > Agora56 > #125: Kludge Report Part C -- Die, You Little Black Babies | |
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tod
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response 281 of 331:
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Mar 1 22:34 UTC 2006 |
Should we legalize CD bootleg sales and stock market fraud while we're at it?
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rcurl
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response 282 of 331:
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Mar 2 00:31 UTC 2006 |
Re #269: we are NOT talking about persons forced into prostitution. That is
a crime. We are talking about persons that elect prostitution as a business
or hobby.
Re #278: ask them?
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johnnie
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response 283 of 331:
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Mar 2 00:42 UTC 2006 |
>We are talking about persons that elect prostitution as a business
>or hobby.
I don't know that prostitution can ever be called a "hobby".
>Re #278: ask them?
What makes you think they'd tell the truth?
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rcurl
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response 284 of 331:
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Mar 2 03:54 UTC 2006 |
Why do you think they wouldn't?
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tod
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response 285 of 331:
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Mar 2 06:11 UTC 2006 |
re #283
I don't know that prostitution can ever be called a "hobby".
That would make "losses" tax deductible!
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klg
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response 286 of 331:
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Mar 2 11:34 UTC 2006 |
(Whoa!! RW is now a libertarian. Way to go! No more of that taxes
and government programs b.s. You go, Ayn Rand!!)
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johnnie
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response 287 of 331:
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Mar 2 13:47 UTC 2006 |
>Why do you think they wouldn't?
Uh, because the guys forcing them to fuck strange men for cash might,
you know, kill them?
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jep
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response 288 of 331:
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Mar 2 14:15 UTC 2006 |
I don't mind prostitution if it's free and voluntary, consensual, safe
for both parties, and doesn't create a public health hazard. I don't
care how a lady decides a guy is nice enough to have sex with. It
makes no difference to me if he takes her to a nice dinner and gives
her a nice box of candy, or woos her with a card engraved with
beautiful poetry such as: "This bill is legal tender for all debts,
public and private".
I'm against prostitution solely because I don't think it works like
that for most prostitutes in the real world. I'm against slavery,
ruined lives and ruined people, stuff like that.
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keesan
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response 289 of 331:
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Mar 2 15:34 UTC 2006 |
The problem with screening for venereal diseases is that, at least with AIDS,
there is a period (6 months?) when you can have the disease but it is not
caught by the test. Unless they have really improved the test. And even if
the women selling sex are screened, the men buying it usually are not, and
AIDS is not yet curable. Back in the 19th century when prostitution was
common lots of men got diseases and passed them to other prostitutes, and to
wives.
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richard
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response 290 of 331:
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Mar 2 16:00 UTC 2006 |
re #288 its not a matter of being "for" or "against" prostitution. Thinking
it should be legal does not mean you are "for" it. Just as with abortion,
it just means you think such things need not be regulated by government.
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remmers
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response 291 of 331:
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Mar 2 16:42 UTC 2006 |
No, the intersection of things that are "legal" and things that are
"regulated by the government" is non-empty.
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jep
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response 292 of 331:
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Mar 2 16:48 UTC 2006 |
Yes, Richard, I am familiar with the distinction.
There are things I think should be legal, but am not interested in
using myself, such as tobacco, crossbows and absentee ballots.
There are things which should be legal and which I use myself, such as
bicycles, the Internet and baking soda.
There are things which should not be legal, and which neither I nor
anyone else should do/use/have, such as slaves, DDT and the electric
chair.
I don't care to venture examples of anything I think should not be
legal, but which I do, have, or use myself.
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klg
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response 293 of 331:
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Mar 2 17:16 UTC 2006 |
(A lot of people have died because of failure to use DDT & the electric
chair.)
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jep
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response 294 of 331:
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Mar 2 17:40 UTC 2006 |
(Do you think you should have an electric chair at home in case you
need it? How about me? And everyone else?)
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klg
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response 295 of 331:
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Mar 2 17:42 UTC 2006 |
(One might come in handy, now and then.)
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marcvh
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response 296 of 331:
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Mar 2 17:52 UTC 2006 |
(Is it against the law to build your own electric chair? I suppose it's
illegal if you use it, and you could be prosecuted if you showed some
clear intent to use it...)
(or does it stay legal as long as we keep it in parentheses?)
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klg
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response 297 of 331:
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Mar 2 17:56 UTC 2006 |
(It might depend on exactly how you use it.)
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marcvh
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response 298 of 331:
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Mar 2 18:05 UTC 2006 |
(OK, it's illegal to use it to kill someone other than in self-defense
or defense of others, which is a scenario that's hard to imagine. I
guess if you just used it to make a nifty spark show or to cook eggs it
would be OK.)
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nharmon
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response 299 of 331:
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Mar 2 18:21 UTC 2006 |
It might not be criminal to have an electric chair, but I think it
would still be illegal.
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marcvh
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response 300 of 331:
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Mar 2 18:51 UTC 2006 |
I suppose its wiring and grounding might not be up to code; is that
what you mean?
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nharmon
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response 301 of 331:
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Mar 2 18:58 UTC 2006 |
Yes. 8D
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klg
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response 302 of 331:
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Mar 2 20:08 UTC 2006 |
(Shucks. I was going to invite a few of you grex people over for
a "sit down" dinner.)
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tod
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response 303 of 331:
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Mar 2 20:12 UTC 2006 |
What stopped you?
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nharmon
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response 304 of 331:
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Mar 2 20:14 UTC 2006 |
Nobody will say grace.
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tod
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response 305 of 331:
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Mar 2 20:18 UTC 2006 |
Funny, I thought klg would be having seder.
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