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johnnie
response 287 of 331: Mark Unseen   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?  
jep
response 288 of 331: Mark Unseen   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.
keesan
response 289 of 331: Mark Unseen   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.
richard
response 290 of 331: Mark Unseen   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.
,
remmers
response 291 of 331: Mark Unseen   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.
jep
response 292 of 331: Mark Unseen   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.
klg
response 293 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 17:16 UTC 2006

(A lot of people have died because of failure to use DDT & the electric 
chair.)
jep
response 294 of 331: Mark Unseen   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?)
klg
response 295 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 17:42 UTC 2006

(One might come in handy, now and then.)
marcvh
response 296 of 331: Mark Unseen   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?)
klg
response 297 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 17:56 UTC 2006

(It might depend on exactly how you use it.)
marcvh
response 298 of 331: Mark Unseen   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.)
nharmon
response 299 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 18:21 UTC 2006

It might not be criminal to have an electric chair, but I think it 
would still be illegal.
marcvh
response 300 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 18:51 UTC 2006

I suppose its wiring and grounding might not be up to code; is that
what you mean?
nharmon
response 301 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 18:58 UTC 2006

Yes. 8D
klg
response 302 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 20:08 UTC 2006

(Shucks.  I was going to invite a few of you grex people over for 
a "sit down" dinner.)
tod
response 303 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 20:12 UTC 2006

What stopped you?
nharmon
response 304 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 20:14 UTC 2006

Nobody will say grace.
tod
response 305 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 20:18 UTC 2006

Funny, I thought klg would be having seder.
klg
response 306 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 20:20 UTC 2006

(I just hope you guys don't object to fried food.)
nharmon
response 307 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 20:21 UTC 2006

Mmmmmm  fried chickenhawk
twenex
response 308 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 20:23 UTC 2006

I didn't realise klg and bru were on the menu.
tod
response 309 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 20:42 UTC 2006

I had Irish Stew for dinner last night
rcurl
response 310 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 21:08 UTC 2006

You can legally buy electric chairs from
http://www.electroease.com/Electric-Chairs.html
tod
response 311 of 331: Mark Unseen   Mar 2 21:14 UTC 2006

"Ouch, my marrow is low"
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