Reply #42: I don't think much of your attitude, but I agree with you on this one. [View All]

Coming in, making 100ish posts, and then proceeding to lecture and talk down to a community you barely know in all the posts I have read from you so far really doesn't win you many points. Furthermore, it doesn't make you look smart nor does it make you seem sophisticated. It really only makes you look extremely childish. Maybe you might take a breath and try again - and try to engage this community of your peers for what they are - a large and diverse group of people, many smarter than you - and of course, some not.

Despite the fact that in all the posts I have read of yours so far you have come off like quite the dick, that doesn't change the fact that I happen to agree with you in this instance. I think you're essentially right, despite the way you present yourself.

I'm not usually one for the dismissive pragmatic arguments for legalizing things. Saying "well we're never going to be rid of this wrong thing, so let's just make it legal" isn't really something that sits well with me. It's not a good enough reason. I feel like the things we allow in society should be things that we see as healthy, appropriate and beneficial. I can't get behind making legal institutions that have exploitation and the breakdown of healthy relationships as the center of their purpose. I don't subscribe to the "if you can't beat em, join em" philosophy.

And I also happen to be old fashioned about sex. I believe that sex and sexuality is not just a "right" and a "freedom" it is also a responsibility. I believe we ought to me talking more about an appropriate sex ethic and sexual responsibility in general, and I believe that our nation's laws ought to reflect a fundamental commitment to sexual responsibility as well as promote a society in which sex was seen as a personal private component of healthy, nurturing committed relationships as not as a tool of profiteering, subjugation, exploitation, objectification or instant gratification.

So no, I continue to oppose the legalization on prostitution, on the grounds that it runs contrary to principles I feel we should honor and strive to uphold in our society. I acknowledge that there are no simple answers, an we have a lot of problems and questions to address when it comes to the sex industry and what our societies attitude should be toward it. But this still represents the core of my feelings on the matter.

Sel