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Should prostitution be legal?
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la anaconda de chocolatee Oct 4 2006, 11:51 AM Post #1
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since no one ever started one. Start discussing! I will post my answer on my lunch break today when I have more time.
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Denovissimus Oct 4 2006, 12:12 PM Post #2
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In short, yes.
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I was going to just say yes in big letters!!!!


I'll give reasons later, it isn't a clear cut answer but on the whole yes is my answer.
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You guys must take it into affect that prostitution is legalized that it might raise the AIDS count. I am pretty sure if it is legalized most people aren't going to say do you have a condom.
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I don't believe that for one second Darelle.

Prostitution is legal in Amsterdam and they don't have the AIDS/STD rate that we do.
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Legal would mean it was run by ligitimate companies and not just pimps exploiting young girls. These companies would have to look after their employees by insisting that they are tested for diseases and that they always make the man use a condom. That's my vision anyway!
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In Amsterdam the girls have to be tested and they supply you with a condom, even put it on for you....with their mouths!
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You guys must take it into affect that prostitution is legalized that it might raise the AIDS count. I am pretty sure if it is legalized most people aren't going to say do you have a condom.

actually it would be just the opposite, Darrelle. If it was legal, prostitutes would get medical benefits for one, and it would be part of their job duty to be tested for all stds and HIV every few months and it would also be mandatory that they use condoms as well.

I just dont see the point of it being illegal. Not only does it perputrate crime (pimps beating up the hookers, increase purchasing and use of drugs, etc)but when prostitutes are arrested, what happens? They get thrown in a holding cell for one night and released back on the street the next day. Big fucking deal! What hte hell is that doing except wasting tax payers money? And are the cops really getting most of these pimps locked up? I could be wrong but it certainly doesnt seem like it to me.
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Legal would mean it was run by ligitimate companies and not just pimps exploiting young girls


It's not just girls jane but guys too.
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more often then not its women, though.

I say Legalize it and Tax it. Instead of my tax dollars being spent
on hooker court costs.

TAX THAT ASS! :rocks
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Well me being Dutch and all...I simply have to say YES! I mean it`s common sense, innit?

Instead of having streetwalkers working the streets, bothering people who don`t want have some hooker accosting them advertising her services,puttinmg themselves in considerable danger what with the whole no condom-thing and blah blah blah..In Holland it`s all regulated.

All the legal Hooker-joints need to have a special certificate,wich can only be obtained of certain rules are followed. All prostitutes need a clean bill of health and that should be checked on a monthly basis.The safety of the prostitutes should be monitored by their employers in the form of minders/bouncers. All prodtitutes need legal documentation before they can start working(To ensure that they are in fact, over 18 and have a work-visa or EU passport). And they`re also protected by a union to ensure that they won`t be screwed over in their payment.

Legalise it.In many ways I still think that the Netherlands are the most hypocritical country in the world(Which is why I left) but in some ways(drugs, healthcare, politics, social services,gay marriages, prostitution)they are def. the front-runners!
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Rodney makes a good point. but did he say gay marraige was legalized in the netherlands.
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everything that is illegal over here is legal in the netherlands, basically. They must be the most libral country in the world! Why dont I live over there?
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i love america too much to leave her.
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The great social experiment called America is coming to its end!
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what is that suppose to mean?
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la anaconda de chocolatee Oct 7 2006, 02:21 AM Post #17
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it means that we are turning into a fascist state thanks to the bush regime!
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And facism is just dictatorship with a nicer name!

RIP America! So glad to know ya!
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it means that we are turning into a fascist state thanks to the bush regime!


I already knew that.
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Long time since this thread has been around but its where this story belongs so...


Woman pleads guilty in Spitzer prostitution probe

By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writers 23 minutes ago

NEW YORK - A woman accused of booking johns for a high-priced call girl ring pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering and promoting prostitution in the federal probe that brought down "Client No. 9," former Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

Temeka Rachelle Lewis, who worked as a booking agent for the Emperor's Club VIP, is the first defendant to admit guilt in the case that led to the resignation of New York's crusading Democratic governor after just 14 months in office.

She made a brief court appearance in a plea bargain that obligates her to turn over records, testify before a grand jury, if asked, and answer any questions investigators may have about her role in arranging dates between Emperor's Club working girls and the agency's deep-pocketed clients.

Her agreement to cooperate was revealed in court papers filed by prosecutors, then reluctantly confirmed by her lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, after a federal magistrate turned down his request to have the records sealed. Members of the news media had objected to the documents being sealed.

Agnifilo said Lewis, 32, has yet to be asked to appear before the grand jury. He added that prosecutors have not disclosed whether the probe's next target is Spitzer, who has not been charged.

Asked why his client had decided to plead guilty, Agnifilo said Lewis, who majored in English at the University of Virginia and has never been in trouble with the law before, just wants to put the case behind her.

"She's basically a very good person. Sitting at a defense table in a federal courthouse is the last place she imagined she'd be," he said. "I have no doubt she'll never be in trouble again."

Lewis, with her mother and sister looking on, appeared calm in court, then left without speaking to reporters. Under federal sentencing guidelines she could face around 16 months in prison or less depending on the level of her cooperation with prosecutors, Agnifilo said.

Her sentencing was tentatively scheduled for Aug. 6.

The Emperor's Club investigation began last year when banks flagged suspicious cash transfers to companies set up to disguise payments by the ring's clients. Some of the transfers were traced to Spitzer.

The FBI disclosed in court papers that agents secretly recorded conversations between Lewis and Spitzer about a Feb. 13 tryst in Washington with a prostitute named "Kristen." The former governor, identified in court papers only as Client 9, allegedly paid $4,300 for the night, with some of the money to be used as a credit against future encounters.

Spitzer, who is married and has three teenage daughters, abruptly resigned March 12, just days after his role in the case became public.

The real name of the woman identified as Kristen is Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a 23-year-old high school dropout from Beachwood, N.J. She has not been charged.

The other defendants are Mark Brener, 62, of Cliffside Park, N.J., who is accused of running the ring; Cecil Suwal, 23, who lives with Brener; and Tanya Hollander, 36, of Rhinebeck, N.Y., who authorities said also worked as a booking agent for prostitutes.

Investigators say the ring charged between $1,000 and $5,500 per hour for dozens of prostitutes in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Miami, London and Paris.

Prosecutors have refused to say whether they are contemplating charges against Spitzer, who was New York's attorney general for eight years before he was elected governor.

As attorney general, he built a reputation as a crusader against shady practices and overly generous compensation on Wall Street. When elected, he pledged to bring higher ethical standards to Albany. His cases as attorney general included prosecution of prostitution rings and the sex tourism industry.

After his role in the call girl ring became public, Spitzer — with his wife, Silda, by his side — apologized at a news conference without expressly acknowledging that he had visited prostitutes.
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