Quote from Cutten:
This argument does not apply to a prostitute who does not have kids.
Also, you are supposed to be justifying turning someone into a criminal and violently ostracising them from their home & neighbourhood. This requires more than just saying they are a bad parent. After all, we don't lock up or exile parents with a booze problem, or divorced mothers who sleep around or date violent boyfriends.
I will try to make it very clear -
A childless woman, for whatever reason, decides to try and charge money in return for offering sexual favours. In what way does that justify caging her like an animal and running her out of her homeland?
Your reasons so far:
i) the kids will suffer
Answer - she has no kids, so it's irrelevant. Even if she had kids, then she ought to be charged with being "not fit to bring up a child", just like an alcoholic or mentally disturbed parent, and have the kids taken into care, not have herself thrown in jail and exiled. It is "being a bad parent" you are objecting to here, not prostitution per se.
ii) you don't like it
Answer - "not liking something" does not justify the use of violence to prevent it, or making it a crime. There are many things people do not "like", that are perfectly legal, because it is someone's right to do unpopular things, as long as they do not harm non-consenting 3rd parties.
iii) it's "immoral"
Answer - so is swearing, calling your mother a bitch, worshipping Satan, being rude, cheating on your girlfriend, lying, and so on. None of these are jailable offences or considered "criminal".
iv) it offends community sensibilities
Answer - America is not a communist country. Property is private and generally owned by individuals, not owned communally by all. As long as the "offensiveness" is not taking place on public property, then it is none of the communities business. That is the whole idea of inalienable individual rights - people have natural liberty, that is *not* subject to being overriden by the sensibilities of the crowd. Every citizen in America could vote to jail Hilary Clinton for being annoying, but it would still be wrong to do so.
v) you wouldn't want your daughter to be a prostitute
No, I wouldn't. Equally, I wouldn't want her to have sex with Rupert Murdoch, or get drunk and flash her tits at a frat party. Please explain to me how that implies that it should be a criminal offence for a woman to shag 70-something billionaires or to flash her tits in private?
So, what is your reason for criminalising payment for sex? Please give a *reasoned* answer, based on logical inference from accepted axioms. Do not make up straw men, invent erroneous assumptions about your opponent's position, ask irrelevant questions, use ad hominem arguments, sarcastic remarks, or employ other schoolboy debating tricks in an attempt to dodge the issue.
Trust me: I don't care or want to know what people do in their bedrooms. But let's face it: in the real world prostitutes have kids and kids will be affected by their lifestyle.
You're still completely missing my point. Again, I am arguing from a "what is good for kids and families in your community perspecitive?"
Look, someone asked the question, "What if I banned churches in your area?" I say "Great!" At least I will respect you. You took a moral stand. You are basically saying, like GG, that religion is the scourge of the earth and you are protecting your family from all of us religious zealots. I see that you realize that morality has consequences - it affects children and families. If you do nothing, I can't help but see someone who does not care about their community or their families.
