Is prostitution acceptable?

[Erebus]

I see two components to this question: legality and morality. I'll attempt to give my view on both.

It seems to me that legalising and monitoring prostitution is easily preferable to making it illegal. The safety and well-being of everybody involved would be my primary concerns and I see little reason to believe that making it illegal would help with this. Legal prostitution for consenting adults would in no way eliminate illegal elements (human trafficking and child prostitution for example) but it would at least provide some safety net for a sub-section of those involved.

Morally, I honestly don't care one way or another. People pay for sex in roundabout ways all the time, prostitution could perhaps be viewed as more honest in that regard.

If it isn't wrong but it is a perfectly fine thing to do, then I suppose you would have no problem with your wife, sisters, mother and daughters starting up their own prostitution business. Freebees or a discount for all for the first serving. After all, it isn't wrong and is quite beneficial financially, right?

Interesting take on the matter. Tell me, do you like the idea of your mother having sex in general?

 

[DavidFirth]

Interesting take on the matter. Tell me, do you like the idea of your mother having sex in general?

I will answer no such questions concerning family members. That's off limits in an open forum as far as I'm concerned.

But IF there is absolutely nothing wrong with prostitution and it is a "good" thing to do then no one who feels that way should have any problem with their wife, daughter, mother or sister doing it.

If you do have a problem with that then you do indeed think something is wrong with it whether you are willing to admit it or not.

 

[DavidFirth]

"Seriously mistaken" it is, then.

Of course, that does not rule out "kidding".

"Seriously mistaken" wasn't one of the things I listed. I did omit "kidding" and should have included it so if you were kidding then you were kidding and the other things I listed do not necessarily apply. Purely from my perspective, of course

 

[LuisDantas]

Do you want me to pretend that I don't know you are seriously mistaken?

I don't think that could be morally justified.

 

[DavidFirth]

Do you want me to pretend that I don't know you are seriously mistaken?

I don't think that could be morally justified.

You don't think what could be morally justified according to whom?

 

[Erebus]

I will answer no such questions concerning family members. That's off limits in an open forum as far as I'm concerned.

But IF there is absolutely nothing wrong with prostitution and it is a "good" thing to do then no one who feels that way should have any problem with their wife, daughter, mother or sister doing it.

If you do have a problem with that then you do indeed think something is wrong with it whether you are willing to admit it or not.

Thank you for illustrating my point.

You clearly don't like the idea of your mother having sex, it's not something you want to talk about. I don't blame you, it's not something I relish thinking about regarding my own mother.

We each have a problem with the idea. That fact in no way makes sex wrong.

 

[Revoltingest]

I will answer no such questions concerning family members. That's off limits in an open forum as far as I'm concerned.

But IF there is absolutely nothing wrong with prostitution and it is a "good" thing to do then no one who feels that way should have any problem with their wife, daughter, mother or sister doing it.

If you do have a problem with that then you do indeed think something is wrong with it whether you are willing to admit it or not.

Prostitution can be viewed this way.
I find it acceptable, in the sense that it shouldn't be illegal.
But I wouldn't want family in the business.
Same is true with being a lawyer.

What?
Is that comparison unfair to prostitutes?
My apologies to chippies & rent boys.

 

[DavidFirth]

Thank you for illustrating my point.

You clearly don't like the idea of your mother having sex, it's not something you want to talk about. I don't blame you, it's not something I relish thinking about regarding my own mother.

We each have a problem with the idea. That fact in no way makes sex wrong.

What are you talking about? The thread is about prostitution, not about sex in general.

You shouldn't assume things about what a person thinks when they refuse to discuss something with you. But you can if you want, I guess.

 

[DavidFirth]

Prostitution can be viewed this way.
I find it acceptable, in the sense that it shouldn't be illegal.
But I wouldn't want family in the business.
Same is true with being a lawyer.

What?
Is that comparison unfair to prostitutes?
My apologies to chippies & rent boys.

Well, why don't you want your family members "in the business" if it is a perfectly legitimate business and a "good" thing to do?

 

[Revoltingest]

Well, why don't you want your family members "in the business" if it is a perfectly legitimate business and a "good" thing to do?

There things which I'll legally tolerate without thinking them the best line of work.

 

[Erebus]

What are you talking about? The thread is about prostitution, not about sex in general.

You shouldn't assume things about what a person thinks when they refuse to discuss something with you. But you can if you want, I guess.

You have argued that if a person has a problem with a family member doing something, then they must consider that thing wrong.

I think I'm justified in interpreting from your refusal to answer that you have a problem with the idea of your mother having sex. However, I have neither to ability nor the desire to force you to answer. Instead, I'll use myself as an example.

I have a problem with the idea of my mother having sex. That does not mean I think sex is wrong. I have a problem with the idea of my mother becoming a prostitute. That does not mean I think prostitution is wrong.

 

[Skwim]

If you don't think Skwim hates everything remotely Christian or related to the God of Israel you are either willingly ignorant, stupid, mentally disabled or just an idiot.

Just because I find your posts poorly constructed and hardly a defense of your assertions shouldn't be taken to mean that other Christians don't put up good arguments, or that Christianity doesn't have any merit. And why would I or anyone else "hate" the Bible or its god? The Bible is only a book of pages and print, and sane people don't hate beings they don't believe exist. What I do hate is the bigotry, hate, indifference, lack of charity, and child abuse that some people pull out Christianity.

BUT if it makes you feel better about yourself to cast me as some kind of hater go right ahead.
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[ADigitalArtist]

Well, why don't you want your family members "in the business" if it is a perfectly legitimate business and a "good" thing to do?

I don't want my brother to be a 911 operator. It's one of the highest stress jobs out there and I don't think he has the temperament for it. That doesn't mean I think the job is bad, period.

 

[columbus]

Personally, I am kinda prudish. I disapprove of a lot of people's sex lives for various reasons. But that's not the same as considering them wrong on some moral principles. More like "icky" and self-destructive. I don't want anyone to do some things. But that's a far shot away from approving legislative measures to try and prevent the behavior. Using the blunt instrument of the law has a way of creating even more problems, sometimes worse, without much improving the situation.

So, to me, this issue is a lot like recreational drugs. I don't approve, but I also don't approve of the government trying to force people to follow a code of behavior that they don't want to (when there is no actual victim being abused). So, I disapprove of prostitution and also disapprove of legislating morality.
Tom

 

[DavidFirth]

I don't want my brother to be a 911 operator. It's one of the highest stress jobs out there and I don't think he has the temperament for it. That doesn't mean I think the job is bad, period.

But you don't think the job is a "good" thing to do.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

But you don't think the job is a "good" thing to do.

I don't think it's good for some people. Others flourish in it and I have no problem at all with it.

 

[DavidFirth]

I don't think it's good for some people. Others flourish in it and I have no problem at all with it.

If it's good for only a few it's probably not good.

 

[ADigitalArtist]

If it's good for only a few it's probably not good.

Not that many people can handle the stress of lots of jobs. Doesn't mean the job is bad, means it takes the right person to fill it.

 

[Vedic]

Maybe in your school, but not all.

First, we hindus dont have any schools. Second i am a hindu brahmin from rural India, i habe met hindus from all over Ibdia and i belive i know more about my religion than some guy whos lihing 1000s of kms away.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

First, we hindus dont have any schools. Second i am a hindu brahmin from rural India, i habe met hindus from all over Ibdia and i belive i know more about my religion than some guy whos lihing 1000s of kms away.

I don't care who you are or where you're from. You're being very rude and you're just wrong. Hinduism is not some unified thing and never was.