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How is making something that is happening between consenting adults legal causing externalities that don't already exist by it being illegal? Also, I wasn't in
by howeyc 10y ago
How is making something that is happening between consenting adults legal causing externalities that don't already exist by it being illegal?
Also, I wasn't insinuating that human trafficking is inconsequential, or that it's even rare, I don't know if it is or isn't. I was merely stating that it is a separate act/crime. Not all prostitutes are created as a result of human trafficking. I'm all for stopping sex that is not consensual.
Also, I see "muh freedoms" and personal responsibility as intertwined ideas, I'm not sure I see why you think they are opposed. If I'm free to fuck whoever I want, and another is also free to do the same (regardless of whether or not there is a financial transaction at the same time), then we are responsible for our own sex lives, yes? The state is not involved (I get "muh freedoms").
- jessedhillon 10y ago> or that it's even rare If we can't even agree that the phrase "[something] rarely happens" means to say that something is rare, then I don't think there's any hope for further debate.
- howeyc 10y agoWhat? We are definitely talking past one another. My point is that prostitution and human trafficking are two separate activities. The frequency upon which either occurs in society is unknown to me. I am attempting to convey that I think prostitution should be legal. Human trafficking should continue to be illegal. And society in a general sense seems to have trouble separating the two when discussing this topic.
- jessedhillon 10y agoI think I misread your original comment to imply that trafficking rarely happens, sorry for the misunderstanding.