> This is a Very Good Thing. I disagree, my opinion is based on the economics of drug prohibition [0]. I agree with your sentiments about the industry itself

> This is a Very Good Thing. I disagree, my opinion is based on the economics of drug prohibition [0]. I agree with your sentiments about the industry itself but the challenge is that the more prohibited a service like this is the more profit there is to be gained for providing it. With that thought in mind it's guaranteed that new services already exist attempting to take over the abandoned space. The reason I think this is bad is because the likelihood is that these new services will be less ethical than backpage. I'm inclined to think using backpage to identify sex traffickers, minors, and pedophiles would have been more effective at actually making a difference in the victims lives. My belief is that actions like these just hide the behavior from public view allowing political pressure to be reduced without actually resolving the problem. [0] http://www.walterblock.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/drug_prohibition.pdf http://www.walterblock.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/d...