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I'd rather he (anyone) blows his biscuits with a hooker than live a life of misery (at best) or go on a violent rampage or something, driven by sexual frustrati
by Spearchucker 13y ago
I'd rather he (anyone) blows his biscuits with a hooker than live a life of misery (at best) or go on a violent rampage or something, driven by sexual frustration (at worst). Some laws are wrong. Drugs, prostitution and indiscriminate surveillance, for instance.
Getting laid is a basic need, like breathing, eating and parking a chocolate hostage.
All three of these are things that have always, do, and will always happen. Accepting that, legalising it, and overseeing it results in fewer deaths, less violence, heath care for prostitutes, extra tax income, and a transparent democracy.
Amongst other benefits.
- privong 13y agoPart of the complexity with this particular example is that Spitzer was known for going after prostitution. So, in addition to the issue of legality, he was also a hypocrite. Hypocracy doesn't always need to be a condemnation, but in his case it was a hypocracy which put others in jail.
- Amadou 13y agoI look at his case the same way I look at all those anti-gay politicians who are secretly gay. They hate themselves and in order to compensate for that internal conflict they put a lot of effort into a public show of opposing what are their own internal demons. The misery they cause the people who get caught up in their personal psychodrama is unacceptable. But I think this type of problem is orthogonal to politicians who engage in illegal activities (e.g. being gay hasn't been illegal for a long time), it is more of a loss of perspective.