CoverZero

January 17th, 2015 at 1:34 AM ^

i have never visited a prostitute, and never plan to...however it seems that money better spent would be to legailze it to certain areas, tax it and make sure the women/men are tested...

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ThadMattasagoblin

January 17th, 2015 at 1:40 AM ^

It's legal in some European nations I believe. They said that it decreased violence, saved police money and time among other things. It also stops the moral policing of the people and lets people live their lives the way they want to even if others find it repulsive.

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Northville

January 17th, 2015 at 10:29 AM ^

They have whorehouses in strip malls there. Not kidding. I was on a business trip there once and we asked our cab driver where all the ladies were in Auckland. Thinking he'd take us to some good bars, he drove us to a whorehouse instead. Whoa. They test them and tax them and all that. Nice place. That's where this story ends.

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duffman355

January 17th, 2015 at 1:41 AM ^

I'll never know why prostitution is illegal.  Youy pay a hooker to leave really.  Yes I get that the Police don't necessarily want street walkers per se, but if you're on backpage and the alike, who cares? The way I see it, you pay for a sex with either love and devotion (which is perfectly fine and normal with a family when you're married or in a steady relationship), money (see wife or GF, or random bar hookup who you might have bought drinks for) or time.

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Farnn

January 17th, 2015 at 2:05 AM ^

The only thing making it illegal does is make it dangerous for the women.  They can't go to the police if something bad happens to them, there is no one looking out for them (regulation, protection, rights), and human trafficking is more lucrative.  Men still want it, and women want the money it brings in.  If they haven't been able to end it by now they never will so why not make it safer for all involved.

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RuebenRileyonRye

January 17th, 2015 at 2:25 AM ^

The problem is 99.9% of the "girls" walking the streets are, to make it simple, sex slaves and the amount that are under age is sickening. So it's not just women meeting a guy, it's a pimp or parent selling them out. Look at the numbers. These stings are as much about rescuing as it is about it being a crime.

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Farnn

January 17th, 2015 at 4:00 AM ^

Not that it doesn't happen but the % reported as trafficked or enslaved is likely exagerated by cops and DAs who want money and headlines as well as by the women themselves who claim to be trafficked to get out of any penalty.  The ones who are doing it against their will don't get the help they need because time is being wasted on thsoe who actually choose the line of work.

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RuebenRileyonRye

January 17th, 2015 at 5:02 AM ^

I know this is a Michigan blog, so I'll leave it with this...I work in social work and my agency works directly with girls as young as 10 or 12 years old, who are pimped out and are slaves.  The numbers are real and it's a global problem.  I would even go on to say that the system works against young girls and they're treated like criminals and not victims.  Our world needs a better awareness of it.  I'll get off my soap box now.

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Trader Jack

January 17th, 2015 at 7:39 AM ^

Legalization doesn't ensure the ability to regulate. As noted by another poster, prostitution is legal in Thailand and the Philippines, yet there are still hundreds of thousands of girls and boys (many young enough to be in elementary school) who are trafficked or sold into slavery every year there.



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go16blue

January 17th, 2015 at 9:00 AM ^

Thailand and the Phillipines are (thankfully) very different political situations. A better comparison for our sake would be a country like the Netherlands or another European one, where the government is more up to the task. Legalization doesn't guarantee regulation, but it makes it a hell of a lot easier. How often do you see people selling illegally home brewed moonshine anymore? How many marijuana dealers do you think will exist in Colorodo in a few years? I think you'd see a similar effect here. Child prostitution is its own issue that could then be dealt with independently of legal prostitution.

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Njia

January 17th, 2015 at 4:32 PM ^

Actually, up into the 1950s and 60s, would run moonshine by night and race by day, often in the same cars.

And, yes, it started during Prohibition. But running moonshine continued well after Prohibition had ended. "Revenue agents" (Bureau of ATF) would be combing the back woods of the rural southeast (and still do) looking for illegal stills, hoping to catch drivers with souped up cars loaded with bottles of white lightning.

In the end, at issue is the failure to pay the tax.

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Marshall Applewhite

January 17th, 2015 at 10:00 AM ^

I don't doubt that human trafficking goes on, but in places where it's legal there isn't as much. I was recently in Central America, and pretty much every normal young attractive girl I talked to was s prostitute because it was the best paying gig in town. It wasn't like the US where most are missing teeth and in their 40s.

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