NEW ZEALAND legalises prostitution

The Press [Christchurch, New Zealand] ^ | June 26 2002

[johniegrad]

They'll have to pay GST now. Did that become a consideration for the politicians?

[ErnBatavia]

Georgina?

[Van Jenerette]

.....for class reading.

[Tall_Texan]

YES! New Zealand should be next year's FReeper cruise!!

Not a chance! Why travel some place where we're likely to meet Bill Clinton? Wasn't he bragging he earned $9 mil (U.S.) recently and enjoyed paying taxes? (probably because paying taxes is *new* to him...).

[oceanperch]

It is a split disagreement in our family own wether it should be a legal service.

With one female and the other a male vote in our family it shoud be obvious who voted what.

[shaggy eel]

What do you think about this????

,,, I've never been to a pleasure palace. Never paid for it and never will, so it makes no difference to me. The cops have always turned a blind eye to knock shops as long as they know drugs aren't being fenced thru them.

If you examine this initiative in the wider scope of social justice legislation being pushed thru under our leftist government, it's not a good move in regard to maintaining a decent society. We're a small liberal society but as we get bigger, we're not necessarily getting better.

Legislation going thru at present is aimed to cater for lesbians to be legal fathers. Helen Klark will better explain the need for that than I will.

[knighthawk]

Georgina Beyer is New Zealand's first trans-gender politician

We got legalized prostitution, but still have no trans-gender politician. I guess we have to step up because we fell behind to NZ!

[shaggy eel]

No one is forcing young women to do anything. They're doing it on their own free will.

,,, if you asked them, the bulk would say they know the money's good, but they'd much rather not be doing it.

[shaggy eel]

Prostitution laws have always bothered me...(NO,not like that!)...I can buy a woman dinner (or a BMW) in the hope that (well, you know), but I can't give her $50 bucks.

,,, agreed. that's incongruous.

[shaggy eel]

They'll have to pay GST now. Did that become a consideration for the politicians?

,,, the establishment of a formalised contract etc. will bring the IRD's looking glass over the industry. The government will win on that account. A thought just went thru my mind on depreciation of "plant and equipment"!!!

[Stopislamnow]

I'll second that.

I think there is absolutely no difference between a politician(of any party) and a whore.
Nothing different than a athelete selling his body and performance for millions. Except that sex is taboo due to societal mores, and baseball is the national pastime.
Atheletes risk injury, whores risk social diseases.

Yet one is legal, even admired, while one is a pariah.

My overriding concerns are the health issues involved.

[Dan from Michigan]

"""social justice""'

I hate that term....same with public health...consumer rights...

[Hodar]

,,, if you asked them, the bulk would say they know the money's good, but they'd much rather not be doing it.

You could make exactly the same arguement for just about any job. I'm certain there are more than a few software/hardware engineers, plumbers, technicians, doctors, teachers, ect.... that would rather be doing something else. Fact is, men and women have been doing this since man learned to walk upright. Sometimes the price is 3 dinners and movies; sometimes just a few drinks, and even sometimes it's free. At least Prostitution is honest.

[freeeee]

if you asked them, the bulk would say they know the money's good, but they'd much rather not be doing it.

And that differs from other jobs in what way....

[Onelifetogive]

,,, if you asked them, the bulk would say they know the money's good, but they'd much rather not be doing it.

I'd say the same thing about Information Systems Consulting!

[shaggy eel]

,,, that's Georgina Beyer. Her background has afforded her a singularly rounded look at life that she's brought to Parliament. She was also mayor of a sleepy little Wairarapa town called Carterton. She turned that town around and the people hold her in high regard. I would never vote for her bacause she's Labour, but I hold "her" in quite a high regard because of her sense of humour and positive outlook.

[ChadGore]

Congrdulations New Zealand . . now at least the sheep will have a "living wage".

[Onelifetogive]

My overriding concerns are the health issues involved.

Like torn rotator cuffs and damaged ACL's?

[adam_az]

Prostitution laws have always bothered me...(NO,not like that!)...I can buy a woman dinner (or a BMW) in the hope that (well, you know), but I can't give her $50 bucks.

Maybe you should offer another $150? ;)

[shaggy eel]

"""social justice""' I hate that term....same with public health...consumer rights...

,,, that's why I put it in italics. I wouldn't use it myself, so that sort of highlighted it.