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To: Lusis
Prostitution is nothing more than sex and commerce.

To those opposed to prostitution, which of those are you opposed to?

11 posted on 05/09/2007 7:01:29 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Phantom Lord
Prostitution is nothing more than sex and commerce. To those opposed to prostitution, which of those are you opposed to?

Neither, but I am opposed to their combination. Buying and selling sex on the open market is degrading, and debauches the great gift of sex. As it is a financial "transaction" I have no problem with the government disallowing it.

101 posted on 05/09/2007 8:22:49 AM PDT by Zack Nguyen
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To: Phantom Lord
Prostitution is nothing more than sex and commerce.

You forgot the adjectives which qualify the nouns.

Try the following quote:

It is like having a morality in which stealing fruit is considered wrong -- unless you steal nectarines.

And if you protest against this view you are usually met with chatter about the legitimacy and beauty and sanctity of "sex" and accused of harbouring some Puritan prejudice against it as something disreputable or shameful. I deny the charge. Foam-born Venus . . . golden Aphrodite . . . Our Lady of Cyprus . . . I never breathed a word against you. If I object to boys who steal my nectarines, must I be supposed to disapprove of nectarines in general? Or even of boys in general? It might, you know, be stealing that I disapproved of.

The real situation is skillfully concealed by saying that the question of Mr. A.'s "right" to desert his wife is one of "sexual morality". Robbing an orchard is not an offense against some special morality called "fruit morality". It is an offense against honesty. Mr. A.'s action is an offense against good faith (to solemn promises), against gratitude (toward one to whom he was deeply indebted) and against common humanity.

From C.S. Lewis, We Have No 'Right To Happiness'

Full Disclosure: Reading your comments on this topic causes me to consider the possibility of double entendres in your tagline.

Cheers!

218 posted on 05/09/2007 11:04:33 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Phantom Lord

280 posted on 05/10/2007 10:10:21 AM PDT by Constantine XIII
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To: Phantom Lord
Prostitution is nothing more than sex and commerce.

To those opposed to prostitution, which of those are you opposed to?

How sophomoric.

Have you ever lived in a neighborhood where crack whores lined the streets outside a drug dealer's house at night?

It'll ruin your neighborhood and put a real dent in the value of your property.

346 posted on 05/10/2007 2:48:21 PM PDT by Chunga (Conservatives Don't Let Democrats Win Elections. They Vote Republican.)
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