[Jonathon Spectre]

Do you believe it is in society's best interest to have women selling their bodies on the street?

Uh oh, an appeal to "society". Who knows what that means?

[Zack Nguyen]

You do not know what "society" means? Do you maintain that the spread of disease from prostitution would cease if it were legal? Do you maintain that drug usage surrounding prostituion would cease if made legal? Do you maintain that all women who engage in prostitution do so willingly and are not forced to do so? Do you maintain that violence and abuse of those engaged in it would cease if prostitution were made legal?

The line of reasoning that says, "It does not violate my physical rights, so it should be legal" defense is invalid here, I believe. If, for instance, two people publicly engage in intercourse on the sidewalk, it would not stop me from going to work, earning a living, etc. But should that be somehting we are forced to live with? By the same token, should families be forced to raise their children around the moral and physical filth that open prostitution engenders.