Woman in Escort Case Plans to Name Names in Defense

Is this a smart move? Good news for her is it may keep her out of jail. Bad news is...well you figure it out.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/us/29escort.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

 

It shouldn't even be illegal in the first place. What someone does with their body is their business, same goes for money.

 

shouldn't or should is irrelevant. It is.

 

If something causes no harm it shouldn't be illegal. That's my point, and it's very relevant.

 

not really. you can't choose to ignore laws you disagree with.

 

If a law hurts people just for the sake of hurting them we should all ignore it. It's evil man, plain and simple.

When men tell you what you can and cannot do in your own privacy what good are they doing? Government and laws are meant to preserve the good in the world, nothing else. If they cannot do that we should not follow.

 

That is one of the most frightening things I've ever heard. Please tell me you are not from the U.S.?

If a law is wrong, it is your OBLIGATION not to abide by it at the least, and fight to have it changed if possible. If they pass legislation in my state that I must give up my first born son, or allow government cameras in my house, etc. - you can obey the laws and I'll load my guns.

The government should fear the people, not the other way around.

 

Damn - nevermind, you're from Florida. That explains everything. Thanks for 2000...

 

You have the law changed, then you do it.

If you don't agree with the speed limit, you can't drive 100 mph everywhere without a penalty can you?

If you drive a motorcycle without a helmet you can't complain when you get pulled over, can you?

If you want to do either, change the laws first. Right?

You seem to be advocating anarchy. I don't like this law, so screw it, I'm breaking it.

 

Yes, taking away those laws will put people in harms way, but what do they have to do with laws that only persecute?

Yours is a very common argument by the way. Pull up the strawman to scare people into believing these laws are necessary. They aren't. They do no good.

 

Who's being persecuted? People disobeying the law. How disconcerting.

With prostitution, comes crime, drugs, STDs, etc. Seems like they have a place to me. Don't they?

 

How many public officials do you suppose have used illegal drugs?

 

Too many. Not sure of your point though? If your point is that the politicians/celebrities get better treatment; then point taken. That doesn't make the law bad, it makes the people who enforce the law inadequate.

 

Too much money is wasted persecuting people for victimless crimes in this country.

If someone is worried about STD's I would certainly hope they would use protection. However, I hardly think you can only get an STD from paying for it. I'm sure there are plenty of floozies at your local bar handing out STD's three at a time. Perhaps they should make it illegal to pick up tramps at the bar too? You know - for your own protection.

 

I can see insults and snark are your only means of communication.

It's not a victimless crime. the prostitute is a victim in this, first of all. she's practically sentenced into the life because it leads to drug addiction and worse crimes.

Picking up floozies doesn't normally need to rampant drug use, bigger crimes and general lowering of the local neighborhoods.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48042-2005Feb23.html

http://www.reason.com/news/show/35552.html

So they make a bunch of laws they know don't really matter, but which they can selectivly enforce. Not to mention the black market they create (and profit from).

 

We aren't discussing drugs, but I've talked about it before.

I'm not totally against legalization of most drugs. But if they were to be legalized, there'd have to be some sort of claus that says "if you lose your job, get injured, etc and test positive for drugs then you can receive no money from the government"

As long as we live in a society where my tax money pays for other peoples' stupidity, drugs can't be legalized.

 

Only in a country like the US can prostitution be illegal but guns be made legal!

 

the constitution is funny that way. they should have made the 11th amendment: "thou hath a right to pay for nookie"

 

That being said, if you make it illegal for people to eat chewing gum, then you could feel justified in persecuting bubble gum eaters! Those criminals!

Just because someone breaks the law does not make them deserving of persecution. Particularly when the law is unjustified.

Those things only come with prostitution when prostitution is run in a black market fashion trying to hide from the authorities, rather than run in full view of day being moderated by the authorities.