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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Sex by numbers (really, prostitution)
Message-ID: <1288@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 01:22:53 EST
Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1288
Posted: Tue Apr 23 01:22:53 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 23-Apr-85 07:21:02 EST
References: <206@osu-eddie.UUCP> <1192@houxm.UUCP> <942@ames.UUCP> <1106@ihuxe.UUCP>
Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Organization: U of Waterloo
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Summary: 

In article <1106@ihuxe.UUCP> hoff@ihuxe.UUCP (j. hoff) writes:
>	Sorry, I can't resist.  I'm against prostitution because it:
>
>	1)  is illegal
>		Laws are set down for the good of the society, yes?
>		And, although we have overturned laws (e.g. slavery)
>		when our society has "seen the light", prostitution
>		remains illegal.... hmmmmmm
if you look up some of the more obscure statutes in the books, you'd be
surprised to see what's illegal.  the one that comes to mind is that at
one time (and maybe still) it was illegal to own or operate a pinball
machine in Canada.  don't ask me why.  i never looked it up and even if
it's still illegal, no-one is enforcing it.  granted that these are two
totally different things, but just because something is a law doesn't
mean it makes sense.

>	2)  is morally wrong
>		It's immoral because it is psychologically degrading and
>		against biblical (gasp!) teachings.  Is there a religion
>		that supports prostituion?
there isn't now, to my knowledge, but there was at least one of the
minor greek goddesses who looked after prostitutes of the time.  the
priestesses earned money for the temple and it was the duty of
believers to visit the temple often to make their contribution.  there
are a few other similar roman deities too.  the social structure and
dominant religion at the time accepted and encouraged it, mostly to
keep the populace too busy to revolt against the conditions in rome and
the rest of the empire.

>	One note on the "psychologically degrading" comment.  Some claim
>that some people can function normally and lead happy and healthy lives
>in situations where others fail.  Sorry, humans is humans, I respectfully
>disagree with any form of the above claim.
depends on what you mean by normal and healthy.  if survival is the only
criteria, then a lot of people do very well.  unless you define these,
it is impossible to agree or disagree.

>				Gypsy  ihnp4!ihuxe!hoff

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Herb Chong...

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