Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site hao.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!woods From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Sex by numbers (really, prostitution) Message-ID: <1487@hao.UUCP> Date: Tue, 23-Apr-85 16:22:38 EST Article-I.D.: hao.1487 Posted: Tue Apr 23 16:22:38 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 26-Apr-85 04:14:13 EST References: <206@osu-eddie.UUCP> <1192@houxm.UUCP> <942@ames.UUCP> <1106@ihuxe.UUCP> Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO Lines: 44 > 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? I'm not convinced of that. Laws are set down for the good of those in power. Fortunately, because our officials are elected, it occasionally works out that what is "good" for them is what we actually want so they can get reelected. That's why our government has remained relatively stable for so long. > 2) is morally wrong > It's immoral because it is psychologically degrading and > against biblical (gasp!) teachings. Is there a religion > that supports prostituion? Yes, there is. Agnosticism, or anything that does not depend on upholding the moral beliefs of people (yes, PEOPLE; God did not write the Bible) who have been dead for 2000 years. AAAARRGH! Who gets to define "morally wrong"? YOU? What happens if I disagree with you? Why should *you* get to be right? Why should I have to listen to a bunch of stuffed-shirt politicians telling me what is "morally right"? I have my own views about that, thank you, and I'd appreciate the opportunity to live my own life according to my own values. The ONLY case where I would recognize the government's right to define moral standards is where they affect the rights of others, for example, if I thought it was OK to kill another person the government would be entitled to stop me, because *I* would then be impinging on someone else's right to live their life. I strongly object to ANY attempt by the government to legislate *their* moral values into law (except for extreme cases as above). I do not think "victimless crimes" do anything other than make criminals out of people whose moral beliefs differ from those of the people in power. No one will force anyone to patronize prostitutes; it is a voluntary and relatively harmless decision. Spreading clap and other such things is a *separate* issue and does not depend on whether a prostitute is involved or not. --Greg -- {ucbvax!hplabs | allegra!nbires | decvax!noao | harpo!seismo | ihnp4!noao} !hao!woods CSNET: woods@NCAR ARPA: woods%ncar@CSNET-RELAY "...I may not be right but I've never been wrong It seldom turns out the way it does in the song..."