Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!sdcrdcf!dennisg From: dennisg@sdcrdcf.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Orphaned Response Message-ID: <-192700@sdcrdcf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 18:11:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.-192700 Posted: Thu Apr 25 18:11:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 19-May-85 06:58:48 EDT References: <1106@ihuxe.UUCP> Lines: 26 Nf-ID: #R:ihuxe:-110600:sdcrdcf:-192700:177600:1136 Nf-From: sdcrdcf!dennisg Apr 25 20:11:00 1985 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 In article <1288@watdcsu.UUCP> herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) replies: >if you look up some of the more obscure statutes in the books, you'd be >surprised to see what's illegal. True. There are also places in the US and overseas where prostitution is LEGAL. This includes some counties in Nevada, parts of Germany, and some areas in England (if memory serves me right). In article <1106@ihuxe.UUCP> hoff@ihuxe.UUCP (j. hoff) continues: > 2) is morally wrong > ...against biblical (gasp!) teachings. Is there a religion > that supports prostituion? In article <1288@watdcsu.UUCP> herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) replied that this was indeed the case in ancient Rome and Greece. True again. And although all those people never heard of the Bible, they probably considered themselves quite moral. I have yet to hear a convincing reason why prostitution should be illegal. When are people going to learn that you cannot legislate morality? {Standard disclaimers apply}