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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Sex Legalizing Prostitution

Posted by on Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:35 AM

Economist Tyler Cowen makes the case for the morality of selling sex and makes a moral case for legalization and regulation of prostitution:

Via Sullivan.

 

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Urgutha Forka 1
I'm sure when religious and conservative extremists watch this, they will change their minds immediately.

Yeah, and maybe I'm a Chinese jet pilot.
Posted by Urgutha Forka on July 23, 2009 at 9:49 AM
2
Tyler Cowan is a national treasure. (And, I might add, economically right-of-center.)
Posted by David Wright on July 23, 2009 at 10:53 AM
3
Bah on the "morality" hype. It's a safety issue, pure and simple. The oldest profession isn't going anywhere. There will always be people selling sex for money, and it will always be dangerous (for the worker, easy to get violently attacked, no one cares if s/he's raped, STDs for both, possibility of arrest or blackmail, etc). Regulation would at least put some safety belts on things, and everyone involved can be safer.
Posted by blah on July 23, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Greg 4
If Glenn Beck has his own show, this guy should be getting airtime in MSNBC.
Posted by Greg on July 23, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Rob79 5
Eventually we all pay for sex.
Posted by Rob79 http://robsimmoralwhackyjournal.blogspot.com on July 23, 2009 at 11:31 AM
6
I agree with most of what he had to say, but the last comment was a cheap shot. For the majority of humans over time there is no effective birth control, making sex potentially a much more transactional relationship (if give you sex, I have to bear the child, risking health or death).
Posted by huckster on July 23, 2009 at 12:53 PM
The Amazing Jim 7
Urgatha，您能飞行我那裡得到大型書本妓女？
Posted by The Amazing Jim http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=100000076496291&ref=profile on July 23, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Vince 8
Normal adult sexual behavior includes prostitution. Fuck religion and their phony morality. Priests fuck children and the church hides them.
Posted by Vince on July 23, 2009 at 1:55 PM
9
Thank you for sharing, Dan. That was insightful; I'd never heard this man before.
Posted by SolCat on July 23, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Urgutha Forka 10
Amazing Jim, 真正的喷气机飞行员大概得到许多妓女
Posted by Urgutha Forka on July 23, 2009 at 2:00 PM
The Amazing Jim 11
詞
Posted by The Amazing Jim http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=100000076496291&ref=profile on July 23, 2009 at 4:17 PM
12
Thank you Dan for turning me on to IQ2 - I've never heard of it before.
Posted by QXZJ on July 23, 2009 at 10:30 PM
13
Thank you Dan for turning me on to IQ2 - I've never heard of it before.
Posted by QXZJ on July 23, 2009 at 10:30 PM
heymrpaul 14
It is sad that no matter how high a level of discourse the discussion of prostitution starts at (evidenced by the video) it inevitably sinks to below the common denominator (evidenced by the blogs). I support having a minimum IQ for bloggers. For sure, that will end 99% of it.
Posted by heymrpaul on August 12, 2009 at 12:08 AM

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