Is it about time?
 

We legalized prostitution.

Disclaimer.

It's late and I admit to having a few beers.

Tonight's interesting topic (after the European Football finished) turned its attention to Prostitution and whether it should be legalized and therefore by definition controlled

The discussion took place amongst men only and the overwhelming view was that it should be (legalized) between consenting adults, capable and free to make such a choice.

Is it not a commodity like anything else on the market?

I would legalise it.

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My understanding is that its already legal and has been for decades.

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What country are you talking about, in some countries, like Spain, it's actually legal.

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I think it is in the UK as well.

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Yes, to a degree, it's the touting for business that's illegal. Interestingly, there are thoughts about following the Swedish example and penalising the punter and the pimp, and not the girls! ;)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...s-9164069.html

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In most countries the Pimps are prosecuted, in some Italian cities the customers of the girls on the street are prosecuted and sometimes their names are published locally.
I believe that there are now fines of up to 30K euros for street walking in Spain.
In Istanbul there was a state brothel, every morning there was a big queue of guys outside on the street.
M

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AFAIK its illegal to "employ" prostitutes here.

There are bordels, but they simply provide facilities for prostitutes to conduct their business, for which prostitutes pay a "rental" fee.

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In the S west of the UK the police have carried out two campaigns recently.
One was targeted at the sex traffic trade with very young girls being smuggled into the UK and the other was against kerb crawlers accosting any girl they think is possibly a prostitute.
Having licensed premises regularly checked and controlled would be one way forward .

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It's going to happen anyway, whether or not it's illegal.

Surely it's best to allow it and regulate it in the interests of all.

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If that's true, then I can't imagine why Magaluf has had so many problems stopping their problems. Magaluf has a serious problem with girls posing as "street walkers" who are actually only thieves, who beat up and steal everything from unsuspecting drunken Brits. The local police have been powerless to do much about it.

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The UK can't make its mind up what it wants to do

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Do you really believe that ?

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Its not a matter of believing or not. I understand the law prohibits employing prostitutes in most places where prostitution is legal, as another way to criminalise human trafficking and slavery.

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Fair enough.

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Locally, it's starting to be a problem because it's everywhere since the recession. It's bad enough when you're driving along, but even worse when out walking and you can't get away from the emaciated young junkies from eastern Europe with the haunted eyes. And there are brothels everywhere.

So that's what happens when it's legal as it is here. Perhaps the legalisers from the UK should have a drive around the Costa Blanca first.

(I used to joke about the roundabout girls and still do, but just don't look into their eyes).

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I don't think they will ever allow street prostitution back in the UK, I have no problem with the Clubs though, and in the UK.

The worst thing about street prozzies is where they do there number 2's

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The law came out at in January and was reported on TVE and in the SUR newspaper.....
Whether the police act on it or are in cahoots with them and take a percentage as in Prague is another matter.
M

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When I was in Naples the Black girls on the coast road going to Caserta wore just an opencoat and at night there was no coat, The same in Liguria, abit embarassing explaining to the kids. This was also so that punters could see that they weren't Viados. All this has been going a bit badly with the influx of Chinese in Italy. They open massage parlours and full services go from 5 Euros. Honest Italian hookers no longer exist..........
M

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I think ill avoid that road, did it have one of these signs ? Maybe they should change the sign for the Viados !!!

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You don't have to go far to see areas in most European countries. The industrial estate close to Málaga Airport if full of black prostitutes. (Authorities reckon that most have Aids!). Have seen them on cold winter days wearing just small panties and trying to get warm with a couple of sticks burning. Banus is full of them too although they tend to be a bit better dressed and usually E. European.

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we have one of those just to the north of Granada, you see them taking a break in their next to nothings walking up the road to the nearby Repsol for a packet of fags.

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