Survey Says?

[trinityvixen]

What is your stand on.....
Created by spyndakitrose and taken 15925 times on bzoink!
Abortion?	Pro-choice
Death Penalty?	For it
Prostitution?	Abso-fucking-lutely not
Alcohol?	Abso-fucking-lutely!
Marijuana?	No
Other drugs?	Definitely no
Gay marriage?	Definitely yes
Illegal immigrants?	Depends--are they legit refugees? Otherwise, no
Smoking?	It should be rooted out and exposed as the source of all evil.
Drunk driving?	DWI offenders have to spend time pretending to be orange cones in Student Driver testing lots
Cloning?	Hrm, can I clone things for me? I'd clone Alexander Hamilton!
Racism?	What kind of stupid question is that? Of course not
Premarital sex?	If you're willing and so is the other, why the hell not?
Religion?	If that's what floats your boat.
The war in Iraq?	You mean the post-war occupation of a 'sovereign' nation? Duh, against it.
Bush?	Is this question even necessary? The man should be strung up by his freakishly huge and sticking out ears.
Downloading music?	For it. Music should be paid for but should be paid for A LOT LESS THAN WHAT THE INDUSTRY CHARGES. Then maybe so many stupid people wouldn't be rich...
The legal drinking age?	18--if they can be drafted, they can have whatever the store's stocking
Porn?	Absolutely. Nothing wrong with it. How is this different from prostitution? For one, it's a helluva lot cleaner. Porn actors/actresses probably get fewer STDs than most people
Suicide?	Well, shouldn't be illegal or anything, but I'm not in favor of it or anything neither...
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Whew, it's Friday, innit? In other news, I watched Ju-On 2 with my friend last night, who, despite being tired as hell, watched until we got to the really really funny part, which I'd been harping on about all night. She thought it was okay but more funny that I was so amused. C'est la vie, non? Also, Carrie falls asleep no matter where she is the second she starts the inexorable slide into a lying down position. She also managed to fake being awake again when I got really excited when the funny part came on--I hit her shoulder to wake her, and she said, "I know, I'm awake, I know!" kinda testy-like. Then, after I drove Liz home, I came back and she woke up and was confused. Ah me.

Cross-stich update: I finished the ground! Time for the fan, the swords, and the shirt!

Comments

[wellgull.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of this conversation could be grounded in observations of the behavior of both johns and prostitutes in Nevada, where it is legal. I've only read a little bit about it, so I can't really give a great argument. But what I have seen suggests that it's much more complex than you'd think. There seems to be a lot of mutuality going on. The prostitute is in control over who she will and won't sleep with (because it's legal and licensed). They set different prices based on how willing they are to sleep with you, so if you're dirty or skeezy, you'll definitely have to pay a premium. And someone who's being disrespectful is pretty likely to get thrown out of the joint, far from being permitted to be a customer.

[wellgull.livejournal.com]

I also think that there should be sufficient social welfare programs in place that nobody becomes a prostitute out of desperation. That's what's really wrong with it -- the idea that it's a last resort of the helpless. No; the public good of the government should be the resort of the otherwise-helpless. For someone to be a prostitute and for that to be ok, it has to be a choice made from among many choices, leading to an empowered and active decision. And get the pimps out of it.