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Originally Posted by cardken2
The West is the only part of the world that demonizes Prostitution. World oldest profession, as in everything if you don't want to participate then don't and  . Tijuana Mexico, or Las Vegas Nevada (which I've sampled both), no problems, everyone wins. Take your self righteous act down the road. Dating or Married you are paying for sex. Either through a Dinner and Movie with a date or a Mortgage on a house. In the words of Frank Sinatra , "You're not paying them for sex, You're paying them to leave." |
My issue clearly isn't with prostitution itself, but the way it works in that part of the world. Many of the prostitutes there are literally slaves, and even the ones who aren't are often forced into it because they don't have a choice (this isn't America, folks).
You can justify the practice all you want by citing ID cards and shit, but do you think anything suddenly changes in those young womens' lives when they turn 18? For that matter, don't you think that the crime cartels would have thought to create fake IDs for their prostitutes? There are probably instances of safe, fair prostitution practices in Thailand, but I doubt that some American ex-pat is legitimately going to be able to tell which is which. It's the dismissive attitude that so many have that allows the business to thrive as much as it does.