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Originally Posted by hevusa  I am critizing your line of thinking because I think we should be dealing with reality instead of trying to create fantasy. There will always be drug users and prostitutes for example, we might as well get their revenue back into mainstream society and take better care of them in the process (which helps the whole of society). | That's fine for you to citicize my thinking. But whether your system is "better" is fantasy as well since the whole premise of legalization if drugs is a fantasy. You are criticizing my fantasy of this fantasy by saying your fantasy is better than mine. Yeah okay.
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Level up: 57%, 187 Points needed | | Prostitution should be legalised as well. There is no reason not to legalise it. | 
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Originally Posted by fxashun That's fine for you to citicize my thinking. But whether your system is "better" is fantasy as well since the whole premise of legalization if drugs is a fantasy. You are criticizing my fantasy of this fantasy by saying your fantasy is better than mine. Yeah okay. | My system would deal with the reality of drug users, yours wants to pretend like they don't exist. Little doubt where the fantasy lies. 
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Originally Posted by waitingtables Prostitution should be legalised as well. There is no reason not to legalise it. | We all know it's illegal for tax reasons. But I'm sure there are social concerns as well.
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Originally Posted by hevusa My system would deal with the reality of drug users, yours wants to pretend like they don't exist. Little doubt where the fantasy lies. | I never said they don't exist. I just said legalized drugs would weed out the losers. I don't know where you assumed I thought they didn't exist.
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Level up: 57%, 187 Points needed | | I would say it would be of social concern not to legalise prostitution. If it were legal, it would be regulated and the transmission of diseases would be much less an issue. And why not tax them on it? Every other business is taxed. | |
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Originally Posted by waitingtables I would say it would be of social concern not to legalise prostitution. If it were legal, it would be regulated and the transmission of diseases would be much less an issue. And why not tax them on it? Every other business is taxed. | You really think so? If they can't control it being illegal, how are they gonna be able to control it otherwise. There are still streetwalkers in Vegas you know even though it's legal to buy tang all around it.
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Originally Posted by fxashun I never said they don't exist. I just said legalized drugs would weed out the losers. I don't know where you assumed I thought they didn't exist. | I don't really know what you are getting at.
Whether you and I like it or not things like prostitution and drug use are happening and are going to continue to happen in the future. Because it is currently illegal these groups of people operate on an underground economy, or black market if you will. If drugs and prostitution were legalized not only would those billions of dollars flow back into mainstream economy but society would be safer as prostitutes could work in better, safer conditions, form unions, be tested regularly for diseases, have better access to counselors, etc. And the power of the street thug drug dealer would be completely eliminated (crime drop).
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