That title should lead into a joke…but I've got nothin'.
Apparently, some Irish politicians are arguing for the legalization of prostitution, and there's a poll about it.
Should Ireland legalise paying for sex?
Yes 65%
No 26%
I don't know 8%
That's a tough one. On the one hand, the way prostitution laws are enforced generally means that they contribute to the oppression of women, but on the other hand, prostitution itself oppresses women. But in the end, I had to vote yes, because clearly this is another attempt to infringe upon the magisterium of the Holy Mother Church, and it's about time those clerical bastards stopped getting it for free.
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Dear Reader DuWayne asked what I think about prostitution. By way of answer, here's a re-run of an entry on that issue from May 2006.
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One last note on the whole Spitzer affair. The reason I think it's dangerous to use the sexual habits of other species (or even other human cultures) as a baseline when discussing prostitution is that the evolutionary argument has very clear policy implications.
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is going to resign any moment now.
Mr Spitzer, 48, made a public apology on Monday for what he called his unacceptable behaviour, but did not give details.