George_Washington
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Connecticutter said:I think it should be legal. It is a victimless crime, and all those involved are there willingly. We should look to change the personal decisions of the American people to safeguard our moral foundation.
Think about this:
Suppose I don't go to live sex shows because I think it is immoral (which I do). Now suppose I don't go to it only because its illegal and I don't want to get in trouble. In which instance am I showing virtue?
If you don't see the argument here - I'll give you some more examples:
Suppose person A gives money to charity because its the right thing to do. Now suppose that person A pays taxes to the government which go to charity. In which instance is person A demonstrating a moral quality?
Should a woman living under an Islamic Theocracy be praised for modesty if she wears a covering - even if the penalty for not doing it is - well - unpleasant?
What about a muslim woman doing the same by choice in the US?
George_Washington said:I feel that legalizing it will lead to crime and possibly a higher rate of divorce.
Connecticutter said:How so? Making things illegal usually leads to more crime.
Why a higher rate of divorce?
George_Washington said:I think that just the nature of the business would lead to more crime and I think that divorce would go up because it would give people more of an incentive to want to cheat.
George_Washington said:If it really should be legal as much as you guys claim it should, then why has Oregon been the only state to legalize it? You'd think if it was really such a great thing, we would have legalized it already.
Kelzie said:Maybe cause it's not that big a deal? It's just live porn.
George_Washington said:If it's not that big of a deal, then why not just legalize it?
The thing is, the Supreme Court of Oregon has said that it's covered under the first amendment. But I don't think a lot of other states want it to be. I think they would rather leave it up to individual communities to say whether or not they want to allow that kind of business into their neighborhoods. That's just a guess though.
Kelzie said:Why would the government take the effort to legalize something that people don't care about? That makes no sense.
George_Washington said:So you're saying that most people don't care if it's illegal and if people get prosecuted over it, most people just don't care?
Kelzie said:Nooo...people don't care if it's legal. I know in my day to day life, I think very little about live sex shows. In fact, I had forgotten all about it until this thread reminded me. Have you seen many rallies for the legalization of live sex shows? Marches? Petitions? No? People don't care! It's really not that big of a deal. Why would the government waste man power and resources legalizing something that there is no public outcry over?
And honestly, when was the last time someone was prosecuted for trying to have a live sex show? I've never even heard of it happening.
George_Washington said:If it really should be legal as much as you guys claim it should, then why has Oregon been the only state to legalize it?
George_Washington said:You'd think if it was really such a great thing, we would have legalized it already.
Kandahar said:Isn't the entire idea of states' rights to allow different communities to set their OWN standards of what should and should not be legal? If you're saying that anything that is illegal in the majority of the states should be illegal in ALL of the states, then what's the point of having states at all?
marchare said:I read a transcript of a story “Sex in the Northwest”, The O‘Reilly Factor.
Ann Bremner:“a liberal is someone that knows what's good for you better than you know yourself.”Bill O’Reilly:“I mean, Oregon is now outflanking California as the most left wing state in the union.”Dave Reinhard:“I like to call it ground zero in the culture of death.”The broadcast wasn’t about sex, it was about “liberals”.
George_Washington said:I watched The O'Reilly Factor tonight (for 10-10-2005) and he mentioned that live sex shows are legal in Oregon. It's the only state in the union where they are legal.
What do you guys think about this?
I think we should pass a national law banning live sex shows as to safeguard the moral foundation of this country.
George_Washington said:I feel that legalizing it will lead to crime and possibly a higher rate of divorce.
George_Washington said:I think we should pass a national law banning live sex shows as to safeguard the moral foundation of this country.
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