http://www.bangkokdiaries.com/2009/02/02/student-web-prostitution-not-unusual/ Tales from the "Big Mango" Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.bangkokdiaries.com/2009/02/02/student-web-prostitution-not-unusual/comment-page-1/#comment-4162 Nick Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:58:07 +0000 http://www.bangkokdiaries.com/?p=342#comment-4162 Dave Its interesting that people often use the line that "its the oldest profession" in trying to defend prostitution. In all spheres of life we are continually improving on the old, the archaic. New methods, new approaches, new medicine, new technology, new ways of doing things. Never do we hear anybody suggesting that we maintain an old harmful practice by virtue of the fact that it is an "old practice". In fact, the older the practice, most often, the more in need of review and revision and change it is! Your glib "its the oldest profession" nudge-nudge, win-wink, justification is totally out of place. I doubt there's a single psychologist in the world who will intelligently argue that prostitution is a good thing. It is so much more than a guy getting some sex and a woman getting some money. I doubt that people so much have a problem with that than with the impact of the many negative spin-offs from prostitution, all of which are harmful to society (even our liberal and enlightened Dutch brothers have, or are busy, closing down "walletjies", the infamous red-light district in Amsterdam, where for years prostitutes were legally allowed to display their wares and ply their trade. Even the Dutch have realised that it is harmful to their society). I think everybody agrees that people should mind their own business. When the societies in which we live and raise our children, however, are threatened by harmful practices and influences, it very much becomes our business and we should mind it! In fact, it behooves us all to do everything in our power to eradicate those very things that threaten our societies, prostitution being one of them. Dave
Its interesting that people often use the line that “its the oldest profession” in trying to defend prostitution. In all spheres of life we are continually improving on the old, the archaic. New methods, new approaches, new medicine, new technology, new ways of doing things. Never do we hear anybody suggesting that we maintain an old harmful practice by virtue of the fact that it is an “old practice”. In fact, the older the practice, most often, the more in need of review and revision and change it is! Your glib “its the oldest profession” nudge-nudge, win-wink, justification is totally out of place. I doubt there’s a single psychologist in the world who will intelligently argue that prostitution is a good thing. It is so much more than a guy getting some sex and a woman getting some money. I doubt that people so much have a problem with that than with the impact of the many negative spin-offs from prostitution, all of which are harmful to society (even our liberal and enlightened Dutch brothers have, or are busy, closing down “walletjies”, the infamous red-light district in Amsterdam, where for years prostitutes were legally allowed to display their wares and ply their trade. Even the Dutch have realised that it is harmful to their society). I think everybody agrees that people should mind their own business. When the societies in which we live and raise our children, however, are threatened by harmful practices and influences, it very much becomes our business and we should mind it! In fact, it behooves us all to do everything in our power to eradicate those very things that threaten our societies, prostitution being one of them.

]]> http://www.bangkokdiaries.com/2009/02/02/student-web-prostitution-not-unusual/comment-page-1/#comment-4024 Dave Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:53:04 +0000 http://www.bangkokdiaries.com/?p=342#comment-4024 Probably on a smaller scale but I remember a few years ago there was a well known situation where you could bed a university student for 25quid in the UK, they needed the money to pay dfor thier studies apparently, there were about 15 girls involved and a few of them very busy. I wont mention the Uni but its the same thing, needs met, they needed money and a guy will always need sex, I believe its the oldest profession, of course a lot of people still have a problem with it, of course all the people who have a problem with it maybe should mind their own business. Probably on a smaller scale but I remember a few years ago there was a well known situation where you could bed a university student for 25quid in the UK, they needed the money to pay dfor thier studies apparently, there were about 15 girls involved and a few of them very busy.
I wont mention the Uni but its the same thing, needs met, they needed money and a guy will always need sex, I believe its the oldest profession, of course a lot of people still have a problem with it, of course all the people who have a problem with it maybe should mind their own business.

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