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sundin13 said:

I'll say I don't disagree with you about some points.

I have a lot of caution when it comes to legalizing prostitution. There are too many warning signs in other countries who have legalized prostitution and even when legal, the industry often isn't really healthy. In my opinion, the ideal end goal is reaching a point where prostitution is both legal and healthy (and I don't believe you can have the latter without the former), but I don't know how realistic that goal is. If legalization promotes more bad outcomes than good, it is not a step I believe we should take. That said, trafficking isn't the only point of focus here. We also have to pay mind to the general well being of those within the industry, which tends to improve with legalization. Those two points should be weighed against each other to reach the most positive conclusion.

As for the rest, I would say that it is impracticable at the least. You aren't going to outlaw porn, so I'd have to ask what legislative changes would you propose in order to right these perceived wrongs?

And I'll conclude by saying this. When you come in swinging with big controversial ideas, you are going to be asked to defend them. Often we have mostly right v left debates, but if you are bringing radical leftist ideas, you are going to be challenged by this forum's leftists. That's one of the things I like about the left. We aren't shy about debating each other. I feel there are so many unsavory elements in the modern right that even moderates on the right kind of have to cover their ears and ignore it in order to justify their continued support of the right. So, I want to say, don't feel bad that it seems like everyone it attacking you. This is just healthy political discourse doing what it is supposed to do!

I agree that it's been a healthy and robust debate here so far. As much doesn't change the fact that being alone on one side of the argument poses more work than being in the majority does. It's still more exhausting. It's all good though. I'm just saying.

Anyway, speaking of ideals, an ideal world in my mind is one without money or rape and in which, therefore, phenomenon like prostitution would be impossible.

You asked what legislative changes I'd propose around pornography. Actually a straight-up ban on it would be the ideal in my mind, though at this point I'm willing to settle for really any regulation of it at all, like requiring age verification, outlawing rape porn in particular, or anything like that. We're starting from a place of more or less completely unregulated proliferation, so just about anything would be an acceptable improvement over the status quo for my taste right now.