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02-02-2005, 02:39 PM

Nystul,Feb 2 2005, 04:41 AM Wrote:The legalized prostitution, on the other hand...  If you are going to consider something like that a legitimate profession, you may as well scrap maximum hours, workplace safety, and minimum wage type laws and let people choose to take any crummy job they are willing to do.  After all, it's not the governments place to make those judgments, right?
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Your logic completely escapes me.

Why should a prostitute not be permitted the benefit of maximum hour regulations, workplace safety regulations and minimum wage laws? Your slippery slope argument is misplaced.

People do take on all kinds of crummy jobs - jobs I sure would never do, and they still (ostensibly) get the protection of those regulations. A number of 'they couldn't pay me enough to do that' jobs come to mind - working in a chemical factory, working at a waste disposal site, cleaning sewers..... The list is long for me. If that is all I were qualified to do and that is all there was available, should I collect unemployment benefits because those jobs were abhorrent to me and I wouldn't take them? If moral judgement is your issue, then how about working as a secretary at an abortion clinic? Should a qualified individual still get (government paid) unemployment benefits if they refuse to take that job?

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Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Occhidiangela - 02-01-2005, 06:37 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Occhidiangela - 02-01-2005, 06:40 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Mithrandir - 02-02-2005, 03:18 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Obi2Kenobi - 02-02-2005, 03:27 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by whyBish - 02-02-2005, 05:11 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Mithrandir - 02-02-2005, 07:03 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Lord_Olf - 02-02-2005, 07:25 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Kylearan - 02-02-2005, 08:21 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Nystul - 02-02-2005, 09:41 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Roland - 02-02-2005, 01:53 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by ShadowHM - 02-02-2005, 02:39 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Kylearan - 02-02-2005, 03:22 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Occhidiangela - 02-02-2005, 03:28 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Kylearan - 02-02-2005, 03:40 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by ShadowHM - 02-02-2005, 03:49 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Occhidiangela - 02-02-2005, 04:34 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Nystul - 02-02-2005, 06:05 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Armin - 02-02-2005, 06:51 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by ShadowHM - 02-02-2005, 07:22 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Nystul - 02-02-2005, 08:06 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by jahcs - 02-02-2005, 08:27 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Nystul - 02-02-2005, 09:16 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Armin - 02-02-2005, 10:04 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Occhidiangela - 02-02-2005, 10:05 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Armin - 02-02-2005, 10:22 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by ShadowHM - 02-02-2005, 10:56 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Nystul - 02-03-2005, 01:36 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Minionman - 02-03-2005, 01:43 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Occhidiangela - 02-03-2005, 04:01 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by whyBish - 02-03-2005, 05:19 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Roland - 02-03-2005, 06:58 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by DeeBye - 02-03-2005, 07:17 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Armin - 02-03-2005, 08:22 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Occhidiangela - 02-03-2005, 02:07 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by kandrathe - 02-03-2005, 02:17 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Roland - 02-03-2005, 07:39 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Nystul - 02-03-2005, 09:40 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by ShadowHM - 02-03-2005, 10:25 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by jahcs - 02-03-2005, 10:30 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Kylearan - 02-04-2005, 11:07 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Fragbait - 02-04-2005, 11:52 AM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Occhidiangela - 02-04-2005, 03:03 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Occhidiangela - 03-03-2005, 07:40 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by jahcs - 03-03-2005, 08:46 PM

Ill Considered Policies in Action - by Bob - 03-03-2005, 09:32 PM

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