Why aren't porn stars arrested for prostitution?

[--Pete]

Hi,

It was my understanding the key reason for the actually passing laws banning prostitution in the states was the spiraling STDs rate among service men. Moral concerns weren't enough in most parts of the country.
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That was a rationalization, not a rational. History has shown, again and again, that controlled legal prostitution spreads less STDs than does illegal prostitution. The moralists make a fundemental mistake in thinking that making something illegal will make it go away. The 'it keeps disease down' argument is a fallback position used by the moralists when they find that their bigoted arguments are insufficient. They depend on two principles to get their way: (1) Whatever is said loud enough and often enough is accepted as truth. (2) Most people would rather listen to authority than to do a little digging and a little thinking to establish the real truth.

--Pete