Jesu, will these people never learn?
The Home Office minister Fiona Mactaggart told the Guardian that it was
wrong to regard those involved in prostitution as sex workers. She said
tough measures were needed to tackle the markets for prostitution. "I’m
not tolerant of the view that prostitution is the oldest profession in
the world and there’s nothing we can do to reduce it," she said.
"Prostitution blights communities. We will take a zero tolerance
approach to kerb crawling. Men who choose to use prostitutes are
indirectly supporting drug dealers and abusers. The power to confiscate
driving licences already exists. We want the police to use that power
more."
I’m aware that logic and morals are minority pursuits these days but what conseting adults do with their bodies is no damn business of the gevernment. Perhaps I haven’t thought hard enough about this but is there anything else that is entirely legal, indeed, in many ways enjoys considerable legal protections, which becomes illegal the moment money changes hands?
Umm, thinking about that there’s organ/blood donations and child adoption, what else?
OK, OK, yes, I know, neither this nor any other likely government is going to say "Not our business. Do what you want." Not a part of politician genes that.
But increasing the penalties? Enforcing current possible punishments more rigorously? This simply drives the trade more deeply into the criminal underworld. More pimps, more sex slaves, more people trafficking.
This Mactaggart doozie seems to just love the thwack of firm government more than logic.
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