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Los Angeles City Council is considering sending "Dear John" letters to the registrants of cars seen in an area of San Fernando described as having a "thriving street prostitution problem". The plan would use automated license plate readers to identify vehicles that stopped in the area. Council member Nury Martinez claims "If you aren't soliciting, you have no reason to worry about finding one of these letters in your mailbox. But if you are, these letters will discourage you from returning."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/12/01/the-age-of-pre-crime-has-arrived/
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If the thunder don't get you, then the lightning will.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Thursday December 03 2015, @06:35PM
You're a troll or a psychopath. Or perhaps mentally ill, but this dribble is what I've come to expect from you. Not one valid argument in the lot, most of them addressing things that I didn't say.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Thursday December 03 2015, @10:00PM
Or perhaps mentally ill
Isn't a psychopath (which you mentioned as a possibility) considered mentally ill?
Not one valid argument in the lot
Strange. That's what I'd say about you.
most of them addressing things that I didn't say.
"You would say that. Infectious disease and human trafficking are pretty compelling reasons for it to be illegal."
My response to this was perfectly comprehensible. I rejected the notion that they are compelling reasons for it to be illegal, that the "human trafficking" bit suggests that we should ban something merely because it's hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys, and that some people support legalizing prostitution but regulating it in such a way that it greatly reduces the chances of either of your scenarios occurring. I don't see the problem here.
"It's pretty damn hard to ensure that people are actually choosing to be prostitutes and not being coerced."
I responded the way I did because it suggests that it is justifiable to ban something merely because it makes the law harder to enforce or because it could be abused.
"At some point most people grow up and realize that freedom isn't unlimited"
Now, here's where you seem to imply something about me that just isn't true: That I support unlimited freedom.
"and that there are costs associated with civilization."
Meaning what? There is no reason that it is necessarily to make prostitution illegal in order to have civilization. Why would that be a necessity or a cost that we must accept, especially considering that it is legal in some places?
If those don't address what you said, then you must be using a different language than me that looks exactly the same as English.