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Re:The Backpage.com Case Is Testing the Limits of the First ... by DanBC on Thursday August 02, 2018 @12:58PM (#17673104)
Backpage is not about adults who had the free choice to sell sex.

Backpage is about children who were kidnapped, drugged, and sold to be raped being advertised on Backpage. This happened with the knowledge, and support, of Backpage staff, including the owners of the company.

Even if we legalise prostitution between consenting adults who have the freedom to make the choice, we're never ever going to say it's legal to kidnap a child, drug her, and sell her to be raped.

Please read this. https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Backpage%20Report...

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Re:The Backpage.com Case Is Testing the Limits of the First ... by bdcravens on Thursday August 02, 2018 @01:53PM (#17673687)
I'm not sure if I agree or not, but I think the argument is this: Legal prostitution would increase the supply enough to make the economics behind illegal trafficking far less lucrative.
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