Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge grants emergency stay

Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by randyrand on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:22PM (#24228419)

banning prostitution is the best example of this dumb line of thinking. If they could do something better they already would be doing it. Replacing a "bad" option with "no" option does not help them.

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by crawlcrawler on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:56PM (#24228848)

Prostitution should not be an option for anyone.

How is:

"I was so poor I had to sell my body so as to not starve to death but selling my body made me depressed and so I spent all my money on drugs leaving no money for food, throwing me into a life of starvation."

...better than:

"I was so poor I could not buy food."

...really?

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by username90 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @07:11PM (#24230095)

"I was so poor I starved to death."

fixed that for you to make the two sentences equal. Making prostitution illegal doesn't prevent the men and women who sell their bodies from starving to death after they lost their source of income. I'm all for social programs preventing people from starving to death though, that seems like a much better solution than banning prostution.

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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by randyrand on Monday August 24, 2020 @01:15PM (#24262849)

I think you forget all of the bad things that come with not having any money. Food is critical, and that is just the start.

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