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| 11 | What I am like inside - I don't know which of those choices I should choose for that sense. I am happy about the way I act and react to things. | Which part of your life do you look at and feel most happy about ? |
| 12 | "Haven't you always wanted a monkey" is one of my favorite song lyrics. It's right up there with "But not a real green dress, that's cruel" ... | Do you want a monkey? |
| 13 | Koo-koo ka joo | Do you want a monkey? |
| 14 | Many times, with a wide range of results. | Have you ever gone on a blind date? |
| 15 | "Like it or not sex with strangers is not a healthy lifestyle no matter what precautions that you take" sounds like a moral judgment, not a medical one. I know prostitutes who put themselves through school that way and enjoyed every minute of it. They don't seem scarred now. It all depends on the environment. I'm willing to bet that legalizing prostitution would cause a better environment for those who wish to be prostitutes. We already have laws against people being forced into prostitution; if it occurs, we can simply enforce them. | In some countries, prostitution is allowed, in others, it is forbidden. Irrespective of where you live, do you think it should be legal or illegal? |
| 16 | Anon: I took the time to read through your comments, and wish to respond. Please do not dismiss me as being 'smug' or 'of the intellectual unknowing crowd' because I hold different views than you do. I'm not a teenager. I've lived in the city. My sister has been a prostitute, I have friends who have been prostitutes, and I have personally considered it at several points in my life. I do not imagine I can change your experiences or view of it; I just want you to better understand my own. My experiences have been without pimps. I agree with you (and others) that pimps are bad. Your comment about a woman "forced to prostitute herself" is an example of why. Removing the pimp would help prevent women being beaten, being taken advantage of - some of your complaints. Assume what we are discussing is a situation without a pimp. You are concerned, properly, with the health of the prostitute. You mention risk of disease, pregnancy with the abortion problems. You are assuming here that the choice is prostitution on a large scale vs no sleeping around at all. I do know people who sleep around that much without being paid for it - it's not illegal. I also know women who prostitute on a small, select scale. Some have had surgery so they can't get pregnant, most use condoms with foam. None prostitute on the scale you speak of, none have gotten pregnant. Yes, many work in not-so-ideal conditions. This health area is one of the key reasons I seek to legalize it - health conditions can only improve. Mandated testing, certificates of health. You have various stats that prostitutes are more likely to be victims of child abuse, and more likely to abuse their own kids. I'm pretty sure in general that victims are more likely to be victimizers, regardless of their occupation. 'Prostitution causes this' statements are spurious. Prostitutes come from all walks of life. The poorer ones are more likely to be victimized than the richer ones, the drug-addicted ones are more likely to participate in criminal activity, but I doubt any of these have anything directly to do with the fact that they are prostitutes. If we gave them a better work environment, with more support, I believe we could address these other, ancillary problems. Your fourth point I'll address is that sexual intimacy with multiple men destroys one's ability to relate to men in a healthy manner. Again, I know friends who enjoy sex in general and enjoy one night stands. Male and female. It is their choice, and should not be something we legislate to protect them from themselves. I realize completely that your experience has been different, but consider that prostitution is currently illegal and women and men still do it. We are not preventing individuals from prostituting by making it illegal. We cannot blame the 'John' but claim the hooker, who offered in the first place, should be set free. If a person makes this choice, as a rational adult, we should gear our efforts to helping this person to live a healthy life. It is not the government's role to mandate how a person chooses to live his/her sexual life, and what he/she wishes to barter for in return. | In some countries, prostitution is allowed, in others, it is forbidden. Irrespective of where you live, do you think it should be legal or illegal? |
| 17 | Several Canadians I knew deliberately got jobs in the US so they could have medical procedures done under their US work health care plans. These were things that were not covered by Canadian health care. I personally don't know of any cases of the reverse, do they exist? | Would you be willing to accept a rise in taxes in order to have universal health care? |
| 18 | State schools are relatively inexpensive; I don't think it's unreasonable to go into debt for $20k (the cost of a car?) for college. If a student wants a well paying job, the student should be willing to put some money into it. I also think in general that students who get free classes are less appreciative of them than students who work to pay for them. That said, I know people without college degrees who are quite happy with their role in life. | Is post-secondary education a right? |
| 19 | I wear both. | Do you wear deodorant, or do you wear anti-perspirant? |
| 20 | My stepmother had breast cancer and was told by her doctor not to use antiperspirant because of the link to breast cancer. Her friends in her support groups have all been told the same thing. I believe it's all in the research stages. A quick search found these two commercial links: http://www.kombuchapower.com/deodorant_stone.htm http://www.honeybeegardens.com/naturaldeodorant.htm one says: "Aluminum compound, such as aluminum chlorhydrate or aluminum zirconium, which is very soluble, is used as an antiperspirant, that compound is readily absorbed, Once in the body, the aluminum portion of the molecule ionizes, forming free or radical aluminum (AI+++). This passes freely across cell membranes, and forms a physical plug, that when dissolved is selectively absorbed by the liver, kidney, brain, cartilage and bone marrow. It is this concentration of aluminum that has been the source of concern in the medical community and has prompted the research being done on Alzheimer's Disease and breast cancer victims" | Do you wear deodorant, or do you wear anti-perspirant? |
