[lbo-talk] Re: alt-porn & explicit content

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri May 6 13:33:30 PDT 2005


Michael Dawson wrote:


>I'm not against legalizing whoring, and I'm against the idea of jails, if we
>can ever get to a state of society where they prove to be unneeded. But to
>talk about these two things as near-term political platform planks is
>suicidal.

So instead of going 100%, why not take realistic half-steps? Urge the cops to stop bothering sex workers, and the criminal justice system to stop putting so many people in jail. I thought there were even some Republican governors coming around to the latter position.

Doug



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