[lbo-talk] Decriminalisation (was something else)

[Tahir Wood]

>>> <lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org> 02/06/08 6:43 PM >>>
The problem I see in the position you describe here is that when you
frame it as not being against the sex work or abortion per se, but
against the oppression that causes people to choose these things,
you've already singled these things out in a way which can only be
described as moralistic.  The problem is that your position suggests
to me that you'll *always* find some "oppression" angle to reinforce
what is effectively your distaste for both.

Before sending my reply I finished reading the thread.  I see you
proved me right by drawing an analogy between sex work and slavery.
Nice.

This debate should always proceed on different lines, I think. You
FIRST ask the guy whether he is for decirminalisation or not. If he is,
then you can have a meaningful discussion about the degree to which sex
work represents freedom or unfreedom. But if he refuses to support
decriminalisation unequivocally you're wasting your time with a
conservative who will continually twist and turn and evade the point.
Tahir

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