Quote: Originally posted by unalisaa
Is it always wrong to commit murder?
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It is, actually, because murder is pretty much defined as the immoral killing of a human being. Morally sanctioned killing of a person comes under "execution" or "war". Though I'm rather taken with Terry Pratchett's definition of the latter - a crime so big there's no law against it.
On topic: I'm broadly in line with those arguing for some form of legalisation or at least decriminalisation. It could make sex work much safer and healthier for the workers, and indeed their clients. But ITSM that so long as there is a cloud of stigma hanging over the profession, such legislation is likely to be half-hearted and inadequate, passed with an embarrassed cough, without implementing proper safeguards for those concerned. My understanding (which may very well be wrong) is that in the UK it is legal to sell yourself for sex, but not to buy it (go figure) and illegal to operate a brothel. And sex work tends to be safer in brothels.