Pornography vs. Prostitution

[Angel]

It's hard to see a real difference between pornography and prostitution other than perhaps the latter being more risky (random sex partners) and less accepted than than the other. Other than that, both involve promiscuity, both involve having sex for money, etc. etc.

Debate Questions:
I know there's currently a legal difference between porn and prostitution (one being criminal and the other not) depending on what country you live in, but is there a real moral difference?

[Dantalion]

well, the 'cool' thing is, that those 2 points can counter any attempt to change the points themselves.

I have a law that says 'the minority can block the passing of bills of the majority that infringe on their rights'

the majority says 'we want to change that law!'

the minority says ' sure, you can suggest that change, be we will use our right to block that change if we think your bill has a possibility of getting passed, especially if that bill wants to change that very right'

it's an infinite kind of 'loophole' that guarantees the protection of the minority.

but a more important point has already been made, that everybody belongs to a minority in one way or another, so the system keeps itself afloat.

That is a very good law. At first look I would say all countries should accept it.

The only problem I can see is conflicting rights between minorities. How does your government work that out?

that's a bit of a downside to our system, we drive on compromise, meaning minority A and minority B are going to have to come to an agreement or situation they can both live with. if they can't, the case will go to independent court, which can decide whether any given situation is actually violating people's rights or not.
But it depends on what exactly the conflict is about.
I'll try to find some actual cases, but I feel like I'm hijacking the OP so maybe we should go back to our prostitutes and such.

[Unsealed_Heart]

In many aspects, most people might find these two things to be one in the same. That is a "GOOD" thing to an extent.

The problem comes from (yes I've not always been a perfect Christian) the lack of laws set forth to govern the two. For example:

With prostitution, the standard in places where it is legal still adheres to some laws. Prostitutes still can't be with minors for example.

With the porn industry, there really isn't anything withheld from it. If one wants to make a video titled "Mother and Son"... It is perfectly legal. If a video is posted "simulating" rape, it's perfectly legal. If a video is posted simulating a wife cheating or a husband cheating, all still perfectly legal. So the level of morality, and message being sent to the consumer of the product is profoundly different.

Taking those variations away, I'd say there really isn't much difference between the two.

I'm not for either one for many reasons.

[Unsealed_Heart]

In many aspects, most people might find these two things to be one in the same. That is a "GOOD" thing to an extent.

The problem comes from (yes I've not always been a perfect Christian) the lack of laws set forth to govern the two. For example:

With prostitution, the standard in places where it is legal still adheres to some laws. Prostitutes still can't be with minors for example.

With the porn industry, there really isn't anything withheld from it. If one wants to make a video titled "Mother and Son"... It is perfectly legal. If a video is posted "simulating" rape, it's perfectly legal. If a video is posted simulating a wife cheating or a husband cheating, all still perfectly legal. So the level of morality, and message being sent to the consumer of the product is profoundly different.

Taking those variations away, I'd say there really isn't much difference between the two.

I'm not for either one for many reasons.

I'm going to go ahead and argue with my own post now. Never mind me as I couldn't find an edit button lol.

I'm pretty sure that prostitutes would likely role play any of the given scenarios I pointed out with porn, so there really probably just isn't much difference. The only difference would then be that people are subjected to those somewhat "perverse" in many people's eyes, but definitely illegal in real life role play scenarios without bothering to actually look for them. They pop up randomly on a porn site. To me, exposure to that sounds like a bad idea.