<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Woman performs sati in Chhattisgarh<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->there is a famous japanese author who committed hara kiri as an act of protest against the banishment and relegation of japanese culture by the west.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I for one am glad that there were and still are heathens who refuse to be constrained by christo-psecular manipulations and continue to do their thing despite the terrorists' opposition.
Christoislamism is naturally opposed to heathens' suicide because it wants heathens to live in order to murder them - you know, blood sacrifice and all. Otherwise, who can they offer to their non-existent cannibal gawd to feed on? Suicide is unchristian/unislamic, murder is pre-eminently christoislamic (posts 54, 55 ^).
<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Oct 14 2008, 02:58 AM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Oct 14 2008, 02:58 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Apparently many "feminists" think its ok to abort fetuses with the arguement that its a womans body and she should be free to do whatever she wants to do. But this logic breaksdown when its female fetuses being aborted selectively (then they want a ban on sex selective abortion) or when its prostitution (they don't want other women to sell their own body) or sati (which becomes medieval and the "civilized" crowds burden).[right][snapback]89120[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I've not followed fembots' Opinion (not my fault: until recently, every time I've come across feminist vocalisations, my mind just went vacant <- a nice feeling BTW, everyone should try it).
Everyone has their own views on abortion, prostitution and the rest.
I've always been of the opinion that abortion should be lawful. Mainly because
1. it is medically or otherwise necessary in some cases, and because
2. shady back alley/black market tactics can be lethal and - since people are going to do it anyway - the govt may as well make sure there aren't any messy complications.
Though I wouldn't want to encourage abortion to become a lighthearted decision or for it to therefore be engaged in wantonly, I can certainly see how it may be considered necessary in some situations and for that reason the law should allow for it and therefore such laws have my support.
As for male/female prostitution, I'm not going to talk about the economics of it ("supply/demand") - I was never good at economics.
If rich socialites in India or wherever find the profession to be their thing - I couldn't care less what they get their kicks out of. Especially not when their clientele is in another country.
Where I'm staying, according to a current-events show, female prostitution can pay up to 5000 in local currency a month or was it a week even (in some major cities). Either way, that's a lot of change. Some think it worth the risk/discomfort/shady people they have to deal with. People can make up their own minds, since in this case it's a matter of their <i>choosing</i> after all.
While the fembot reason ("don't want other women to sell their own body") can't interest anyone, what bothers me is that there is a vast population of women in the business who actually would have liked to have had a choice. But life just wasn't that kind to them. Two documentaries I watched some years back come to mind, either both were on Vietnam or one was on Thailand. One of them was on methods for spreading AIDS awareness among prostitutes (in Vietnam I think). I don't know at which point I'll be conflating the two documentaries - it's been a while since I saw either and they've merged a lot in my mind:
They interviewed a lot of women as a group, trying to teach them ways of persuading their sleazy customers (often the alien tourist variety) to use condoms. As afraid as these young women were of AIDS, they'd found the paying characters rather too reluctant to do the humane thing and were afraid of losing out on the opportunity to make their wages if they insisted on precautions. What was so sad was that some of them were supporting their Bauddha families consisting of old grandparents and younger siblings, either because their parents were dead or because the parents weren't earning anywhere near enough to keep the family afloat. I remember that at least one goodytwoshoes young woman hadn't been able to tell her grandparents exactly what she did for a living to make the money that kept the household going and paid their medical bills.
None of those interviewed wanted to be in this. When the women were asked whether they'd rather be married, they giggled and some admitted to still having dreams. :half-smile In any case, they <i>deserve</i> a wonderful future. They were wonderful, beautiful, very kind-hearted. They ought to marry Vietnam's/Thailand's many handsome kind men and have many Bauddha children. There should be more people like them. But what can ya do. Nothing makes sense. While I daily get what I want, better people seem to have pulled the short straw in life. It's an inverted world.
What one would *like*, is for such people - who don't choose to be in the business but are reduced to it by unfortunate circumstance - to be spared economic desperation and have the opportunity to lead the lives they want. Am not against prostitution, and not against poor people trying to make ends meet in the few ways available to them, but I think the way to change their lot is for more opportunities in education and a better overall employment situation. That way they have many avenues open to them and won't have to be in something they don't really want to be in. And then, only the twatty rich socialites such as Zebedee would be left in this profession of their choice, either dealing with the sort of losers who can't otherwise get anyone or having to do with adulterers who apparently have *really* low standards of infidelity. Either way, it's people asking or paying money for something that ought to be free <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> But then - like I said - I was never good at economics.
Christoislamism is naturally opposed to heathens' suicide because it wants heathens to live in order to murder them - you know, blood sacrifice and all. Otherwise, who can they offer to their non-existent cannibal gawd to feed on? Suicide is unchristian/unislamic, murder is pre-eminently christoislamic (posts 54, 55 ^).
<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Oct 14 2008, 02:58 AM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Oct 14 2008, 02:58 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Apparently many "feminists" think its ok to abort fetuses with the arguement that its a womans body and she should be free to do whatever she wants to do. But this logic breaksdown when its female fetuses being aborted selectively (then they want a ban on sex selective abortion) or when its prostitution (they don't want other women to sell their own body) or sati (which becomes medieval and the "civilized" crowds burden).[right][snapback]89120[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I've not followed fembots' Opinion (not my fault: until recently, every time I've come across feminist vocalisations, my mind just went vacant <- a nice feeling BTW, everyone should try it).
Everyone has their own views on abortion, prostitution and the rest.
I've always been of the opinion that abortion should be lawful. Mainly because
1. it is medically or otherwise necessary in some cases, and because
2. shady back alley/black market tactics can be lethal and - since people are going to do it anyway - the govt may as well make sure there aren't any messy complications.
Though I wouldn't want to encourage abortion to become a lighthearted decision or for it to therefore be engaged in wantonly, I can certainly see how it may be considered necessary in some situations and for that reason the law should allow for it and therefore such laws have my support.
As for male/female prostitution, I'm not going to talk about the economics of it ("supply/demand") - I was never good at economics.
If rich socialites in India or wherever find the profession to be their thing - I couldn't care less what they get their kicks out of. Especially not when their clientele is in another country.
Where I'm staying, according to a current-events show, female prostitution can pay up to 5000 in local currency a month or was it a week even (in some major cities). Either way, that's a lot of change. Some think it worth the risk/discomfort/shady people they have to deal with. People can make up their own minds, since in this case it's a matter of their <i>choosing</i> after all.
While the fembot reason ("don't want other women to sell their own body") can't interest anyone, what bothers me is that there is a vast population of women in the business who actually would have liked to have had a choice. But life just wasn't that kind to them. Two documentaries I watched some years back come to mind, either both were on Vietnam or one was on Thailand. One of them was on methods for spreading AIDS awareness among prostitutes (in Vietnam I think). I don't know at which point I'll be conflating the two documentaries - it's been a while since I saw either and they've merged a lot in my mind:
They interviewed a lot of women as a group, trying to teach them ways of persuading their sleazy customers (often the alien tourist variety) to use condoms. As afraid as these young women were of AIDS, they'd found the paying characters rather too reluctant to do the humane thing and were afraid of losing out on the opportunity to make their wages if they insisted on precautions. What was so sad was that some of them were supporting their Bauddha families consisting of old grandparents and younger siblings, either because their parents were dead or because the parents weren't earning anywhere near enough to keep the family afloat. I remember that at least one goodytwoshoes young woman hadn't been able to tell her grandparents exactly what she did for a living to make the money that kept the household going and paid their medical bills.
None of those interviewed wanted to be in this. When the women were asked whether they'd rather be married, they giggled and some admitted to still having dreams. :half-smile In any case, they <i>deserve</i> a wonderful future. They were wonderful, beautiful, very kind-hearted. They ought to marry Vietnam's/Thailand's many handsome kind men and have many Bauddha children. There should be more people like them. But what can ya do. Nothing makes sense. While I daily get what I want, better people seem to have pulled the short straw in life. It's an inverted world.
What one would *like*, is for such people - who don't choose to be in the business but are reduced to it by unfortunate circumstance - to be spared economic desperation and have the opportunity to lead the lives they want. Am not against prostitution, and not against poor people trying to make ends meet in the few ways available to them, but I think the way to change their lot is for more opportunities in education and a better overall employment situation. That way they have many avenues open to them and won't have to be in something they don't really want to be in. And then, only the twatty rich socialites such as Zebedee would be left in this profession of their choice, either dealing with the sort of losers who can't otherwise get anyone or having to do with adulterers who apparently have *really* low standards of infidelity. Either way, it's people asking or paying money for something that ought to be free <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo--> But then - like I said - I was never good at economics.