PJ Media

This is an extremely interesting and surprisingly well written article (the rudeness of some commenters notwithstanding).

But, ma’am, let us get one thing straight: few people care that Spitzer was having sex outside of marriage. Instead, the outrage comes from the fact that Spitzer took no quarter once he was on a mission to demonize someone in private industry. You could be well and fully within the law and yet still find yourself “perp-walked” and have your reputation dragged through the mud. THAT is the issue: even law-abiding citizens weren’t good enough for Spitzer and his “high ethical standards.” Now we find out that he was breaking laws left and right just to get his rocks off. He deserves prison for this if only as a payback for the pain he inflicted upon others just to advance his own career.

As far as prostitution being illegal, you yourself know that prostitution is dehumanizing. The question is, should people be free to choose this path despite knowing this? Perhaps if it weren’t illegal, people like Ms. “Henderson” would provide a greater degree of care for those who “sort of faded away.” Maybe she’d evolve into more of an “agent” for the girls; helping them maximize their value and plan for their post-prostitution days.

Or maybe nothing would change other than more people being drawn into stupid choices early that severely undermine their prospects later in life. Indeed, my bet is that things would only get worse if more people chose such a lifestyle (especially since most prostitutes would not be working in a “high end” service anyway) and that we’d regret such a change in a few years.