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Originally Posted by smooth
My understanding is that the adult film industry is self-regulating. And it doesn't seem to be doing so well internationally in terms of not exploiting women (it's more contentious in the US, but more clear-cut in developing nations).
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Well seeing as how I live in the US, that's where I advocate this happening. And yes, the adult film industry is very regulated.
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But if you are arguing that regulation would reduce human exploitation and slavery, I'd like to hear the details. I would be pretty surprised to hear many people advocating stringent regulation, however.
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Again, I don't see much in the way of slavery in the US. And I would advocate the same level of regulation for it as exists now in a comparable (if not equal) industry, adult film.
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How would the police determine who was legally here as opposed to smuggled in? The resources to create a regulating agency would be enormous, but how do they conduct regular inspections without wholesale violation of what our nation believes to be its right against governmental infringement of privacy?
I'd be interested in hearing how jons would feel about periodic 'inspections.'
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Um, driver's licenses? SSN? Other governemnt ID? And I think that inspections would not be unreasonable. People don't fret when the health inspectors check out the local diner, why should they when they check out the local brothel? I hardly think you'd see inspectors storming a room while the gal is mid coitus.
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All other cases of regulation by the government that I have heard center around the notion that government involvment results in subsidized activity or price-controlled behavior. Why would this be any different than regulating airlines, energy, or pharma corps?
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What's your point here?
I still have yet to see you answer my question in my first post (if indeed you oppose it on moral grounds): why does the simple exchange of money make an otherwise socially accepted act immoral? If you oppose it only on the grounds that it would lead to increased slavery, well, I just don't see that happening in a well regulated industry. It certainly would be an improvement over what we have now.