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Originally Posted by CptnFajita
This whole sex trafficking thing strikes me as mostly bullshit. Doesn't pass the smell test. Yes, I'm sure it's happening on some level, and it would be a dreadful thing for an unwilling victim, but there doesn't appear to be an epidemic of cases where criminals and victims have been arrested or exposed. It's so salacious a topic that the ambulance chaser media would be all over it continually were it the epidemic that it's purported to be. I suspect it's mostly getting underage/runaway girls into prostitution through drug enticement, etc., which has been going on for what, centuries?
Not saying it's a wholesome activity or anything. But as per usual, congress lowers the ban hammer on something it knows little about and expects it to fix the problem. The law of unintended consequences says that it'll simply force it back out onto the streets where it was before the internet came along. Sort of like banning high-capacity magazines will prevent shooting incidents. Impeccable logic, that.
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It's worse than that. I've seen some people arguing that CL and the like have liberated a lot of women from pimps by letting them control their own sex businesses. Good example of cutting off the nose to spite the face.