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Comment #462660 by SilentMike
I don't know about the situation in other countries, I'm afraid.
But people don't own their own bodies anyway. You think that your left kidney is yours to do with as you wish? Try selling it in the UK. Is that something you should able to do?
Perhaps. Perhaps I was mistaken. I used an absurd idea of pricing to show how difficult this is. But I'm afraid I still don't believe Grayling is right here. But his mind is far better than mine, and I may come to change my mind.
Much of the objection of the selling of sexual services is not puritanism, but because of the way it helps trap vulnerable women (and men) into situations they would rather escape from.
Permalink Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:16:00 UTC | #442924