[ExI] good news for libertarians

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: Henry Rivera <hrivera at alumni.virginia.edu> 
Subject: Re: [ExI] good news for libertarians

 

>…Spike, I take it you’ve never seen HBO’s Cat House series about the Bunny Ranch. The announcement that a customer is here and resulting display of available “talent” to choose from isn’t that awkward.  

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>…With regards to prosecuting prostitution, making prostitution illegal, like making use of some drugs illegal, has never come close to stopping consenting adults from engaging in either. 

 

-Henry





 

Hi Henry, ja to all.  I have never seen HBO’s anything: I don’t have cable TV for the past 15 years and didn’t ever get HBO.

 

What I was really thinking about is the Uber-ization of harlotry.  The notion would do to that industry what Uber did to the taxi business.  The no-collar workers would only come to the “office” when they were feeling in the mood or had nothing better to do.

 

Harlotry certainly appears to be hard on the workers, a very difficult way to make a living.  No pension plan, no long term security, every upstart can soon outrank the seasoned veterans (and do.)

 

So… what if, instead of these suffering sorts, the workers were more well off, financially secure, well rested, they are there by choice, they aren’t necessarily exceedingly good at it but they demonstrate pleasant enthusiasm for their work and their clients.

 

Come to think of it… that whole notion is nearly halfway between a traditional cat house and an internet chat group for singles.  I don’t know this for I am not single and have never hung out there, so perhaps some single hipster can enlighten me.  I speculate that there are more men there than women on those sites.  Am I right?  Well, if so, then there would be an asymmetrical demand for women, so… it is easy to imagine a couple getting to know each other online, then making arrangements to meet.  It looks to me like the men would be willing to sweeten the deal just a bit.

 

It occurred to me more than once during this discussion that I perhaps should avoid posting at length on a topic of which I have no direct knowledge.  It is fun to think about, but I will struggle to speak less and listen more.  I have been happily married since I was only very slightly past childhood and have no reason to think I won’t stay that way until death do us part.  I really don’t know how the heck the singles world works these days.  I didn’t even understand it when I was single myself, but neither did my sweetheart, so we were a great match.  Single hipsters, do instruct us please.

 

spike

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