Legalize Prostitution- 2 ROUNDS ONLY:)

First off, my comparison between America and Victoria Australia are completely valid. According to the United Nations Human Development Index Australia as a whole is ranked third behind only Norway and Iceland. Guess where America is; tenth. Also Victoria itself has a population of over five million, that's larger than 29 of the states in America. Victoria's population also have product per capita of almost $50,000 which is larger than 48 of the states in America. So I believe it is obvious that your claims that Victoria is unindustrialized is completely unbound and that my comparison is completely valid. Having prostitutes checked monthly would do nothing to stop the spread of STD's unless that prostitute would only have one client per month. If a prostitute gets checked on the first of the month and has one client each day whats not to say the client on the second day of the month has an STD which would then cause the prostitute to contract the STD and spread it to 29 other clients before at her next exam she was told she could no longer work because she had and STD. With some STD's being estimated to being contracted by up to 25% of the American population the chances that one of the 30 clients has a STD is incredible likely. By legalizing and claiming it safe when it is not you are simple asking for underprivileged women to enter a career where they will struggle to make a career. Also to expect no one to enter the career of prostitution as you suggest is completely irrational. As for, "wouldn't you rather them make some money safely, then no money at all?" I would rather they be sent back to school where they can learn a skill or trade that will allow them to make a good safe living. There can be prostitution that would be illegal if it was legalized because if you legalize it you will force people to register and have examinations and not every prostituted will register and work in your designated areas. My opponent said, "I would first like to state that the U.S. is almost 1 AND A HALF TIMES the size, so thus there is INCREASED crime and comparing such DIFFERENT places is not a good basis for evaluating how well legalized prostitution would work. I also stated that since the worker are on federal land, they would be secured by them as well. This means that they would provide all different types of security thus DECREASING crime." As I said at the start my comparison is completely valid so you simply say that my comparison is invalid is simply skirting the actual point I made. Also who is "them" that will be securing them? Are you expecting to have police at every brothel because if so your "puts law-enforcement resources to better uses" point would simple be void. You claim that prostitution is protected by the Constitution but if that is protected how can you advocate forcing people to work in designated areas. That also would be breaking someones fundamental rights. Also America is not an anarchist country were everyone can do as they please, we are a democracy where people can regulate certain behaviors that the majority deems unwanted. Prostitution is one of these behaviors that our society as a whole has deem unwanted and therefore illegal. My opponent said, "harmless services" in reference to prostitution but prostitution is anything but harmless. Prostitution legal or illegal spreads dangerous life threatening diseases, puts women in a career where they will struggle to make a living for themselves let alone any children they might have, and puts women in a position where they are likely to be assaulted, abused, or worse. As prostitution it self serves no productive purpose in our society and harms so many in so many different ways I say that in no way should prostitution be legalized. My opponent speaks mostly in the hypothetical saying that it would do this, I speak in reference to trials and there results. The legalization of prostitution in other counties has been tried and failed miserably doing no of the benefits my opponent say it does. Legalized prostitution led to an increase in violence and STD's it did not effect the human trafficking in the region and provided no benefit to the community. I have provide numerous sources showing the harm cuased by legalized prostitution while my opponent has mistakenly claimed the void. http://www.ashastd.org... http://www.nationmaster.com... http://www.rockymountainnews.com...