root@rice.EDU (Dione) (09/08/86)
In article <866@drutx.UUCP> dlo@drutx.UUCP (OlsonDL) writes: >I also oppose such legalization, but for different reasons. For instance, >legalizing prostitution makes the government the pimp this time. I would >rather they be decriminalized; not legal, not illegal, not taxed -- just >left alone. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >David Olson >..!ihnp4!drutx!dlo > Every act is either legal or illegal by definition. Sometimes it takes long court case to decide *which* of these categories a given act belongs in, but it is always at least potentially in exactly one of the two. "If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice!" Arvind Rajan Arvind Rajan UUCP:{drillsys,lbl-csam,cbosgd,convex,sun,texsun}!rice!arvind ARPA: arvind@rice.ARPA, arvind@rice.EDU Office: Dept of Mathematical Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251-1892 Phone : (713) 527-8101 x 2643 (O) ; (713) 664-2247 (H)