Legalize It

I live in West Virginia. My state was once known for its beautiful mountains and wilderness. It's now known for its gray machines and titty bars. I have friends in college that call me and ask for directions to the titty bars. The sad thing is, I know the directions. It's not because I frequent these establishments - it's because I drive by them every day going into and out of town. How sad is that? The reason all of my college friends want directions to these establishments is because WV dancers wear NOTHING. (Ok, I misspoke, they do wear those platform stilleto heel things.) Last year a prostitution ring was discovered and busted here in my great hometown. The entire community was outraged. "NO! Not prostitution!" Why is everyone so outraged by prostitution? Especially when we accept the porn industry so readily? I can go into Sheetz and purchase a Penthouse. I can go to Blockbuster and rent a XXX movie. I can turn on cable TV at 11:00PM and see commercials for Girls Gone Wild. What is so wrong with prostitution? Personally, I'm more appalled by the aforementioned things than prostitution. I would like to be able to watch television at night and not have to watch a commercial for 18yo girls taking their shirts off for idiots - at least prostitution isn't occurring in my living room. I say - "legalize it and regulate it." Make the girls, or guys, get tested for STDs on a weekly basis. Put a tax on it - an expansion of the entertainment tax. If the titty bar market or the smut magazine market are any indications, I'm sure it will be a hell of a profitable industry.