Comment: Misguided campaign for disabled people

2:10pm Wednesday 2nd January 2013 in News

Comment: Misguided campaign for disabled people Comment: Misguided campaign for disabled people

MOST people will have the greatest sympathy for Chris Fulton and disabled people like him who find it difficult to form physical relationships with the opposite sex.

However, his campaign to persuade the Government to provide grants so disabled people can visit prostitutes is ill-advised and deeply distasteful.

Paying for sex in Britain is not illegal, though it is illegal to solicit sexual services, kerb crawl and pay for sex with people who have been coerced into prostitution.

Nevertheless, there is much that is morally repugnant about the sex industry, particularly the way it dehumanises its participants.

The vast majority of people who sell their bodies for sex do not do so willingly. They are victims of – among many other things – poverty, mental illness, drug addiction, broken homes and abusive partners.

Most prostitutes are people in need. They should certainly not become a taxpayer-funded ‘service’ for any other section of the community.

Any government funding should be directed not at exploiting their misery, but at helping them escape from it.

New year mayhem New year, and the faster the drink goes down, the faster the rate of calls to the emergency services.

Our binge-drinking culture is bad enough at weekends, but it seems to reach new extremes at new year. Anyone for a return to our old licensing hours?

Comments(9)

becky72 says...
5:10pm Wed 2 Jan 13

i cant belive im reading this dont you think this country has better things to spend tax payers money ? i for sure wouldnt want my hard earned tax to pay for ANYONE!!!!!!!! to get there end away please what ever next

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pudniw_gib says...
5:50pm Wed 2 Jan 13

Basic need for most adults that needs catering for I guess.
The puritanical attitude of some of the media and government assumes that we cant decide what we do to our bodies.
I would say joining the armed forces is a more dangerous and repugnant use of our flesh and blood than getting paid for sex with a stranger.
I would rather **** than fight.
Maybe the sex industry needs cleaning up to make it better for those who choose to get involved and the poverty that drives people into it reluctantly be sorted out.

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CJH says...
5:53pm Wed 2 Jan 13

"...find it difficult to form physical relationships with the opposite sex..." And why does it have to be the opposite sex?

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pudniw_gib says...
6:17pm Wed 2 Jan 13

Well yes CJH you are quite right.
We do live in more liberal times after all..... :-)

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DarrenM says...
6:24pm Wed 2 Jan 13

weasel words - (Moral Issues aside)

"The vast majority of people" - Says who? what number of people? what %?

"Most prostitutes are people in need"
as above, are they? have you survey them all?

And what was that nonsense about the licensing laws at the end of the story?

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pinkfluff says...
7:09pm Wed 2 Jan 13

Who wrote the story? Am I missing something from the web page because I can not see who has written the comment/story.

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grumpy woman says...
7:43pm Wed 2 Jan 13

Maybe your Disability Living Allowance should be used for this? Surely this is an extra payment to provide for your needs.

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turkishdelighttwo says...
8:00pm Wed 2 Jan 13

well said grumpy woman, disabled people do get DLA for the extra`s that are needed. so if they want a mobility scooter the DLA payment is used for this. DLA is money to help make your life easier. Yes lets take money off the services that need it like thie NHS and spend it on sex services....Laughabl
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one94 says...
8:54am Thu 3 Jan 13

There are lots of disabled dating websites out there. If they are anything like regular dating sites they should be full of people looking for a casual fling. Government sponsored prostitution isn't necessary

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