r/nottheonion • u/novagridd • 8h ago

Thailand's Prostitution Patrol on High Alert as 5,000 US Sailors Drop Ship After 200 Days at Sea

https://www.fashiontimes.co.uk/pattaya-police-intensify-prostitution-patrols-us-navy-visit-1763395
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u/Turdmeist 7h ago

Legalize and regulate all the things. Everyone wins. Except maybe law enforcement/jails. But maybe in sensible countries that would be true as well. What countries profit from jailing people?

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u/SethCyclone 7h ago

What countries profit from jailing people? 

The US of A

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u/Throwaway392308 7h ago

Certain people profit, but America itself pays dearly for it. 

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u/haliblix 2h ago

That’s been America’s defining characteristic for the past 400 years.