A Dutch professor tried to explain to me the philosophy of the Dutch regarding legalized prostitution and the decriminalization of soft drugs. The idea is not to not marginalize and isolate teens who do these soft drugs, to not lump them with the criminal "hard" crowd. They believe they are offering an in between, so the teens aren’t thrust into bad crowd, and trapped into a marginalized cycle of criminality. At least that's the philosophy behind it...who knows if it works. Regarding legalized prostitution, the idea is that this increases the ability to offer help to these woman (sometimes there are coffee houses for them in the areas where these "window businesses" are), it helps the officials to keep aware of their identity, it prevents a hidden slavery culture, and it causes men to have to come out in front in order to get services instead of it being in secret. The professor also brought up Euthanasia--The Netherlands is the only country in the world where this is openly practiced. It is still a criminal offense, but there are precise policies surrounding when this assisted suicide is allowed. I can't remember enough of the details to record them here, but you can always learn more by Googling. :)
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Coffee Shops
In The Netherlands, one goes to a cafe to get a cup of coffee, and goes to a coffee shop to get some marijuana.
A Dutch professor tried to explain to me the philosophy of the Dutch regarding legalized prostitution and the decriminalization of soft drugs. The idea is not to not marginalize and isolate teens who do these soft drugs, to not lump them with the criminal "hard" crowd. They believe they are offering an in between, so the teens aren’t thrust into bad crowd, and trapped into a marginalized cycle of criminality. At least that's the philosophy behind it...who knows if it works. Regarding legalized prostitution, the idea is that this increases the ability to offer help to these woman (sometimes there are coffee houses for them in the areas where these "window businesses" are), it helps the officials to keep aware of their identity, it prevents a hidden slavery culture, and it causes men to have to come out in front in order to get services instead of it being in secret. The professor also brought up Euthanasia--The Netherlands is the only country in the world where this is openly practiced. It is still a criminal offense, but there are precise policies surrounding when this assisted suicide is allowed. I can't remember enough of the details to record them here, but you can always learn more by Googling. :)
A Dutch professor tried to explain to me the philosophy of the Dutch regarding legalized prostitution and the decriminalization of soft drugs. The idea is not to not marginalize and isolate teens who do these soft drugs, to not lump them with the criminal "hard" crowd. They believe they are offering an in between, so the teens aren’t thrust into bad crowd, and trapped into a marginalized cycle of criminality. At least that's the philosophy behind it...who knows if it works. Regarding legalized prostitution, the idea is that this increases the ability to offer help to these woman (sometimes there are coffee houses for them in the areas where these "window businesses" are), it helps the officials to keep aware of their identity, it prevents a hidden slavery culture, and it causes men to have to come out in front in order to get services instead of it being in secret. The professor also brought up Euthanasia--The Netherlands is the only country in the world where this is openly practiced. It is still a criminal offense, but there are precise policies surrounding when this assisted suicide is allowed. I can't remember enough of the details to record them here, but you can always learn more by Googling. :)
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