# Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged in Florida prostitution sting **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 22, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034 "2019-02-22T18:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 53
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/53 "2019-02-26T05:59:28Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Maybe we should be arresting the person who enslaved the other person. > > Prostitution isn’t called the oldest profession for nothing. It “satisfies” a hard wired emotional/physical need that is present in an overwhelming number of people. You’re not making a dent in the trade by catching .01% of the customers in elaborate and costly sting operations. > > The harder you push, the further underground it goes. That may reduce the size of the “trade”, i.e. the total number of prostitutes may decrease, but the opportunities for abuse will not. Sex workers will just become more marginalized and more vulnerable. This. People clucking their tongues and agreeing with the johns getting arrested are no different from those who agreed with the harsh NY State drug laws, with stiff penalties even for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Buying black market weed funded bad guys who committed murders. That doesn’t make weed users morally culpable: it’s the government at fault for prohibition laws that create an illicit market and associated violence. The real answer is to legalize, license, and regulate. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034)._