A Blazing Reaction On Ron Centeno's "The Oldest Profession" Post

I dropped by Ron's In My Own Words blog some days ago and as usual, left a comment there on his The Oldest Profession post. My first comment was:

"April 03, 2009

maxiVelasco said...

another good topic here, Ron!

whatever way we look at this issue, there's no right reason to get into such a "career". there are so many women/teenagers who are chained into the reality of poverty. and yet, they don't engage into such a thing. they try to find some better ways to at least survive.

i personally know some women who aren't really poor. their parents even send them to these very expensive schools and yet they decide to get into prostitution just because they are not satisfied with the life they have... they want more. something i can't really comprehend.

anyway, nice post again, Ron!"

I once again visited Ron's blog tonight and as usual, went through some of the comments before finally leaving another comment just to let Ron know that I dropped by his page before going to bed. I've noticed that someone seemed to get angry with the previous comment i posted. He/She wrote it this way:

"April 08, 2009

Anonymous said...

"there's no right reason to get into such a "career". there are so many women/teenagers who are chained into the reality of poverty. and yet, they don't engage into such a thing. they try to find some better ways to at least survive."

Why does everyone assume this is such a 'wrong' profession? If it was regulated properly (ie: Taking out the pimps and letting the girls keep all the money) then it would be a valid way to make a living. It's all you religious nuts who make it so 'bad'.

"as long as there is poverty no one can stop prostitution" ... "if poverty is eradicated there will be no prostitution.

You're an idiot.

Poverty increases prostitution, but it's not the cause. The 'cause', and you make it sound like a disease, is as simple as market forces. Where there's demand, there will be a supply.

Stop looking on it as a problem and start looking on it as an opportunity. Forget your primitive superstitions (religion) and approach the problem with logic and common sense."

I was totally shocked. I wasn't angry. But I could say that I was disappointed knowing that I wasn't there to debate on the matter but to just freely state my idea on the topic. What was more shocking was when he/she mentioned the word idiot. Well, as a human being, I defended myself by saying:

"April 10, 2009

maxiVelasco said...

hmm. ouch. anonymous here seems to be angry at me. well.. i respect his or her opinion. how i wish that he could have at least respect mine. this isn't a debate forumn i guess but an opportunity to express each and anybody's opinion.

am i an idiot? maybe... but honestly, i am not a very religious person at all. he should have at least looked into that before assuming that i am a religion fanatic.

well, i myself have gone through so much poverty especially when we discovered that my youngest brother was suffering from leukemia. most of the family's income went to his meds and treatments which almost was the reason for me to stop finishing my college education. but well, i never thought of selling myself just to get money. i somehow managed to finish college by working part time on a family friend's farm especially during the holidays and vacations.

anyway, i won't be explaining too much to mr./ms. anonymous here. not worth doing so i guess. i believe that no matter how much i explain my part, he'll still call me an idiot."

Well, thing is I do believe in God but I am not a religious nut like he/she mentioned on his/her comment (and if ever I am a very religious person, what's wrong with that?). I honestly don't even go to church on Sundays. Geez! I wasn't condemning the prostitutes at all in my statement. I only simply meant that there are lots of better ways to earn money the clean way. Another thing I emphasized was about these girls/teenagers/women who aren't really poor but are just into this type of "career" to feed their greed in life. I personally know some who I only questioned their motives at some point personally - but NEVER had condemned any of them.

Hmm... anyway, I hope Mr./Ms. Anonymous' glad that he/she was able to call some people idiots. I just wonder who can he/she possibly be... a common friend perhaps?

Whoever you maybe, I don't leave comments to start up a fire and debate on it. I simply type down my opinion and thoughts about the matter. There are times when I do disagree with my fellow commenters' insights but I try to deliver my ideas through as respectful as possible. I mean, do we really need to use the words idiots and such just to show we're someone tough? I don't think it's necessary at all.

Night night everyone - both to all the nice people and the id*ots around the world!