Prostitution should be decriminalised

As an American I can do that. We can be critical of our country and that is most useful when our country is wrong. Let’s be very clear. After 15 years of the world’s wealthiest government requiring NGOs around the world to attack all prostitution as if there is only one point-of-view, it should be apparent that this is the inappropriate influence, not Soros. 
Since we happen to be in Thailand, I hope Thai leaders take notice and learn more about the Pepfar pledge. That will explain where extreme and exaggerated stories came from that are meant to influence their policy decisions.  Let’s not forget Somaly Mam so quickly. There could easily be a bandwagon effect where countries recognise the benefit of simply decriminalising sexual relations when money is an equaliser bet-ween consenting adults. The aggressive criminal justice outlook does not work. After 20 years that approach has produced a national travesty of prison sentences in America’s War on Drugs. That alone is evidence that the opposite approach regarding America’s War on Prostitution might be better for Thailand. Amnesty, the American Civil Liberties Union and many other respected organisations think decriminalisation is the right move. 
John Kane