ICE vs EV, the debate thread

[Sydebolle]

Just in case anyone dares to know. In Laos, an equally Buddhist country, there is no ban on entertainment or sale/consumption of alcohol - business as usual and people go to work like any other day. 
The difference is that for girlie bars and soapies - which are non-existent here - one would have to resort to Thailand. Keep the girls at home for a day but carry on with the rest of life - like in Laos as well as Cambodia. 

[manarak]

6 hours ago, Lovethailandelite said:

1. Penal Code Amendment Act

“Any person, being over sixteen years of age, [sic] subsists on the earning of a prostitute, even if it is some part of her incomes [sic], shall be punished with imprisonment of seven to twenty years and fined of fourteen thousand to forty thousand Baht, or imprisonment for life.”7

 

2. Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act

 

Solicitation by a prostitute is prohibited under Section 5 of the Prostitution Act:

“Any person who, for the purpose of prostitution, solicits, induces, introduces herself or himself to, follows or importunes a person in a street, public place or in any other place in an open and shameless manner or causes nuisance to the public, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand Baht.”12
 

3. Entertainment Places Act

The Entertainment Places Act makes those who control the operations of certain kinds of entertainment establishments criminally liable if prostitution occurs on their premises.  The Entertainment Places Act also requires that any prostitute, upon completion of punishment for practicing prostitution, undergo rehabilitation for one year at a reform house.  However, this rehabilitation program has been criticized by Thai government officials for having “weak enforcement” and because “the occupational training consists merely of lessons on how to be a domestic servant.”15  

 

as another poster pointed out, none of these articles prohibits selling one's body for money, nor paying for sex.