Debate on Prostitution at 11pm Tues 5th Feb on ITV1

[atila the gooner]

I personally am neither for or against the "oldest profession in the world". If a woman wants to make money from her body, and a man is willing to pay for the privilege, what's the problem? I know this may offend some sensibilities and that prostitution flies in the face of most religions, but I can think of many, many, more worse things in life.

[tinagwee]

" think the mum joke went out about 3 years ago. Not difficult to do the research, been on Kilroy boasting, been on Soho Stories, been on British sex, please feel free to check up on the internet, wasn't that hard to find it all, go on prove me wrong then if I'm talking Crap, and thats even before mentioning the newspapers!"

Gosh gettin all a bit high and mighty arent we! Maybe she had to do it all for her kids to make ends meet. Do you think it would be better if chav stayed indoors beatin herself up about how life's twists and turns panned out for her? Chav has beaten all the odds to get where she is havin got a degree etc and if she was a hooker in her past then is she not the person best qualified to debate on it? I cant say my views are particularly original or insightful so am not going to have an open debate about it, therefore I think chav is certainly better placed to do it than me for example.

Good luck chav, hope it goes well. When does it air?

[tinagwee]

sorry for askin stupid questions didnt notice the last page re question mark over it being screened etc

and didnt mean to get at you maximay hadnt read you post apologising. Hope things look up.

[KalamityKel]

:-S which side of the fence are you more leaning too? One min your being sarky then nice... sheesh it's too much for a Friday morning!

[RosieH]

I think, much like the debate itself, people can be multi-faceted

[LizzygotDizzy]

Well didn't anyone else see it then? Too much speaking at once and you could hardly hear what was going on, I don't think the presenter had good control over the audience, but I think I would have liked to have seen a more balanced audience, and a much stronger presenter

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

I was too nervous to talk as well as I'd wanted to, but the talking over eachother didn't help.

Bindels mike seemed to be up loud most of the time though so more of what she said than the others was heard, plus I think she is used to pushing her bitesize points without worrying about explanations or if they are actually true.

I'll try to do better next time!

[Brendan]

Just remember rather keep your council and let your actions speak than get sucked into their game of blabbing out ?important points? for emotive effect but that have no substance. The people who actually think about what goes on in this world will notice.

[LizzygotDizzy]

I think you did really well though, and managed to get a lot across, and I thought the woman behind you, (sorry can't remember her name,was it Nikki or something?), she was the really attractive and softly spoken woman, she came across really well, and managed to, even though she was drowned out by motor mouth sitting in the front row who kept interupting her, get her point across well too.

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

Thanks, yes that was Nikki Adams from the English Collective of Prostitutes. She is very good, stays calm despite provocation (not my forte!). Bindel is notorious for shouting people down and I'm glad we managed to get a few important points accross.

[Jah Lush]

It was certainly lively and I thought Ms Bindel came across rather blinkered. She was certainly on the losing end of this debate and well done CWALD I thought you did yourself proud and the lady behind you (Nikki Adams) was excellent too especially for not rising to the shouting match that erupted and being able to continue to put her voice across clearly and calmly.

[hibbs]

I agree, I thought both yourself and Nikki Adams came across really well, it's ashame it was such a short debate.

[RosieH]

completely missed it - do you know if they repeat the show at all (or is it available on watch again, do ITV do that?)

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

Thanks hibbs.

I'm not sure if it will be available but i'll ask.