just a thought: let's pretend thailand shuts down all the XXXhouses, red light districts and whatsoever. now who would have a better life or profit in any way? [ ]the XXX? assuming they aren't some sort of sex slaves they would be unemployed [ ]the people in thailand because now they can be REALLY proud of their country as the one and only country in the world without prostitution. unfortunately there would be less tourists, but wasn'T that worth it?! [ ]the thai tourist industries? oh sure... it would be in the news world wide... thailand is now a prostitution free zone! you can go there and enjoy the great culture without getting bothered by all the sex industries. and people from all around the world rush to thailand because they wanted to all their lifetime but never dared because of the XXX err... sounds pretty unrealistic, right? and no law on earth will completely stop organized crime. neither drug dealing nor this sick child-sex-slave **** so all the sickos won't stop going there besides... prejudices don't simply vanish in the heads of the people. €€€€€€€€€€€€ just in case somebody gets me wrong: my thesis is that people don't make vacations somewhere because something they detest is not there. that is a necessety for even considering vacations there but no reason to go there. for example i detest snow during my summer holidays. still i wouldn't consider vacations in jemen just because it's never snowing there, but i would refuse to spend my vacations in alaska because it's too cold there