At least there was in the draft...
John
> Gareth Martin:
>
> << > But it doesn't zap the entire community with bad
> > consequences until the
> > person is stopped, which is the way it works for Heortlings.
> > That would be a
> > much more serious problem.
>
> Why assume that prostitution is something seen mythologically as negative?
>>
>
> Because we're told that adultery is a major taboo, and a crime
against
> the gods. Sex between unmarried persons is seen as perfectly natural,
making
> one wonder why a prostitute would be needed in a typical Heortling
community
> (as I've said, cities are a different matter).
>
> << The temple of Astarte, IIRC, maintained temple prostitutes as a "public
> service". Regardless of what we may feel about the morality of this, I
don't
> think there is any reason to assume that such behaviour would be frowned
on
> by the gods. >>
>
> True, but Astarte isn't a heortling goddess, which is what I'm
talking
> about. I don't see how else to square the statements 'adultery is a crime
> against the gods', and 'regular crimes against the gods are punished
> throughout the community' than to assume that prostitution focusing on
> already married people is a Bad Idea. True, adultery is permitted during
the
> Sacred Time, but you could hardly support a career as a professional
> prostitute on that...
>
> Trotsky
>
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