Originally Posted by
Davidontour
From the 'antis' viewpoint, the end justifies the means. If only one person has been coercively trafficked in the last decade, that makes it OK to pretend the problem is huge, as the resultant legislation may prevent there being a second victim. Add to that a moral zealotry and considerable lucrative funding and the incentive to embellish, inflate and simply lie becomes irresistible.
Another factor is the bizarre situation where a court of law requires concrete proof to convict a suspect, but the law itself requires no actual proof in order to be passed by government.
Take the current anti-sex work legislation in the North. There were no requirements to pass this law, other than convincing 50+ MLAs, most of whom had no knowledge of sex work, to go with their prejudice and vote for it. By effectively barring current sex workers from the hearings and pushing a one-sided agenda, this was pushed through in the name of human trafficking, despite the fact that there hadn't been a single victim of coercive trafficking for prostitution all year.
The result is quite simply bad law with little or no basis in fact, creating a culture of lies and creating a dangerous precedent for the future.