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A popular pro/con joke goes: “If pro is the opposite of con, then the opposite of the Constitution is prostitution.”

“The opposite of Constitution is Prostitution” was cited in print in 1996.

“If pro and con are opposites, is Congress the opposite of progress?” is a similar saying.

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if pro is the opposite of con is…
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11/9/96
progress the opposite of congress?
—no, but prostitution is the opposite of constitution

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Robert Lewis
12/6/96
David Nobes wrote:
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> > If pro is the opposite of con, what’s the opposite of Progress?
> >Jim
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> Someone else mentioned Congress, but there is also
> congress. The latter is much more pleasant (:->

Then, of course, the opposite of Constitution is Prostitution.

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>TafkapSMF wrote:

> >if PRO is the opposite of CON then is CONgress the opposite of PROgress??
and is the opposite of CONstitution therefore PROstitution

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1. If Pro is the opposite of Con, does that mean Progress is the opposite of Congress?

2. If Pro is the opposite of Con, does that mean Prostitution is the opposite of the Constitution?

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Doug
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@THE_REAL_SHAQ so is prostituion the opposite of the constitution? LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.. You on to somethin, man. Umh
8:58 AM - 13 May 2009

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Norman Eliaser
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@TwtMrktrProof For more context, the “So what’s the opposite of the Constitution?” quote was in the context of “Pro” and “Con”
2:55 PM - 17 Jul 2009

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If pro is the opposite of con, then the opposite of the Constitution is prostitution.
submitted February 13, 2015 by AMasonJar

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The opposite of “constitution” is “prostitution”.
submitted May 2, 2016 by askdogey

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What’s the opposite of the constitution?
submitted July 18, 2016 by crissspie
The prostitution.

“If pro is the opposite of con, then the opposite of the Constitution is prostitution”