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In reply to the discussion: 16 Year Old Girl Charged As Adult For Strangling her 43-Year-Old Boyfriend To Death During Sex Act [View all]Threedifferentones
(1,070 posts)116. It's obvious to everyone you are just evadingmy point.
And advocacy? What a weak attempt at slandering me with a straw-man. From my earlier post just down thread:
I have great faith that nigh 100% of 40 year old men who pursue 18 year olds are manipulative creeps. But they are not pedophiles, and they may not be rapists.
That is a fact that you and redqueen have tried to deny. I have been mixing 16 and 18 in my examples because ethically they are damn near identical. And redqueen said other posters are mixing legality with ethics? Uhhhhhhh
I am not discussing my personal notions of which individuals should and should not fuck. I am asserting that whatever the laws of some states say, it is possible for a 16 year old and a 40 year old to have consensual sex. This is evidenced by my personal observations that some 16 year olds are wise beyond their years, while some 18 year olds are utterly immature. It is further supported by the fact that many developed countries have an age of consent of 16 or even lower. That's why neither age makes complete sense, they are arbitrary lines drawn because laws cannot handle the ambiguous details of individuals, they have to be "one size fits all."
I'm confident you understand what I'm saying, but if you confront it directly you will have to admit that redqueen was out of line to jump all over that other poster, so you never will.
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apples and oranges
Jul 2014
OP
I take it that by "this type of sex" you mean "this type of statutory rape". nt
redqueen
Jul 2014
#22
so, a man does something physical to someone who didn't give legal consent. that's not violence?
unblock
Jul 2014
#91
IMO it's just as creepy for a 40 year old to be with an 18 year old, but should that be rape?
Threedifferentones
Jul 2014
#89
My post contained a logical argument, and you own't be able to refute it.
Threedifferentones
Jul 2014
#95
Yes, legally this would have to be considered rape here in the USA, but not in many developed places
Threedifferentones
Jul 2014
#103
Yes, youre right. Once rapists are dead we should totally whitewash their crimes.
redqueen
Jul 2014
#70
To compare a 16-year-old girl to a woman for the purposes of being an apologist for statutory rape
redqueen
Jul 2014
#10
Many states 16 is the age of consent. So this is not a 10 year old girl. The guy....
Logical
Jul 2014
#15
The guy was 43 and she is 16. But you're convinced there was no coercion, no taking advantage,
redqueen
Jul 2014
#17
thanks- so sad to see people here think raping an autistic minor is "open to discussion" as to
bettyellen
Jul 2014
#53
No problem. I agree that the age of consent laws are confusing in their complexity
Michigander_Life
Jul 2014
#42
There are mitigating factors of mental capacity here that I didn't realize at first
Orrex
Jul 2014
#58
yes, they NEED to because of sleeze bags like this 43 year old guy. Wow! Do you want Mom to stuff
bettyellen
Jul 2014
#21
I'm talking about parenting here. The guy at this point is irrelevant, he's dead.
monmouth3
Jul 2014
#27
The only good man is a --- you may extrapolate from there. You insult women like this
Tuesday Afternoon
Jul 2014
#30
He's not irrelevant, he exploited and raped a youth with mental health issues.
bettyellen
Jul 2014
#32
"Why we would try and fault the mom when there's a dead piece of shit in the middle of this"
redqueen
Jul 2014
#43
say it louder: DEAD PIECE OF SHIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. thank you bettyellen.
Tuesday Afternoon
Jul 2014
#46
Regardless of whether or not the guy knew she was 16, the mother DID know she was 16.
Captain Stern
Jul 2014
#86
What makes it more fucked up is that the article says she is autistic and schizophrenic
Marrah_G
Jul 2014
#51
"Boyfriend"? Really? An appropriate word for a 40-something statutory rapist? I think not (nt)
Nye Bevan
Jul 2014
#57