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msanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-11-10 02:44 AM
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20. From the same source---age of consent in Dubai is 18
Edited on Wed Aug-11-10 02:45 AM by msanthrope
"Even if the girl is found guilty of consensual sex, M H would still be charged with statuary rape, because the girl is younger than 18, the age of consent."

http://thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201007...

She can't legally consent. It's called rape.
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  -Girl, 14, jailed for sex with school bus driver JCMach1  Aug-10-10 04:48 AM   #0 
  - I wonder if he'll sue the girl.  Radical Activist   Aug-10-10 05:01 AM   #1 
  - I would have thought False accusations of Rape too  FreakinDJ   Aug-10-10 06:15 AM   #2 
  - She didn't falsely accuse him. n/t  msanthrope   Aug-10-10 12:06 PM   #10 
  - We learned to read didn't we ??????  FreakinDJ   Aug-10-10 10:41 PM   #15 
     - You should try it, reading..... The age of consent in Dubai is 18.  msanthrope   Aug-11-10 02:40 AM   #19 
  - She didn't. Her lawyers pushed the statutory charge to protect her.  uncommon   Aug-11-10 10:30 AM   #29 
  - He wasn't falsely accused of rape.  msanthrope   Aug-10-10 12:05 PM   #9 
     - Unless something's changed, it's actually 9 IIRC and I don't have my...  TheMadMonk   Aug-11-10 12:00 AM   #18 
        - From the same source---age of consent in Dubai is 18  msanthrope   Aug-11-10 02:44 AM   #20 
           - Technically yes. However, her father is able to give consent at a far...  TheMadMonk   Aug-11-10 10:02 AM   #26 
  - Are you trying to trick us? If it's not in the US, please name the country in the subject. n/t  FormerDittoHead   Aug-10-10 06:42 AM   #3 
  - He did name it - UAE  CLANG   Aug-10-10 06:54 AM   #4 
     - In the subject line n/t  kirby   Aug-10-10 10:33 AM   #8 
  - There was a story in the Wall Street Journal describing the puzzlement  hedgehog   Aug-10-10 07:09 AM   #5 
  - That may be the first time I've ever heard of anyone being prosecuted for filing a false rape charge  Lance_Boyle   Aug-10-10 08:54 AM   #6 
  - She didn't file a false charge.  msanthrope   Aug-10-10 12:08 PM   #11 
  - i had read a british tourist was arrested after being raped- for consensual sex with her boyfriend!  bettyellen   Aug-10-10 10:14 PM   #14 
     - I have no doubt that's true. But I'm sickened by all the supposedly  msanthrope   Aug-11-10 03:03 AM   #22 
        - oh yes, i understood your point clearly. and agree it is disheartening.  bettyellen   Aug-12-10 08:47 PM   #31 
  - Read the article again. She was convicted of having consensual sex,  Arkansas Granny   Aug-10-10 12:40 PM   #13 
  - Oh yeah, because that'll help discover false rape cases.  joshcryer   Aug-11-10 09:17 AM   #24 
  - First of all, she didn't file a false rape charge. Her lawyers pushed for statutory to protect her  uncommon   Aug-11-10 10:29 AM   #28 
  - The "Culture of Peace" really knows how to treat women  slackmaster   Aug-10-10 09:04 AM   #7 
  - True, dat, but look at how many posters on this 'enlighted' board  msanthrope   Aug-10-10 12:13 PM   #12 
  - in most of the World, the age of consent is 14  happyslug   Aug-10-10 11:19 PM   #16 
  - And? Here, it's 18.  msanthrope   Aug-11-10 02:47 AM   #21 
     - In Pennsylvania, it is 14, unless the parties are more then 4 years different in age, then 16  happyslug   Aug-11-10 09:13 AM   #23 
        - And? Again, how is any of that remotely relevant to the  msanthrope   Aug-11-10 09:54 AM   #25 
           - The Article clearly says this was CONSENSUAL SEX  happyslug   Aug-11-10 10:14 AM   #27 
              - You should try reading comprehension. Here, the age of consent  msanthrope   Aug-11-10 02:41 PM   #30 
  - backwards fuckwards!  Odin2005   Aug-10-10 11:26 PM   #17 
 

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