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Reply #97: You do know that the reason for min age is to protect the child who is less mature, don't you?
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Sun Apr-20-08 08:29 PM
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97. You do know that the reason for min age is to protect the child who is less mature, don't you? |
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The issue of legal age and statutory rape is to protect those who need protecting. It is to stop people from preying on the young. There are laws protecting the young and the old who are less able to protect themselves.
And to prosecute those who break the law, not the underage person.
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