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- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!philipla
- From: philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara)
- Subject: Re: Adult women seducing male children
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.190005.1493@microsoft.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 19:00:05 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <swemXB4w165w@shakala.com> <gfLD4Ty00Uh_I_JGYn@andrew.cmu.edu> <1jmp9pINNmik@smurf.sub.org>
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- In article <1jmp9pINNmik@smurf.sub.org> urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) writes:
- >In alt.polyamory, article <gfLD4Ty00Uh_I_JGYn@andrew.cmu.edu>,
- > ad1x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gerard Deckert) writes:
- >>
- >> [ Consensuality and informed decisions vs. age-based restrictions ]
- >> Children should not be hidden from the world -
- >> they should be prepared for it.
- >> Does this make sense to anyone else? I'd like to hear some feedback
- >> on this...
- >>
- >Of course it does -- the only problem is how to defend against people who
- >take advantage of an _un_informed consent, or who intimidate their victim
- >into "consenting"...
-
- This is true, but we already have laws that deal with it. It's
- called rape.
-
-
- >I don't have a perfect solution, of course, but there should be a way
- >to forestall legal trouble. Maybe by having yourself declared legally
- >responsible for the purpose of having a sexual relationship with somebody.
- >This might even work -- for instance, in Germany officially you can't drive a
- >car or conduct your own business until you're 18, but exceptions are
- >possible. So why not doing the same WRT interpersonal relationships?
-
- Ugh. This is so open to governmental abuse that I shudder to
- think about it. Imagine the case where a 14 year old boy goes to
- court to get governmental permission to have sex with his 18 year
- old female lover. Now imagine the same boy going to the same
- court to get permission to have sex with his 18 year old male lover.
- Which is going to be granted, do you think?
- In my opinion, the last thing we need in this country is
- more government presence in our bedrooms, regardless of how old
- we are.
-
- -Phil
-
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- philipla@microsoft.com Redmond, WA 98052-6399
- Note: Microsoft doesn't even _know_ that these are my opinions. So there.
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