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Yeah I never understood this either. Does that mean a bachelor US president can't date a US citizen? Yes, power can be abused. But anyone with a knife at home

by tfha 8y ago

Yeah I never understood this either. Does that mean a bachelor US president can't date a US citizen? Yes, power can be abused. But anyone with a knife at home can abuse that knife by stabbing someone. That doesn't make it wrong to own a knife.

dsfyu404ed 8y ago
>That doesn't make it wrong to own a knife. There exist a subset of people in the UK (and in other places but the a subset of the UK subset is particularly vocal and influential) who believe the opposite with varying degrees of passion and with various exceptions carved out. Edit: Pun not intended but I like it so I'm keeping it there.
- jgh 8y ago
  There are already restrictions on knives like switchblades, butterfly knives, bowie knives, stilettos, etc.
- ben509 8y ago
  > ... and with various exceptions carved out. ISWYDT.
davidf18 8y ago
What it definitely means is that President of the US can't have sex with an intern (as Bill Clinton did with Monica Lewinsky).
dbt00 8y ago
The president is not the boss of citizens the way a CEO is employees at her firm. If that's your view of american civics, time to update your civics lessons.
PurpleBoxDragon 8y ago
>Yeah I never understood this either. Does that mean a bachelor US president can't date a US citizen? Is the difference in power between a US president and the given citizen larger than the difference in power between a 18 and 15 year old? If so, and if relationships should be banned based on power differences, then it seems the only logical conclusion is such a relationship should be banned. Then again, our laws and social morals are rarely so consistent.