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They absolutely do - the meat of the outrage is at the e-mail (full thread, in awful formatting, at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6405929-091320191420
by azernik 7y ago
They absolutely do - the meat of the outrage is at the e-mail (full thread, in awful formatting, at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6405929-09132019142056-0001.html?embed=true&responsive=false&sidebar=false https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6405929-091320191420...) is the claim that sex with underage girls should not be considered "assault".
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The specific relevant passage is on page 7. Copied verbatim - line with a '>' is Stallman quoting another e-mail in the thread.
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> Giuffre was 17 at the time; this makes it __rape__ in the Virgin Islands.
Does it really? I think it is morally absurd to define "rape" in a way that depends on minor details such as which country it was in or whether the victim was 18 years old or 17.
I think the existence of a dispute about that supports my point that the term "sexual assault" is slippery, so we ought to use more concrete terms when accusing anyone.
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