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This a false equivalence. Adults in countries with statutory rape laws have a responsibility placed upon them by the law not to have sex with minors, if they d
by Latty 6y ago
This a false equivalence.
Adults in countries with statutory rape laws have a responsibility placed upon them by the law not to have sex with minors, if they do so, they are breaking the law and—at least—endangering minors by giving cover to abusers.
Having sex with a child is not equivalent to protected political speech. It is an action we have specifically placed restrictions on because of the potential harm involved.
Your response might as well be applied to driving licenses, or basically anything else, to equate all restrictions or responsibilities in the law to censorship. It's absurd.
- MikeUt 6y agoYou completely missed my point. I'm not equating it to censorship, nor do I even think statutory rape laws are unjust. My point was we should describe crimes accurately, regardless of what the law calls them. If an act is wrong, it should be clear to the public it is wrong on its own terms, without misleadingly categorizing it as something else.