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You know it's not all Romeo and Juliet right? Are you OK with a 40 year old man pushing his penis into the anus of his 7 year old daughter? Sure, there can be
by rmc 13y ago
You know it's not all Romeo and Juliet right? Are you OK with a 40 year old man pushing his penis into the anus of his 7 year old daughter?
Sure, there can be problems with laws that have zero flexibilites (like a 17½yr old having sex with their 18 year old partner), but that doesn't mean everything should be thrown out.
- warmwaffles 13y agoNice extremes. Now where does this current story fit in with your argument?
- TDL 13y agoReforming laws & tactics are not the equivalent of "everything" being thrown out.
- brazzy 13y agoFunny you should mention Romeo&Juliet. Are you aware that Juliet was 13, and Romeo probably around 20?
- yebyen 13y agoYou know, I could be wrong about this, but I'm pretty sure they were also fictional characters, and the actors didn't even have sex on stage?
- brazzy 13y agoSure, but those fictional characters are practically synonyms for romantic love and played thousands of times each year, all over the world, often by teenagers. And yet, if it happened as originally written, Romeo would be considered worse than any other kind of criminal and a target for lynch mobs, even here on HN.
- rmc 13y agoRomeo would be considered worse than any other kind of criminal and a target for lynch mobs, even here on HN. Actually no, read the comments on this page. There are many who think that Romeo did nothing really wrong.
- sanoli 13y agoYes, lets keep using a play written in 1590 in this discussion.
- rmc 13y agoSo? I did say overtly broad laws were wrong. That doesn't mean that all forms of "someone over 18 having sex with someone under 18 is wrong".
- randomdata 13y agoIf the circumstances allow both hypothetical parties to be of sound mind to make a consenting decision, and consent was given by both parties, then I see no reason to get upset over it. Why should I be able to tell consenting people what they can and cannot do? It is certainly not my place to project my feelings onto someone else. Perhaps even projecting my desire for consent might be crossing the line. Definitely an interesting topic with no fully answered questions.
- rmc 13y agoYep, I broadly agree with that. But remember there are cases in child molestation / paedophilia / child sexuality which are very very much not like.