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Funny you should mention Romeo&Juliet. Are you aware that Juliet was 13, and Romeo probably around 20?
by brazzy 13y ago
Funny 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".