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What about people who roam around naked? Whats wrong with that? Nothing, unless the owner of the place they're roaming objects. There are, in fact, places whe
by randallsquared 17y ago
What about people who roam around naked? Whats wrong with that?
Nothing, unless the owner of the place they're roaming objects. There are, in fact, places where the owner(s) do not object, and few people are up in arms about it, especially in Europe.
What about child molesters, they are having CONSENSUAL sex with young teenagers, who are we to stop them its their bodies.
Molesting is not consensual, by definition. You might want to argue about what activities are or are not molestation, but if you make your argument about "child molesters", you've already lost any hope of convincing any of us that only non-molestation was going on. ;)
I'd say that the "to each their own" argument works really well in many situations.
- roundsquare 17y agoThe general argument against adults having even consensual sex with minors is that they aren't able to judge the consequences (emotion, physical, societal, etc...) for themselves and can be easily manipulated, thus the need to make this illegal. > I'd say that the "to each their own" argument works really well in many situations. Agreed. The dividing line is generally around an action affecting someone else. If it does, then there is the possibility that we should make it illegal. Of course, this can become more nuanced. At the risk of getting (slightly) off topic, Deborah Stone's book Policy Paradox (http://www.amazon.com/Policy-Paradox-Political-Decision-Revised/dp/0393976254 http://www.amazon.com/Policy-Paradox-Political-Decision-Revi...) has an interesting discussion.