peewee wrote:im going to put the cat amongst the pigeons here, but just be warned that i am not defending it.
i did this subject for my dissertation when i did my law degree so I have some idea about it as i am sure JBG will also.
its a very touchy subject so i will be careful, but i want to know your feelings and see if you all fully understand the subject or just go along with the 'hang them' mentality.
i will give two scenarios
1. a 16 year old boy has sex with his 15 year old girlfriend with her consent.
2. a 60 year old man has sex with his 15 year old girlfriend with her consent
OK, now which one is worse?
you will all be saying the second one. wrong answer, they are both as bad as each other in the eyes of the law. even the 16 year old boy can be branded as a pervert in the eyes of the uneducated and have to sign the sex offenders register. now i want you to think how many underage girls are actually having sex before the age of 16. now do you think that 16 year old boy should be branded for his act? would you call him a pervert and suggest that he be hung or shot? (take away the argument that the older guy should know better because i know some 16 year old kids with more intelligence and common sense that some 60 year olds i know).
Now i may be wrong but i havent really looked at the glitter case, but I am confident that he always has consent from the girls, as opposed to the rapists who force the underage person into the act. does this make it any better? do you still consider glitter to be as bad as someone who preys on children and abuses them without their consent, the rapist.
in malaysia the legal age of consent is 18, however you can marry much younger and therefore sex is ok as its within marriage. a recent case was between two cousins, she was 14 and he was 23. he got caught and arrested and charged. the charges were dropped when the girl agreed to marry him. before this agreement he was classed as a rapist. is it right to class this guy the same as a rapist who preys on underage children.
the point i am trying to make is that sometimes people do have sex with underage girls with their consent, however in the eyes of the law they are classed as the same as child abusers and rapists.
please dont think for one minute i am defending people who do have sex with underage girls, but there are circumstances where it happens with consent, as in the recent glitter situation with the 14 year old. now do you all class glitter as the same as someone who drags a 14 year old girl into a park and rapes her.
just interested to know your views
thanks
wrighty (not mark!) wrote:Interesting peewee, it's good to see some different view points that are carefully set out. First, my instincts (no the law) tell me that a 16 yr old boy and a 15 yr old girl is fine because they are like, only a yr between them. However, the 60 yr old scenario, i would frown on it, but it is completely different to having child porn on your computer isn't it?
Also, you made a v.interesting point that in that region,if you marry an under-age girl you are permitted to have sex with her. Becomes clear why Glitter fled there. Seems like a law that can be gleefully exploited by sickos such as himself.
Now......
My point was Child molestors and Child killers.
That should clear the muddied waters of saying lets kill paedophiles. As you said peewee, If I have sex with a 15 yr old girl, then im a paedo right? Does that mean I should be killed? There is a phrase used in the states for this called 'statutory rape' whereas the person will go to jail unless the plaintiff waives the charge. This is all classed as 'paedophillia'.
Thanks for pointing those issues out peewee.
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