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First off, what the hell? Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 29/09/2009 06:33:37 AM
Personally, I find 13 to be too young in my opinion, but I have been raised with modern western values, which conditions us this way. Two to three hundred years ago (if even that) a man in his 30s sleeping with a teen under 16 wouldn't even cause people to bat an eye, unless they weren't married.


I mean, I'm not saying black people are inferior, but there's a correlation between race and IQ, and two to three hundred years ago a man having sex with his slave against her will would be seen as making use of his property.

Not that that's right. But I've been raised with western values, so who's to say what's really right?

2) The only reason (IMO) children in our era lack in maturity (as defined by adults, btw) is the way we tend to coddle them, and hide the realities of the world from them, especially when it comes to procreation. The "victim" of Polanski's crime has admitted it was consensual, but still the charge is considered rape (statutory).

You can't give consent when you're drunk. Which she was. Because he gave her alcohol. So not only was it statutory rape, which is a perfectly decent reason to throw the bastard in jail, but it was flat-out non-consensual rape as well.

And no, I am NOT IN ANY WAY condoning Mr. Polanski's actions, nor am I excusing them.

Which is why you just wrote that post...
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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Roman Polanski arrested in Switzerland on U.S. Arrest Warrant Dan - 27/09/2009 12:47:16 PM 932 Views
Ignore, this is just a repeat. Thought I hit edit. Dan - 27/09/2009 12:48:31 PM 563 Views
The new website seems to make that more common, at least for me random thoughts - 27/09/2009 04:33:52 PM 412 Views
And it only took three decades *NM* Isaac - 27/09/2009 12:57:40 PM 220 Views
Excellent. Good news. Wibble - 27/09/2009 03:28:28 PM 477 Views
Very good random thoughts - 27/09/2009 04:37:40 PM 473 Views
That point sort of struck me too... globug0822 - 27/09/2009 04:50:54 PM 435 Views
oh well you know kids these days... LadyLorraine - 27/09/2009 05:12:51 PM 478 Views
that'd technically be "those days". *NM* jh - 27/09/2009 08:21:57 PM 182 Views
Right. everynametaken - 27/09/2009 08:12:06 PM 471 Views
That's the point that jumps out at me, too. Mats Gambling Buddy - 27/09/2009 05:01:09 PM 446 Views
This is pointless Floffe - 27/09/2009 05:30:01 PM 494 Views
Actually, maybe not. Chas - 27/09/2009 05:56:31 PM 452 Views
true, but Dan - 27/09/2009 08:16:28 PM 506 Views
Doesn't work that way Isaac - 27/09/2009 09:17:27 PM 447 Views
I must have missed the part of him already being convicted. My bad. *NM* Floffe - 27/09/2009 09:23:01 PM 192 Views
Was I the only one who was shocked when he got a standing ovation at the Oscars awhile back? Joker - 28/09/2009 12:59:23 AM 397 Views
He gets a somewhat skewed sympathy vote from a lot of people because of the murder of his wife Werthead - 28/09/2009 01:58:16 AM 579 Views
Well said. Joker - 28/09/2009 04:03:00 AM 485 Views
Yes, Cannoli - 28/09/2009 12:37:29 PM 473 Views
It's been 30 years. He does not seem to have done it again The Shrike - 28/09/2009 01:48:26 PM 442 Views
They don't have to try him he plead guility random thoughts - 28/09/2009 02:43:12 PM 465 Views
Meh. It's been 30 years. The Shrike - 28/09/2009 04:03:51 PM 476 Views
Did she say she forgave him? Wibble - 29/09/2009 01:15:46 AM 463 Views
Yes, she did. *NM* The Shrike - 29/09/2009 02:54:47 PM 186 Views
After he paid her off I assume? Wibble - 29/09/2009 07:06:37 PM 456 Views
We wouldn't be having this discussion if it hadn't been so long. Legolas - 29/09/2009 07:46:21 PM 482 Views
Don't you think laws have to stand whether the perp is forgiven by the victim or not? Joker - 29/09/2009 02:58:18 AM 453 Views
No, I don't think it should. The Shrike - 29/09/2009 02:55:13 PM 460 Views
How long do you have to stay away before you're absolved of murder? Joker - 29/09/2009 02:56:58 AM 424 Views
Murder and sex with a minor are not the same thing. The Shrike - 29/09/2009 02:54:10 PM 427 Views
They are, in my opinion, the two worst crimes a human being can commit. Joker - 01/10/2009 03:28:45 AM 432 Views
I heard a bit more about it this morning Floffe - 28/09/2009 03:33:42 PM 410 Views
I'm not saying that sex with 13 year olds is right or anything, but... imlad - 28/09/2009 10:49:29 PM 577 Views
It used to be legal to have children under 9 working in the pits for 16 hours a day, but... Wibble - 29/09/2009 01:20:40 AM 425 Views
First off, what the hell? Ghavrel - 29/09/2009 06:33:37 AM 437 Views
I was confused by that, too. It's like, I'm not saying, I'm just saying. Joker - 29/09/2009 08:09:14 AM 465 Views
can't consent when drunk? imlad - 01/10/2009 09:24:39 PM 404 Views
With a 13 year old? Sex is NEVER consensual. Joker - 01/10/2009 09:39:35 PM 418 Views
This too. Ghavrel - 02/10/2009 02:30:45 AM 376 Views
Was I unclear? Ghavrel - 02/10/2009 02:30:30 AM 427 Views
I'm safe imlad - 02/10/2009 07:11:07 PM 418 Views
Good. Point still stands. Ghavrel - 03/10/2009 05:43:12 AM 423 Views
Sorry but you are excusing his action random thoughts - 29/09/2009 03:54:02 PM 417 Views
Wrong place *NM* Wibble - 29/09/2009 07:12:31 PM 180 Views
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