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steeljack · 20-11-2006, 19:31

I think this Police Chief is way off the mark on this , the Law says 16 is the "age of consent " (its also the minimum age at which one can get married), and the Police should follow and enforce the law , otherwise if you lower the age you are opening the door to allowing child-brides.
At the same time I acknowledge that youngsters are going to experiment and 'mess-around' , (I think lots of us know of someone who had to leave school early and getting wed at 16 but it was usually to a lad a couple of years older) it would be a more sensible approach to maybe allow a 3 year window, e.g. a 17yr old lad wouldn't be jailed for rape if his girlfriend was 14 yrs , (just handed over to her dad and brothers) but in my mind there is no reason for anyone 18 or over having a 14 yr old girlfriend , that is just child molestation .

20-11-2006, 19:31	#8
steeljack God Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SF/ Bay Area California Posts: 4,002 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 1338	Re: Underage Sex Is Not Paedophilia?? I think this Police Chief is way off the mark on this , the Law says 16 is the "age of consent " (its also the minimum age at which one can get married), and the Police should follow and enforce the law , otherwise if you lower the age you are opening the door to allowing child-brides. At the same time I acknowledge that youngsters are going to experiment and 'mess-around' , (I think lots of us know of someone who had to leave school early and getting wed at 16 but it was usually to a lad a couple of years older) it would be a more sensible approach to maybe allow a 3 year window, e.g. a 17yr old lad wouldn't be jailed for rape if his girlfriend was 14 yrs , (just handed over to her dad and brothers) but in my mind there is no reason for anyone 18 or over having a 14 yr old girlfriend , that is just child molestation .