Well besides me officially not caring anymore about the neverchanging stupidity of people. Well, a messed up guy and a messed up teen got messy. Not the first time in history not the last. No news in this topic.
Man Arrested After Hooking Up With 13-Year-Old RuneScape Bride
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If what I've been told is true, he's already being traded around for cigarettes.MasterOfWorlds said:
Wrong. The whole point of statutory rape laws is because a 13-year-old is not mature enough to fully understand the ramifications of, or precautions needed for sex. I personally know 3 completely different girls that very age who got pregnant (one through relation, the others through friends) because they just jumped right into it without taking proper measures to prevent that kind of thing.Thorvan said:
Simply put, whether or not the girl consented is completely beside the point. Meanwhile, at 54-years-old, he knew he was doing something wrong; the fact that he lead the authorities on a massive chase proves this. I'm willing to extend a small shred of sympathy to Mr. Phillips, because I can understand how massively lonely he had to have been that he felt the need to solicit a minor. However, the way he handled his loneliness crossed any line of decency.
So, heres the thing about John Phillips:
Used to own multiple apartment buildings in Fitchburg, which could be labelled easily as "slums" and him as a "Slum Lord".
Used to own a gaming store called "The Magic Guild" in Leominster and then Fitchburg where he sold Dungeons and Dragons equipment, Magic: The Gathering (and other card games), and had many young children (10-18) in the store consistently.
Has a 17 year old son (or thereabouts) and is divorced (twice IIRC).
Is -not- a stupid man, but obviously has some really screwed up priorities now - I mean, if his only means of income is now his Magic card sales, when he does not own a store or the apartment buildings any longer, -SOMETHING- changed in his life.... not that he was a nice guy to begin with.
And as far as I know, a child rapist of any kind does not find safety in a jail or prison - they are considered scum by the scum, and treated as such. I hope he gets what he deserves, and I hope to God that girl gets the help she needs.
Used to own multiple apartment buildings in Fitchburg, which could be labelled easily as "slums" and him as a "Slum Lord".
Used to own a gaming store called "The Magic Guild" in Leominster and then Fitchburg where he sold Dungeons and Dragons equipment, Magic: The Gathering (and other card games), and had many young children (10-18) in the store consistently.
Has a 17 year old son (or thereabouts) and is divorced (twice IIRC).
Is -not- a stupid man, but obviously has some really screwed up priorities now - I mean, if his only means of income is now his Magic card sales, when he does not own a store or the apartment buildings any longer, -SOMETHING- changed in his life.... not that he was a nice guy to begin with.
And as far as I know, a child rapist of any kind does not find safety in a jail or prison - they are considered scum by the scum, and treated as such. I hope he gets what he deserves, and I hope to God that girl gets the help she needs.
It is so nice to have a pedo story on the escapist where there are no grey areas that I have to defend and then get flamed for. So for this one for once there is no excuse it was wrong and the guy is off to jail. Yay.
Though I am disappointed in other forum goers here who have not taken this opportunity to 'call a spade a spade' so to speak and are trying to defend the indefensible. I don't even care if the sex was the 13 year old's idea, each time, that is still no defence. In this case for once the guy is a proper sex offender in all meanings of the term and deserves everything that is coming...
Though I am disappointed in other forum goers here who have not taken this opportunity to 'call a spade a spade' so to speak and are trying to defend the indefensible. I don't even care if the sex was the 13 year old's idea, each time, that is still no defence. In this case for once the guy is a proper sex offender in all meanings of the term and deserves everything that is coming...
Please tell me you aren't a RS hater. Because if you are, you're one of those people who hate something while having no idea what it's about, and RS already has way too many of those. The only playable race in RS is human (or, if you believe speculation, Mahjarrat), and there are no classes, you're free to do anything and everything on the one character. Which you would know if you had ever seen someone play it for 5 seconds (at least the race-class bit).adragonofgold said:
And seriously, escapists. People do play RuneScape. The only MMO with more active players is WoW.
Its things like this that make me belive more and more everyday that the world has gone insane. Sure they are burning him at the stake ala a witch hunt but a equal share of the blame falls squarely on the parents of the girl and the girl herself. Its also her parents fault for not properly watching and educating their children and its also the girls fault for allowing the situation in the first place. 13 is not so young a age when you cant deicide whats something you want done to you or not especialy when you live in this soceity where all she had to do was inform someone about unwanted advances and that would have been that.
Yeah I mean maybe he can get them a Hammer of Bogardan so that they can carve a chess set. Maybe even carve a White Knight.danpascooch said:
(If you haven't seen the shawshank redemption go watch it RIGHT NOW)