The one in control of the situation bears the responsibility for what happens. That would be the adult. Trying to excuse him in any way is irresponsible and unacceptable.TheRightToArmBears said:It's not saying having sex with kids is ok though. It's saying that it's possible for the younger party to take some part of the blame. The guy was still sentenced, but it was recognised that the girl took some fault. Isn't the point of a trial beyond just determining guilt so that we can treat these things on a case by case basis? If we're just going to say that the adult has to take all the blame all the time, why bother? Why not just label them all paedophiles?thaluikhain said:You have to draw the line somewhere, though. Once you start saying having sex with kids is sometimes ok...yeah, leads us in a direction we don't want to go.TheRightToArmBears said:I was reading a story about a older guy that had sex with a girl under 16, he was sentenced, but it wasn't as high as it could have been as apparently she acted and looked much older than she really was. Now, that makes sense to me. According to some children's rights campaigner, it's wrong because it's never the child's fault in any way. Ever.
What the utter fuck? How is that sane? I'm not saying we should be able to fuck any kid we like here and that they're all gagging for it (I agree with out age of consent), but the idea that there are no slutty people that know exactly what they're doing in the 13-16 age group is ridiculous.
It sets a very bad precedent. All 13 year olds will be impressionable, they haven't had a chance to understand their own responsibility, so what's to stop people like this guy taking advantage?
All that case does is make it seem ok to do that sometimes. That's what's unacceptable. This guy was barely even an actual pedophile really as by all accounts the girl looked and acted older. Which doesn't really matter anyway because being a pedophile isn't an actual crime until you begin to abuse children.
Which he did nonetheless.
Baffling case for sure.