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Polanski
Just because an adult is sexually stimulated by the sight or actions of a child does not excuse his actions. Your author attempts to excuse Polanski by saying the thirteen-year-old victim he raped behaved provocatively. So where does this slippery slope end? With the three-year-old tot who has learned that ''flirting'' melts an adult and yields ...
Posted to Human Nature by Mary Golden on October 14, 2009
Re: Gender History
I think the issue at hand here is choice, Mr. Bruce. An infant cannot say whether they choose to be considered as ''male'' or ''female'' if they have ambiguous genitalia. An adult can. Many things are considered wrong if done to children, while not with adults. As for the hijra and the berdache, they are indeed rare, that is true, and gender ...
Posted to Human Nature by SerenityRising on July 10, 2008
Have your Cake and Eat it Too
Of the many problems plaguing America, this is one which I have the least sympathy and harshest judgement towards America. Abortion? Teen sex? Abstinence? Viagra? You decriminalized all sex outside of marriage. You made all sex a public choice. You virtually removed all moral, religious, and ethical standards surrounding sex, except consent. ...
Posted to Human Nature by Usama2 on January 25, 2008
There you go again...
Hey BA, From a Fox News (a source I chose just for you) article: >>The then 17-year-old and a group of friends made the ill-fated decision to ring in the New Year [2003] on a drug, sex and alcohol-fueled bender at a Days Inn in suburban Atlanta. Among the partygoers in the adjoining rooms were two girls, ages 15 and 17. The next morning, ...
Posted to Human Nature by haulinsacs on October 29, 2007
Re: so there is a slippery slope
reader_boston:I've been arguing for a long time against the reactionaries who say that gay marriage is some kind of socially inoculating precusor to pedophilia. And so what does this genius do? Proves them right! You ideas are disgusting. How so? reader_boston:So, here we spending valuable [time] For those of us who spend time and energy ...
Posted to Human Nature by angrykeyboarder on September 30, 2007
Re: "consent" and adult responsibility
rockyhiker13:C'mon, Mr. Saletan. Usually you are a thinker. This idea is a stinker. I'll let that one slide.. ;) rockyhiker13: Tell me this: what do you say to people who think that 16-year-olds should not be responsible for murders they commit, because ''their brains are not developed all the way''? If 16 is the ''age of consent,'' then ...
Posted to Human Nature by angrykeyboarder on September 30, 2007
Re: stop the true sickos
TruettCollins:Start teaching morality, decency and stop acting like 15 year olds are nothing more than dogs in the street. Once again... Just whom are you addressing this to? And do you and your neighbor or the cashier you just dealt with at the grocery store share the same morals? Their ''morality'' is not going to be the same as ...
Posted to Human Nature by angrykeyboarder on September 30, 2007
Re: stop the true sickos
TruettCollins:Your relative broke the law and as such should pay the penality that is on the books........PERIOD...... You can't choose which laws you are going to obey and which you are not without paying the penality if you get caught....PERIOD Nobody has suggested that one can choose which laws they are going to obey and which they are ...
Posted to Human Nature by angrykeyboarder on September 30, 2007
Not what I was expecting
I've long argued that the age of consent needs to be rethought, for a couple basic reasons: puberty is happening earlier, and I also think that society has a role. In my view (and I'm not saying this because I believe it per se, it just seems to be a natural progression), consent also plays a role. If a 14 year old girl can go to the school ...
Posted to Human Nature by quixote on September 29, 2007
Re: How did my reply become the "I hate san" comments area?
SusanM: BAD BAD Poster! I understand you have feelings but you've got to understand that accusing somebody of pedophilia, even in the context of 'oh, its just a feeling' is pretty much painting a target on their back. You don't mean that and yes I do have a lot of sensitivity. No one with common sense is going to read my comment and think ...
Posted to Human Nature by coolrepublica on September 28, 2007

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