So what is your argument? The age of consent should be lowered? In many states it's already 16, but if the victim is younger the defendant can get off if they fall within a certain age range.
If you're trying to change the stigma conservatives have about under 18 sex, I can tell you that is a fruitless endeavor.
My argument is that people in general, and us specifically need to stop wanting blood so badly that we ignore reality. There is nothing but evil in that mentality.
Categorizing a crime as one thing, when it is obviously something else is a crime in itself and must be avoided at all costs.
That is my argument. I am not talking about changing any laws. I honestly don't know how I feel about the age of consent. The line has to be drawn somewhere I guess, though I really think it should be more case by case than a specific age in an ideal world.
I have known many 18 year olds who were too naïve and gullible to be interacting in that way with older people (or anyone really). I have known many younger teenagers that were more than mature enough to make their own decisions about that. But really, that's a much more nuanced and difficult conversation and really has nothing to do with what I am talking about.
I am talking about looking at situations with reason, instead of hate.
No sound decisions are made with hate. Stringing someone up for a crime they didn't commit because it looks somewhat similar (in some minds) to a different, worse crime is the worst possible way a society can conduct itself. That is not justice, but vengeance, and its worse than that because its vengeance for a crime that was not even committed by that person, but by someone else.
So what is your argument? The age of consent should be lowered? In many states it's already 16, but if the victim is younger the defendant can get off if they fall within a certain age range.
If you're trying to change the stigma conservatives have about under 18 sex, I can tell you that is a fruitless endeavor.
Interesting chart: https://aspe.hhs.gov/report/statutory-rape-guide-state-laws-and-reporting-requirements-summary-current-state-laws/sexual-intercourse-minors
My argument is that people in general, and us specifically need to stop wanting blood so badly that we ignore reality. There is nothing but evil in that mentality.
Categorizing a crime as one thing, when it is obviously something else is a crime in itself and must be avoided at all costs.
That is my argument. I am not talking about changing any laws. I honestly don't know how I feel about the age of consent. The line has to be drawn somewhere I guess, though I really think it should be more case by case than a specific age in an ideal world.
I have known many 18 year olds who were too naïve and gullible to be interacting in that way with older people (or anyone really). I have known many younger teenagers that were more than mature enough to make their own decisions about that. But really, that's a much more nuanced and difficult conversation and really has nothing to do with what I am talking about.
I am talking about looking at situations with reason, instead of hate.
No sound decisions are made with hate. Stringing someone up for a crime they didn't commit because it looks somewhat similar (in some minds) to a different, worse crime is the worst possible way a society can conduct itself. That is not justice, but vengeance, and its worse than that because its vengeance for a crime that was not even committed by that person, but by someone else.