Yep. Sure can. Not because there is no 17 year old alive that is mature enough to make those decisions, but because a line has to be drawn somewhere for purposes of the law.
The truth is most 18-22 year olds aren't ready to make those decisions, but their ability to make mistakes is the cost of giving those who are ready to exercise their rights the ability to. Has to be that way.
Now to be fair, I think the majority of 17 year old boys can bounce back from getting involved with some attractive 20-something teacher without serious psychological consequences. It's still not right, but yeah it does get annoying when people act like it's exactly the same as some middle aged man grooming a middle school aged girl. Two things can BOTH be wrong without being equally wrong, one is worse. In this case though the boy doesn't even have that silver lining, she's not even attractive.
ALL of that said, you seem WAY too far in the other direction, and generally when people say similar things to you, they almost always turn out to be cloaking or trying to rationalize some much worse feelings.
You write very well with nice thought out ideas. I appreciate the time you've spent constructing your reply. To a point I agree with your sentiments, it is wrong in the eyes of the law, but if you take the law out of the equation then it's a hormone driven guy who just won the jackpot. On the other side is it were a 17 YO girl, as a father I'd probably take to offender out back for some up close and personal justice. We protect the women, while the boys have to endure hardships so they can learn how to defend the girls. Thanks for your reply, fren.
Yep. Sure can. Not because there is no 17 year old alive that is mature enough to make those decisions, but because a line has to be drawn somewhere for purposes of the law. The truth is most 18-22 year olds aren't ready to make those decisions, but their ability to make mistakes is the cost of giving those who are ready to exercise their rights the ability to. Has to be that way.
Now to be fair, I think the majority of 17 year old boys can bounce back from getting involved with some attractive 20-something teacher without serious psychological consequences. It's still not right, but yeah it does get annoying when people act like it's exactly the same as some middle aged man grooming a middle school aged girl. Two things can BOTH be wrong without being equally wrong, one is worse. In this case though the boy doesn't even have that silver lining, she's not even attractive. ALL of that said, you seem WAY too far in the other direction, and generally when people say similar things to you, they almost always turn out to be cloaking or trying to rationalize some much worse feelings.
You write very well with nice thought out ideas. I appreciate the time you've spent constructing your reply. To a point I agree with your sentiments, it is wrong in the eyes of the law, but if you take the law out of the equation then it's a hormone driven guy who just won the jackpot. On the other side is it were a 17 YO girl, as a father I'd probably take to offender out back for some up close and personal justice. We protect the women, while the boys have to endure hardships so they can learn how to defend the girls. Thanks for your reply, fren.