Is this too much?
Sex offender poses as noble English teenager - Peculiar Postings - MSNBC.com
A while back, I posted on how I thought some applications of sex offender laws were at the very least wierd. For example, an 18 year old having relations with a 14 year old. That's only four years. It would be akin to a 28 year old and a 24 year old. Now, some people will say "well, they're 14, they don't know any better" or some shit like that. Sorry, but once you reach some stage of sexual maturity, NOBODY knows any better. Believe me.
This article links to (let's face it) a wierdo (Fifth Duke of Cleveland???) who had a 14-year old girlfriend when he was 18. Apparently, the kid never heard the term "jail bait" before (quote: "Gardner said he didn’t know that their age difference made having sex with the girl illegal."). But I digress.
Now, am I saying that what he did wasn't wrong? No. In my opinion, sex is something to be shared with someone special. ... well, maybe he thought his 14-year old girlfriend WAS "special." But I digress. What I find remarkable is that, because of being a typical teenage boy, who just *happened* to have a 14-year old girlfriend, he's marked for life and now is lumped into a group of people that include honest-to-God pedophiles (40-year olds with 9-year olds, for example), rapists and other such scum.
Nobody sees anything *wrong* with that?? Should he be punished? Well, he *did* break the law. But to label him like that (having to register and the whole she-bang) is WAY OVERBOARD. He is even sent to jail for crying out loud. Quote:
That is just ridiculous. Enough said.
A while back, I posted on how I thought some applications of sex offender laws were at the very least wierd. For example, an 18 year old having relations with a 14 year old. That's only four years. It would be akin to a 28 year old and a 24 year old. Now, some people will say "well, they're 14, they don't know any better" or some shit like that. Sorry, but once you reach some stage of sexual maturity, NOBODY knows any better. Believe me.
This article links to (let's face it) a wierdo (Fifth Duke of Cleveland???) who had a 14-year old girlfriend when he was 18. Apparently, the kid never heard the term "jail bait" before (quote: "Gardner said he didn’t know that their age difference made having sex with the girl illegal."). But I digress.
Now, am I saying that what he did wasn't wrong? No. In my opinion, sex is something to be shared with someone special. ... well, maybe he thought his 14-year old girlfriend WAS "special." But I digress. What I find remarkable is that, because of being a typical teenage boy, who just *happened* to have a 14-year old girlfriend, he's marked for life and now is lumped into a group of people that include honest-to-God pedophiles (40-year olds with 9-year olds, for example), rapists and other such scum.
Nobody sees anything *wrong* with that?? Should he be punished? Well, he *did* break the law. But to label him like that (having to register and the whole she-bang) is WAY OVERBOARD. He is even sent to jail for crying out loud. Quote:
He was booked into jail Jan. 9 for allegedly violating terms of his parole by not always registering his changes of address, not observing restrictions on his Internet access, not getting counseling and for having unsupervised contact with minors.
That is just ridiculous. Enough said.
posted by xanadian at 10:24 AM
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