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Originally Posted by Sliver
Wrong, we are talking about statutory rape. It's an important distinction versus just "rape" because rape suggests a violent, forced event while statutory rape can be between two consenting people like in this case.
Yes the girl is young, but really both of them are kids. I think you are doing a disservice to the truth to make it out like he is some kind of monster (maybe he is but none of us know that) when in fact he was probably just some horny dude who met up with some horny girl.
Two kids had sex. Big whoop.
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I never said he was a monster. In fact, I said he was a
child--though, in my view, a child with some problems.
Hanging your hat on the word "statutory" in this case to me does a much greater disservice to the truth. It might well be true, but consider this: a 12 year old girl might still be in
elementary school. A 16-year old boy will be in high school. Think back to the summer before grade 11. Would you have sex with a girl in the
sixth grade (or, in the best case scenario, about to go to grade 7) and not call it rape?
If the answer is no--then fine, I guess. But I live in a different moral universe.