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And parenting is what a lot of this is about.

You can’t control debate, mooosey. Just ignore points and people (such as myself) that annoy you. It is possible

Anfd parenting is what a lot of this is about.

You can’t control debate, mooosey. Just ignore points that annoy you. It is possible

It’s not worth debating the point I’m making beyond a certain time. You’ll just have to not get it.

I have no idea what the minimum age should be, though there should certainly be a minimum age. 18 seems too high to me, but why not 24? many people in their early 20s are actually like children, and their first date is a major car crash about to…[Read more]

It’s not worth debating the point I’m making beyond a certain time. You’ll just have to not get it.

I have no idea what the minimum age should be, though there should certainly be a minimum age. 18 seems too high to me, but why not 24? many people in their early 20s are actually like children, and their first date is a major car crash about to…[Read more]

Absolutely, Linda.

It’s to do with parenting as much as individual choice.

You may have a prejudice against old people, or against black people.

Your (grown) child may not!

I know that it’s not true that younger women are not attracted to older men, and that it’s not just to do with money, status, security that women will go for an older man.…[Read more]

This is what I’m talking about.

In the USA, 18 is the legal age of consent.. Anyone who has sex with a girl under 18, and I mean anyone, is guilty of statutory rape.

In the UK, I believe that watching an 18 year old dress up as a 16 year old for a porn film is a criminal offence, though it is perfectly legal to have sex wiht a girl of 16.

Both strike me as bizarre. We’re…[Read more]

In the USA, 18 is the legal age of consent.. Anyone who has sex with a girl under 18, and I mean anyone, is guilty of statutory rape.

In the UK, I believe that watching an 18 year old dress up as a 16 year old for a porn film is a criminal offence, though it is perfectly legal to have sex wiht a girl of 16.

Both strike me as bizarre. We’re…[Read more]

I agree with your post, Linda, but you can’t make an iron rule – one glove doesn’t fit all hands.

Do you think the age of consent should be 30?

In New York City, I believe, adultery is illegal and can be punished by a prison sentence.

Good luck with enforcing both of those.

I hope the violence – hanging, stabbing people for age reasons – is just emotional frustration, because if it were written into law then the UK would be a barbaric country to live in. The next thing we’ll have brought back is ducking.

Why choose 18 as the age of consent? Why not 20 or 16? It’s just not true that all people are mature at a…[Read more]

I hope the violence – hanging, stabbing people for age reasons – is just emotional frustration, because if it were written into law then the UK would be a barbaric country to live in. The next thing we’ll have brought back is ducking.

Why choose 18 as the age of consent? Why not 20 or 16? It’s just not true that all people are mature at a…[Read more]

You didn’t answer about the tariff of punishments and the appropriate age of consent, sairs.

Of course, age isn’t a number, but as I have just pointed out, it all depends. Happily or not, I am strongly agreeing with mooosey on all this, witht he exceptions I noted in my previous post a few minutes ago.

Agree with the wavy lines.

The problem of deception in online chat is not a problem in this discussion because informed consent is just not there. You have no clue as to who you’re talking to online, and can easily be fooled by a clever chatter. This isn’t just middle-aged or old men. A yung guy can claim to be a marine with a lot of years of…[Read more]

I was expecting this to be the normal post denouncing pedophilia (about as controversial as a post denouncing slavery), but then was suprised by this..

So what should the age of sexual consent be?

What should be the maximum age for people to sleep with 18 year olds? Or 19 year olds?

What should be the legal punishment for people who go out…[Read more]

I was expecting this to be the normal post denouncing pedophilia (about as controversial as a post denouncing slavery), but then was suprised by this..

So what should the age of sexual consent be?

What should be the minimum age for people to sleep with 18 year olds? Or 19 year olds?

What should be the legal punishment for people who go out…[Read more]

Well, the term is usually seen as Christian.

Many Christians, mainly Protestant, believe we have fallen asleep until Christ comes again. Catholics believe that we go to Heaven or Purgatory or Hell so RIP is a hope.

Ruby was a convinced atheist. I think we use RIP as a conventional term of mourning and respect, without thinking of the…[Read more]

Now that news has given me a sad day today.

She was one of those characters who defined jc when i first arrived, and defined it thereafter.

When she appeared, in the chatrooms or the boards, she just couldn’t be ignored.

I did get the impression this last year that she wasn’t feeling well, but she never advertised the fact. Her problems came…[Read more]

Now that news has given me a sad day today.

She was one of those characters who defined jc when i first arrived, and defined it thereafter.

When she appeared, in the chatrooms or the boards, she just couldn’t be ignored.

I did get the impression this last year that she wasn’t feeling well, but she never advertised the fact. Her problems came…[Read more]

Now that news has given me a sad day today.

She was one of those characters who defined jc when i first arrived, and defined it thereafter.

When she appeared, in the chatrooms or the boards, she just couldn’t be ignored.

I did get the impression this last year that she wasn’t feeling well, but whenever advertised the fact. Her problems came out…[Read more]

That was an upsetting shock.

I’ve chatted with Ruby on board and in chatroom for years. She was great to talk to, a woman of strong principles but funny and caring.

We often wondered whether our paths had crossed in the Hackney Labour Club in the late 1970s, and swapped memories of the pubs, meetings and gigs of that time.

RIP, Ruby. You’ll be…[Read more]