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Example of how laws are faulty

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-PLS&idq=/ff/story/0002/20040514/0730191226.htm

Depending on the country, the laws of "majority" are different. It is usually 18 in the US, and that is for purposes of entering into contracts or joining the military. Depending on the state, kids much younger can get married, etc. with parental consent (in Georgia, it was 14 for the longest time-now 16). There are several subcultures in the US and other so-called Western countries that still arrange marriages for little girls much younger than that and we don't stop that. I guess because there's no money in it?

Just for the record, these are the ages of consent in most countries:
http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm


It wasn't until the 20th century that the whole age thing became such an issue. Heck, until the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and the scandals over meat-packing, kids as young as three or four were put to work along with the adults and no one fussed.

I have seen similar cases where an 18yo has his or her life ruined because they were dating a 16-17yo and did something that would be considered consenting if the younger person were "legal." Of course, we live in a country where you can go to war and die in defense of same, but can't have a beer to celebrate surviving the ordeal.

The point to all this is that while you can make a law to make kiddy porn illegal, you can only cover the US in the law. Even so, you can't stop what may be considered legal in other countries from coming in unless you pull the plug on the internet in total, ban all mail from countries where it is legal, and put your head up your heiney so you never see the homegrown exploitation happening down the street.

All good intentions end up with unintended consequences, is all I'm saying.

Posted by: AbsolutelyNot   Posted on: 05/17/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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