Originally Posted by minusonebit

Nevermind the fact that the US has some of the most fucked up sex crime laws to begin with... before you wish death on all of those pedophiles, you need to make sure you understand what one is, first. There are plenty of people who get sent to prison on the pedo laws that, as far as I am concerned, are not pedos.

If an 18 yo has consensual sex with a 16 yo, is that wrong? The law says yes, I - and most of the rest of the world - says no. What about a 16 yo and a 15 yo having a consensual fuck? Law says they are a sex offender too. Hell, by the US standards, I am a sex offender because I fucked around with a 19 yo when I was 15.

The current laws are arbitrary and blind. They do not take into account the state of mind of the parties, whether it was consensual - just the ages and how that stacks up in the eyes of the law. They consider sex offenders to include a 12 yo who moons a classmate and a 43 yo caught taking a piss on the side of the road.

Everyone agrees that a 45 yo who fucks a 7 yo - regardless of consent - is a pedo. But is a 15 yo or a 17 yo who consensually fucks that 45 yo a pedo? Maybe. It depends on the circumstances.