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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by throw0101a on Friday September 27, 2019 @10:49AM (#21092597)
Because that's what the law says. You can't vote at 17 years and 364 days either. (Or drive at 15 years and 364 days.)

What would a "spectrum of consent" even look like? 'First base' at one age, second at another, etc.?

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_metaphors_for_sex

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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by soulofmischief on Friday September 27, 2019 @01:48PM (#21094419)
The law used also used to say it was illegal for gay people to marry and black people had to use separate bathrooms. That black people are worth 3/5 of a normal person. So don't even start with that "but it's the law!" drivel, we are talking about morality here.
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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by chrisdhoover on Friday September 27, 2019 @11:22AM (#21092947)
It would look like romeo and juliet laws that allow consent between two teens close in age.
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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by Kaiyou on Monday September 30, 2019 @04:38PM (#21119452)
..but Romeo was over 18 and Juliet was like 13. That's statutory rape!
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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by Kaiyou on Friday September 27, 2019 @11:28AM (#21093017)
It's the letter of the law and that's why the above quoted position (or see below) is indefensible?

RMS: "I think that everyone age 14 or above ought to take part in sex, though not indiscriminately. (Some people are ready earlier.)”

Just because it's the letter of the law doesn't mean we are forbidden from discussing changing it.

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