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Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by mjg59 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @06:29PM (#21131530)
The language used was the correct technical term. There's no imprecision in using it.
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Re:Richard Stallman Has Been Vilified by Those Who Don’t Kno... by meruru on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @07:00PM (#21131792)
It's unfortunate that the legal definition became broader for the same reason I think the common definition shouldn't.

I imagine however that most legislatures get around the issue by having explicit paragraphs establishing harsher punishments for violent rape vs mutually-accepted statutory rape.

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