17 AND A HALF YEARS

SwampGass · 2009-08-15T04:26:44+00:00

I could understand a little something but the prison term is a wee bit off don't ya think?

rmbarnes · 2009-08-15T11:09:08+00:00

What he did was a bit dirty and should be punished but 17.5 years in prison, and he never actually spoke to a minor? Really?

Many people argue that talking to girls this old may be illegal but isn't actually all that sick and twisted. This comes from the fact that once a girl has passed puberty, men are going to instinctively want to have sex with them, even if society as a whole and the law views them as too young.

Also I'd just like to point out that this guy is an ephebophile not a paedophile (or though he comes close).

http://www.dearcupid.org/question/could-my-boyfriend-be-a-paedophile-or-an.html

AnnArchist · 2009-08-15T20:52:58+00:00

Seems like a thought criminal of the worst kind. I found the sentence to be unbelievable though.

BestServedCold · 2009-08-15T10:58:42+00:00

I appear to be in the minority here. I don't have a problem with this sentence at all. I suppose if I had any problem with it, it would be that women who actually succeed in having sex with 13 year old boys don't do 17 days in jail.

I'm not denying that, as a 35 year old man, I would probably have sex with a 17 or even a 16 year old if given the perfect set of circumstances. But to me there is an infinite gap between a 16 year old and a 13 year old. No adult man needs to be having sex with 13 year old girls, getting them pregnant, giving them venereal diseases. I'm not saying this guy was a bad dude for having those impulses. I'm saying he was bad for acting on them.

Gareth321 · 2009-08-15T04:18:56+00:00

Since when did chatting to undercover police on the internet lead to a prison term equal to murder? I just can't fathom a society that would treat this man [who albeit thought he was meeting up with an underage girl for sex] with as much disdain as a murderer. Something just isn't right.

GrokThis · 2009-08-16T00:06:09+00:00

I think the guy is a freaking scumbag, but 17 years is outrageous.

I just looked up the average sentence for an actual violent sex assault in the US (2004) and found it to be 9 years. (Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics Online)

2009-08-15T19:54:37+00:00

Absolutely shocking.

And you know what? I bet all these undercover cops get a real sexual thrill from posing as young teenage girls. Especially the female cops...

And at the end of the day, teaching your teenage daughter to never meet up with anyone offline should be enough. In fact it probably is - this is why the police have to resort to entrapment to lock up more 'online predators'.

And, yes, if you take religious superstition and feminism (two sides of the same coin) out of it, sex really doesn't have that great a significance...unless it results in a young girl getting pregnant (or catching a disease). Therefore scrap statuary rape laws and only prosecute men if they impregnate a teenage girl (or use coercion) or don't practice safe sex.

America's unjust and illiberal sex laws : http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14165460

Title	17 AND A HALF YEARS
Author	Gareth321
Upvotes	11
Comments	12
Date	August 15, 2009 4:15 AM UTC (17 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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