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Laws about sex.... (was something else)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 13 Jul 2001 17:45:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> I suspect that even if there are not specific and precise laws about it there
> are generally vague laws that could (and would) be used to prosecute the
> parents under some circumstances if/when pushed by busy-bodies.
Right! We have some impressively vague and unenforced laws. For example,
apparently Bill Clinton and Gary Condit(1) may both be "sex offenders" under
DC law, since adultery is illegal in DC. Matters not whether all parties
involved consent or not..
We need to winnow our laws. Throw out the ones that don't belong, and
enforce the few remaining consistently.
1 - For those not up on US news, Rep. Condit had an intern, who has
disappeared. Although he at first denied it, it is looking more and more
like that he was having an affair with her (which was in a sense, "cheating"
on his alleged long term girlfriend... and of course, he and his girlfriend
were cheating on his wife!)
++Lar
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| (...) Interesting. It was illegal in England too, under the Puritanic rule of Oliver Cromwell. Curiously though, of all the cases brought to trial throughout London, only one ever secured a conviction - in most cases, the jurors wouldn't register a (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Porn for sex education
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| (...) Some. I'm not really sure what you're asking. Did you want names and addresses? (...) I suspect that even if there are not specific and precise laws about it there are generally vague laws that could (and would) be used to prosecute the (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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