[Vision2020] RE: TYPO CORRECTION Re: The age of consent

[Taro Tanaka]

Chasuk,

To repeat myself, I'm assuming that all the people connected to a 
prospective marriage are not insane. Instead of making up the most 
ridiculous examples from the planet Physhtar, which has an atmosphere of 
pure ammonia and life forms correspondingly adapted to such a world, you 
bring me an actual example of a 7-year-old Christian girl who wants to marry 
a 32-year-old man, a 32-year-old Christian man who wants to marry a 
7-year-old girl, the girl's Christian parents who think this is a great 
idea, and the Christian pastor who would be happy to marry them, and then 
let's talk. Otherwise take your ridiculous examples back to Physhtar and get 
your answers there.

-- Princess Sushitushi

Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:

>Taro's reasoning is very interesting.  According to her, marriage and
>sex are part of the same  package.  "If you want to get laid, get
>hitched," she writes.  I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt
>and assume that she would be opposed to rape if either member of the
>newly married couple subsequently decided that, while they had
>consented to marriage, they weren't ready for sex.  Or maybe that
>would be grounds for instant annulment.  We'll let Taro tell us.  At
>any rate, the marriage/sex package is okay if the bride, groom,
>parents, and pastor all agree to the arrangement.  According to Taro's
>logic, then, a 7 year old girl marrying a 32 year old man would
>theoretically be fine.  If she agreed to be deflowered on her wedding
>night, that would be okay, too.  We will assume that she is old enough
>to consent to sex, as she was old enough to consent to marriage.  But
>consensual pederasty in Grecian times wasn't okay because it involved
>icky homosexual acts and because it hadn't been officiated by a pastor
>(who couldn't have existed because of the small matter of Christ's
>birth not having yet occurred).
>
>Taro, you hypocrite.
>
>Such arrangements did occur, and that is why we have laws stipulating
>the age of consent, for both sex and marriage.  The age of consent for
>marriage is usually set high enough that we are not enabling
>institutionalized rape.  Marital rape can and does occur, largely
>because our society has not entirely abandoned the concept of
>conjugal rights.  However, under Taro's logic, it might be okay for a
>7 year old to consent to sex but verboten for an adult to refuse it;
>what do you say, Taro?
>
>
>--
>
>http://emmagoldman.wordpress.com/

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