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

[Carl Westberg]

Funny you should mention Physhtar.  I understand they just beat Micronesia 
1-0 in another riveting World Cup match.   Carl Westberg Jr.


>From: "Taro Tanaka" <taro_tanaka at hotmail.com>
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: [Vision2020] RE: TYPO CORRECTION Re: The age of consent
>Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:42:34 +0000
>
>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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