| It's about time... Canada's age of consent raised |
by ag__wyvern |
2008-05-05 11:20:37 |
to 16 years.
Saw this mentioned a few days ago when it first passed. It's about bloody time.
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I'd still say... | by esbita | 2008-05-05 11:47:44 |
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It's a heck of a lot better than what we had, thou | by ag__wyvern | 2008-05-05 11:52:35 |
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Yeah, most US states don't have that provision | by esbita | 2008-05-05 11:55:56 |
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mine does | by Nightwind | 2008-05-05 18:40:53 |
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How in the world is that too broad? | by ixeian | 2008-05-05 12:36:49 |
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11 and 15 and 5 years close in age. | by merlin | 2008-05-05 12:40:10 |
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Don't see how that could result. | by ixeian | 2008-05-05 13:00:48 |
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The way I read it is that age 16 is the hard floor | by merlin | 2008-05-05 13:11:33 |
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Florida has two ages of consent. | by Phoon | 2008-05-05 14:01:50 |
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underage doesn't mean it's ok. | by subbywan | 2008-05-05 13:11:33 |
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Don't quite understand your headline | by ixeian | 2008-05-05 13:57:23 |
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The better option would have been | by subbywan | 2008-05-05 14:01:53 |
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oops ... 16, with 2/3 year exemption, not 15 (n/t) | by subbywan | 2008-05-05 14:02:17 |
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Read the article. | by esbita | 2008-05-05 12:45:44 |
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So you're saying there should be prosecution | by ixeian | 2008-05-05 13:11:01 |
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File under much less time passed... | by esbita | 2008-05-05 13:44:16 |
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Tiered, methinks. | by Phoon | 2008-05-05 14:03:17 |
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Can agree with that, more or less. | by esbita | 2008-05-05 14:22:01 |
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Thats actually reasonable. | by Silverfire | 2008-05-05 14:35:05 |
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maybe I don't understand the issue | by symbiont1b | 2008-05-05 14:38:12 |
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It's an arbitrary limit... | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 14:57:07 |
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Um, that's discriminatory | by subbywan | 2008-05-05 15:06:25 |
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On the contrary: | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 15:21:43 |
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"Starship Troopers" | by swisscheese | 2008-05-05 15:29:42 |
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Guilty, as charged | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 15:37:22 |
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I never said *you* were discriminating | by subbywan | 2008-05-05 15:31:04 |
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Oh, yes, exactly | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 15:39:04 |
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Perhaps ... though, I suspect it would be far more | by subbywan | 2008-05-05 15:40:30 |
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Probably... | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 15:46:35 |
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subthread-jack.... | by esbita | 2008-05-05 15:50:35 |
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Ay. Why? | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 15:56:48 |
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arbitrary yes, but then why | by symbiont1b | 2008-05-05 15:10:14 |
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crap....I can't proof read (n/t) | by symbiont1b | 2008-05-05 15:11:58 |
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Talk about your "Procrustean bed" | by swisscheese | 2008-05-05 15:17:05 |
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Link to the 20/20 story refered to above | by swisscheese | 2008-05-05 15:21:10 |
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And on a related note... | by esbita | 2008-05-05 15:23:23 |
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Yet another point in favor of my little propositio | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 15:36:26 |
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One thing on the "living wage"... | by subbywan | 2008-05-05 15:39:50 |
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Exactly | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 15:45:56 |
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Yes, however, this is the fault of our education | by esbita | 2008-05-05 15:47:06 |
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Sadly, what we have asked of our education system | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 15:55:27 |
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Case in point.... | by esbita | 2008-05-05 15:57:55 |
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Therein lies sign of another problem entirely | by bitflipper | 2008-05-05 16:00:08 |
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Yes, but a significant obstacle.... | by esbita | 2008-05-05 16:02:55 |
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Well yes. "Critical Thinking skills" are lauded.. | by swisscheese | 2008-05-05 16:25:12 |
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The solution just changes the problem | by swisscheese | 2008-05-05 14:43:49 |
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It's easier to blame the system than yourself (n/t) | by subbywan | 2008-05-05 14:47:14 |
