Should pedophilia be legal?

[Autumnlicious]

No, I notice no such thing. You created a false comparison. Pedophilia is a 28 year old having sex with a 13 year old. That is not an exaggeration or even an extreme rarity in the crime of pedophilia. Interracial dating on the other hand, more often than not has nothing to do with a gun toting, coke distributing gang banger. I see the point you were trying to make but the way you went about it is a touch dishonest.

It is not a false comparison. The topics are intentionally not related.

The tactic used are related.

You and the Example both used an extreme to pull an appeal to emotion.

However, given that the universe isn't black and white (how disappointing), we must consider that there is always a gradiation.

And that many laws meant to catch your extreme often are used harm young adults and teenagers.

In other words, there is a little problem with injustice and the ideological demands of John Q. Public.

Being pedantic, I can't help but notice you're using identical tactics to the ones used to pass increasingly draconian laws to assuage the fear that pedophiles are everywhere.

(It is humorous to note that tightening rules past a certain point does little in apprehending criminals. Perhaps investing resources in mental health and moving police focus closer to investigating domestic and sexual abuse?)

You honestly think that I'm going to consider the legalization of pedophilia simply because a handful of Age of Consent cases can be googled?

Does making any changes to existing law, even if it lessens harm to young adults and teenagers who are only two years older than their partner, count as "legalizing pedophilic relationship"?

No.

Don't be fucking ridiculous.

Talk about using the opposite end of the extreme to justify a point.

And talk about projecting imaginary beliefs onto other people instead of judging them solely on what they write.

I'm talking about pedophilia: an adult having sex with a child. I am NOT talking about a 17 year old having sex with a 15 year old, and if that's what this thread is about than the fucking Title of the thread should be changed to something like: Do you think teenagers should be allowed to have sex with teenagers.

The problems come in the definition of what is a child.

A 15 year old is considered a child.

"Child", as a term, encompasses 1-19 years of age.

Definitions.

If being an extremist means that I think a 14 year old girl cannot legally be coerced by a 25 year old man to have sex - than sign me up!
I addressed the OP, not some bull shit about whether or not teenagers should be allowed to have sex with eachother.

Never made any statement about such. Again, project much?

The bulk of posters driving this topic have not argued that one cannot judge. So why do you need to argue this?

If there are those who hold me in disdain for broadcasting loudly against full grown adults having sex with children. Than so be it. I only mentioned it because there are those who are too timid to admit that they too find the question appalling.

Because you are So Brave in trumpeting the obvious, you see anyone who objects to you being a loud jackass as held in disdain?

I simply found that lousy arguments that depended on appeals to emotion to be doing a disservice to their respective sides.

But then again, it is easier to be a sea gull and shit on someone's hood than pound your opponent with facts.