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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
I'm sorry, in my state, he is legally considered a pedophile. He would be on the Megan's Law website with a big fat "Rape and illicit acts with a CHILD under the age of 18". Karma says it was coming to him. As it will to anyone else who does this kind of senseless crap.
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No, you're incorrect, he is
not considered a pedophile- either in California, or in the law of any state in this country. He COULD be charged with statutory rape, under current CALIFORNIA law- but your problem is that this didn't happen in
your state, so I don't know what your gripe is.
It fell under
Wisconsin law, in which he has committed no crime. I might note, as have others, that age of consent is different all over the world. Here in the states, it goes all the way down to 16 in several states for females, and down to 14 in a few states for males. The stats are widely available for your perusal, so I suggest you do that research before you insist I shot you down with incorrect information.
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I would like some real dialogue here. I would like the opportunity to gain an open mind about this one.
But the way the current conversation is going, none of that will happen.
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The current conversation is fine, save for your calling people pedophiles who aren't pedophiles by ANYONE's definition of the term except your own (which obviously doesn't count), and wishing death on people. When you take such an egregiously incorrect stance against the facts of law, based on your own moral agenda, people are going to point out how incredibly factually wrong you are, and rightly question the basis of your erronious, and offensive argument.
Bottom line is- your opinions about the act of pedophilia are incorrect based on both the definition used in criminal psychology to specify the mental processes known as pedophilia, and as compared to the law of every state in this country governing what defines a criminal act of pedophilia. The law you assert he's guilty of statutory rape under is a California age of consent law, not a Wisonsin age of consent law, and the incident took place in Wisconsin. Furthermore, wishing death on someone or asserting that their death was deserved is the blatant result of your personal moral agenda, and you will be held to account for such harsh opinions/judgments.