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Ricky Wood wrote:
I don't get the 'fascination' people seem to have for pedophiles in general and Clint in particular.
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I think it's because they cross a line that, for most people, is an unthinkable taboo.
(with that said, and not to open another can of worms, we are encouraging a certain amount of built-in craziness by referring to people who are 17 years and 11 months old as "children" -- and we certainly do, when it suits our purpose. Our current model of age-of-consent laws allows no real graceful transition from the official status of "immature person who is not ready for sexual relationships" to "person who can give consent to anything, woohoo!". If we want to solve a bunch of problems, some day we really oughta rethink that)