It has since been changed to 18.[00:26] schestowitz Could you provide some source as to when the age of consent was changed from 16 to 18 in the US Virgin Island? That would be really illuminating! A link to the Act, an article, something? I haven't been able to find any. [00:26] schestowitz reply [00:26] schestowitz [00:26] schestowitz henearkr 4 days ago [] [00:26] schestowitz Oh, thanks for pointing out. You're right, so the Minsky case does not belong to the controversy around RMS positions. [00:26] schestowitz I did not know of this Dutch group, and I think their purpose is wrong. [00:26] schestowitz reply [00:26] schestowitz [00:26] schestowitz dragonwriter 4 days ago [] [00:26] schestowitz I think he also specifically defended Minsky, IIRC, onn the grounds that it wasn't clear Minsky had any reason to suspect that it wasn't voluntary and that, given that, did nothing morally wrong (if you think sex with prepubescent children can be voluntary and if so not harmful, obviously it's unsurprising to think the same thing for post-pubescent near-adults); his defense of Minsky is still controversial (people don't generally [00:26] schestowitz think that the age of consent is a bad idea, especially when there is a also a wide gulf in ages between parties), but not as extreme as his separate defense of pedophilic sex generally. [00:26] schestowitz reply [00:26] schestowitz [00:26] schestowitz lawnchair_larry 4 days ago [] [00:26] schestowitz This is the real problem with the culture today. People willfully, blatantly lying about other people to smear them and trying to convince everyone else to shun them as well. [00:26] schestowitz reply [00:26] schestowitz [00:26] schestowitz mjg59 4 days ago [] [00:26] schestowitz I don't think it's unreasonable to interpret "I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children" as a suggestion that there are circumstances under which paedophilia is OK. Suggesting that someone doing so is willfully, blatantly lying seems like an unsupported claim. [00:26] schestowitz reply [00:27] schestowitz [00:27] schestowitz phkahler 4 days ago [] [00:27] schestowitz There is another sentence after the one you quote which takes the edge off it. Dropping that part could be construed as willfully taking his words out of context to makes them sound worse. IMHO taken as a whole I think it says more about his lack of understanding than him endorsing anything. But as you say, that's not blatant lying. [00:27] schestowitz reply [00:27] schestowitz [00:27] schestowitz davidcbc 4 days ago [] [00:27] schestowitz > The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren't voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the idea that their little baby is maturing. [00:27] schestowitz This doesn't take the edge off, it makes it sound worse [00:27] schestowitz reply [00:27] schestowitz [00:27] schestowitz gizmo686 4 days ago [] [00:27] schestowitz How does it make it sound worse? [00:27] schestowitz As I read it, he is saying: [00:27] schestowitz Original quote: "I am skeptical about
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