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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK

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To: Jim Roof who wrote (1576)	9/8/1998 9:26:00 AM
From: j_b	Read Replies (1) of 67261

<<But at what point is that a legal fact? What if a child is a willing participant? Your argument assumes that all pedophiles practice rape>> My comment in no way implied that the child was unwilling. Even a willing child will suffer emotionally from the contact with the pedophile. Read my post again and you will see that the differentiation is not one of willingness, but whether or not there was a victim. Even a willing participant can be a victim. One other distinction between sex with an underage participant and sex between consenting adults - our society assumes that minors are incapable of making informed decisions. That's why they can't sign contracts or vote. An adult taking advantage of that inability would be seen as similar to a supervisor taking advantage of a subordinates desire to please the boss or their fear of being fired - there is a victim, even if the sex act seems to be consensual.

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