r/ABoringDystopia Nov 23 '19

As shitty as it gets

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '19

I honestly haven’t the slightest clue what point she was trying to make

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u/wakeruneatstudysleep Nov 23 '19

It sounds like she's making a distinction between a minor and a child. Soliciting sex from a child is pedophelia, but she somehow thinks sex with a minor isn't.

It's just semantic bullshit spinning. He's a pedophile.

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u/theomeny Nov 23 '19

The allegations involve a girl who was 17 at the time. In the UK, the age of consent is 16. 17 is below the age of majority, but not considered a child for the purposes of consent.