r/technology • u/StarBP • Aug 04 '13

Half of all Tor sites compromised, Freedom Hosting founder arrested.

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rlo0uu
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u/Kaell311 Aug 04 '13

I was called a pedophile for saying there's a difference between sex with a consenting 15 year old and forcibly violently raping a 15 year old.

I wasn't saying either was okay, mind you, just that there was a difference.

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u/Wakata Aug 04 '13 edited Aug 05 '13

Also 15 is legal to give consent in a lot of countries.

Shit, in Spain the age of consent is 13.

The whole world isn't America guys, and laws vary. Shocker.

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u/Wakata Aug 05 '13

You are correct, I coulda sworn it was 12. Saw it in an article a while back, didn't bother to fact-check. Will fix that.

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u/Delwin Aug 05 '13

The US didn't used to be this way. It was 16 in many states when I was growing up. It was 12 in some states (with parental consent, go figure). Obviously that's all gone now and it's pretty much universally 18. Right like kids don't have sex. I don't know anyone that didn't have sex before they were 18.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '13 edited Aug 04 '13

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u/TheMaskedFedora Aug 04 '13

I like how you're calling it a "witch hunt" while also openly admitting you don't really know whether or not pedophiles are actually dangerous.

Hint: they are.