Originally Posted by Rudey (Post 1360024)

"In addition to derailing Liberal measures to loosen marijuana and prostitution laws, Mr. Harper has introduced tougher crime legislation, bolstered the military with new money and equipment, lowered the national sales tax and plans to raise the age of sexual consent to 16 from 14."

You gotta be joking. You're allowed to pork 14 year olds up there?

-Rudey

Originally Posted by centaur532 (Post 1360028)

You can finally get some and it won't be illegal Rudey!

Originally Posted by Rudey (Post 1360024)

"In addition to derailing Liberal measures to loosen marijuana and prostitution laws, Mr. Harper has introduced tougher crime legislation, bolstered the military with new money and equipment, lowered the national sales tax and plans to raise the age of sexual consent to 16 from 14."

You gotta be joking. You're allowed to pork 14 year olds up there?

-Rudey

Originally Posted by Rudey (Post 1360030)

I'll fedex you $5 if you can just be funny for 5 seconds.

-Rudey

Originally Posted by RACooper (Post 1360053)

As long as you aren't in a position of authority or responsiblity for said 'minor' then yeah... so for example it is perfectly legal for an 18 year old and a 14 year old to have a sexual relationship with out said 18 year old being labeled a sex-offender or peadophile.

Originally Posted by centaur532 (Post 1360110)

You don't possess a sense of humour anyway so that would be lost on you.

Originally Posted by Rudey (Post 1360024)

"In addition to derailing Liberal measures to loosen marijuana and prostitution laws, Mr. Harper has introduced tougher crime legislation, bolstered the military with new money and equipment, lowered the national sales tax and plans to raise the age of sexual consent to 16 from 14."

You gotta be joking. You're allowed to pork 14 year olds up there?

-Rudey

Originally Posted by Rudey (Post 1360128)

So basically a 45 year old man can molest a 14 year old girl and it's OK if he's not her dad? You guys seriously don't see anything wrong with this?

-Rudey

Originally Posted by Rudey (Post 1360129)

Perhaps you should stick to talking with your un-funny, retarded GC friends then and leave me be.

-Rudey

Originally Posted by RACooper (Post 1360159)

Molest - no, that'd be sexual assault ... as for sex, well...

The courts have very "loose" definitions of what constitutes authority - and the courts would almost always decide against said 45 year old (male or female). If past cases are any indication, the courts would decide that a 45 year would hold a "de-facto" position of authority simply because of age, and legal charges of sexual assault or sexual exploitation would be pressed.

The ironic part of these laws is how many on the right scream about them corrupting the morals of the youth... when in fact it was the Tories who enacted them under pressure from the more "conservative" Christian sects - along with a law that has since been repealed stating that a 14 year could get married with parental permission or she/he was expecting (and some still do after issuing legal challenges to prove their emotional maturity).

I keep having a mental image of the Simpsons-esque screams "won't somebody think of the children" that usually accompy the protests... by protestors who seem to operate under the assumption that 14 years aren't mature enough to think about sex, much less have it.


PS> Oh and KSig RC the usual phrase commonly thrown about is "Grass on the field - Play Ball" (or at least it was when I was in Highschool).

Originally Posted by Rudey (Post 1360271)

Yeah how foolish for me to think that 14 year olds aren't mature enough to think about sex.

Originally Posted by squirrely girl (Post 1360259)

just because the age of consent is 14 doesn't mean that statautory (sp?) rape doesn't still apply in some of these situations - there are states here in the US with ages of consent that young

- m