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that just proves my point. some countries base it on age and others on marriage status. NOT ONE country actually bases it on physiological puberty. because it's all about maintaining a particular social order, whereas the needs of an individual are not considered at all. just like nobody asks little boys if they want to be circumcised or not.
It’s a simplification to free up the courts. Too much energy to look at every case.
Perhaps if technology improves to a certain point where it becomes simple to determine maturity then this would become more individually defined.
In context, if society does not have a welfare state perhaps marriage is not a misguided requirement, minimizing potential requirement for charity for single parent situations.
There are differences across the world and one can choose to a degree where to live if unhappy.
you remind me of when i was like 10 years old and my friend's younger brother was 7 and we were watching TV and the news was like " there is not enough money to do this " etc. and the 7 year old was like " the government should give everybody money ! " and i thought to myself - how is it possible to be this stupid ?
that's how i am feeling right now all over again. it's disheartening to say the least, and i'm tired.
hopefully one of these days i will find the energy to respond.
No qualms. Plenty of time.
so let me get it straight - you're saying it is easier to lock somebody up for 20 years than to check whether their "victim" has pubic hair or not ? you realize it costs about $2 million to keep that person locked up for 20 years ? then once they come out they will go straight on government assistance as they will be too broken to be productive. they will never pay a dollar of taxes in their life and be a burden on everybody until their final breath. not to mention their entire life will be hell ... because it was too much hassle for you to ask the "victim" if they have pubic hair or not.
do you not think the "victim" knows if they reached puberty or not ? do you not think their parents know ? their doctor ? shit there isn't a single person in the social circle of the "victim" that doesn't know. everybody knows.
girls reach puberty between ages 9 and 13 so we set the age of consent at 18 ... because that's the limit of our knowledge and technology ... WHAT ??? you think we can sequence the entire human genome but we can't tell if someone had a period ? are you retarded ?
the real reason we have the age of consent is to make sure girls die alone.
most girls lose virginity around the age of 14. because this activity is illegal it will take place under shady circumstances with some random nigger at a party rather than with a man intent on marrying this girl. by the time the girl is 18 she will have have been with about a dozen men, at which point men won't be very interested in marrying her unless she has something ( like money ) to offer other than sex. so she will go to college and have sex with another 50 men. then to law or medical school and finally by the time she is 30 and had over 100 men she will be ready to settle down.
except that point she will have nothing to offer to a man and a man will have nothing to offer to her so she will simply die alone. which was the goal all along.
and retard "conservatives" cheer this on because somebody told them to hate "pedophiles" and these retarded animals don't have a single living brain cell in their skull and you can manipulate them into supporting anything you want.
all this trash on Poa.st is retarded animals who should all be dissolved in acid alive.
you nostr:nprofile1qqsgegj9s7fh30vuc2e7xqe0njwh8u0vs3sjrr8gcw7gq6ncppd99sspzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejsz9thwden5te0v4jx2m3wdehhxarj9ekxzmnyqy28wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hst6xdky are suffering from the " that's how we have always done it " dumbfuck syndrome.
that's when instead of asking " does what we're doing make any fucking sense " you literally go " well we always done it this way thus it is the right way to do it "
if you were an Aztec performing human sacrifices and i asked you WTF are you doing ? you would start explaining to me the great wisdom behind human sacrifice having no clue that you are actually a fucking retard !
you aren't thinking. you're RATIONALIZING. thinking happens BEFORE a decision is made. rationalizing happens AFTER a mistake is made.
first you do something dumb without thinking simply because " that's how we always done it " and then you RATIONALIZE why it supposedly makes sense.
IT DOESN'T ! it's BARBARIC.
my dick has more brain cells than your entire social circle combined !
It is good to question rules every so often, but I do not believe there is an easy method at this point in time to determine maturity, age of consent.
Therefore, an age test that likely covers the majority is the best system at this stage.
Those of adult age as so defined should have the competence to understand the rule objectively and abide by it.
If they want change, sure, see what others think on the matter on platforms such as this and if there is general support then test it with the local people and representative. Perhaps it could be changed.
At this point given technology and other issues in society, I do not think this is a big deal. One also has the choice of moving location to a jurisdiction that is more agreeable to their beliefs if they are smart enough to pass immigration requirements.
So by all means, carry on. You have a point but not sure it will fly more broadly at this point in time.