It's common sense that the sun orbits the Earth. I mean just look up, the sun moves while the Earth stays still. Luckily we have researchers that proved that common sense wrong.
Because they are in clear violation of forum rules, as I see it. You said that I feel that little children should be sperm dumpsters for adult sexual predators. That is a clear slur and accusation which violates rule 2. That is why I asked you to not use this wording anymore.
Have you seen the dozens of pro-pedophilia posts in this thread? I ask, because I haven't seen you take issue with a single one of them. It's just interesting how you manage to skip posts advocating for child sex to zero in on conservative/Republican arguments. Moral priorities, right?
You say that a child can choose or not to choose to give consent to sex. But do they really know what they're consenting to? Do they have the understanding needed to give the consent? Do they know and understand what that level of intimacy involves? I was 22 when I had my first sexual encounter. I was an adult and even then I still didn't fully understand what was going on emotionally. 1-in-4 teenagers regretted first having sex as early as they did and wish that they had waited. Do you really think that a 10-year-old has a chance of understanding everything involved? That a 5 year old does?
Well I hate to repeat it so often, but: Why laws do not forbid hugging? Children consenting for hug don't know what they're consenting to. They can feel it, experience it, but not understand.
Children do not give consent to hugging, they cannot give consent. Try hugging my child whether it wants to or not and unless I have given you my consent, you will be lucky to make it to court.
There is no understanding needed to give consent on things like hug, sex, or kiss. That is why I said they don't need informed consent for such things.
It is irrelevant, children cannot give consent to a hug, you decide what your child has done to it, and if you decide wrongly, the state will intervene and decide. This protects the child from bad parents. Children do not give consent to anything.
Again, children cannot give consent, to hugging or anything. Stop peddling the idea children give consent to anything!
You also asked me to stop using my wording when I said... And you answered with... Since as evidenced time and time again in this thread (as well as the others) you have clearly stated that you are in favor of letting children have sex with adults...where precisely did I violate the Terms and Conditions of this website. Yes, perhaps I went too far with the "Sperm Dumpster" crack...but you first started telling me to not use such wording in the comments above. So. Why do you think you have the right to ask me why I think that children shouldn't have sex with adults...but I don't have the right to ask you why you think that they should?
You can call anything you like what you want. We are discussing a legal concept of consent, children cannot give consent. Full Stop. What can a child give its legal consent to?
The ignorance on this forum about how the government works, astounds me. Judges do not make laws, they can only decide if it is constitutional or not and even in that, they have to show constitutional evidence and precedent.
Really? So children are born with the knowledge of pregnancy and how to prevent it? That they're born with the understanding on how to prevent an STD? Some girls can get pregnant at the age of 9 years old. Do you think they're ready for the changes to their bodies that such a pregnancy can cause? That they're ready to bring to term and raise a child when they're still children themselves...all because the adult didn't think that a child can get pregnant that early and decided to not use a condom?
Actually...If I were to go to some random child on the streets and hug them...I could be arrested for that. Even if the child didn't mind it.
Again, English is not my native language and I'm not sure enough, do these phrases "should be having" and "and should be able to have" have the same meaning?