On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Justin Scott <[email protected]>wrote:
> Just as a thought experiment.... why 18? Is it ok for a 17 year old man to > be with a 9 year old girl? Is it ok for anyone to be with a nine year old > girl? What about a nine year old boy? Is motive important or is it wrong > in all cases? There is at least one culture (I forget where they are, it's > a fairly isolated tribe) who believe that the only way for a man to become > fertile is to take in the sperm of an older man. Every now and then they > have a ceremony where young boys perform oral sex on older men so that they > can become fertile men themselves. Western societies would look at this in > complete disgust but for them it is a normal rite of passage. I'm not > making a value judgment or saying what they do is good or bad, it's just > different from what we hold as a cultural norm. Things get a lot more > complex when you look deeper which make absolute truths harder to define. > Yes, they do. I can't think of an instance where an 18 year old would be immature enough, and/or a 9 year old would be mature enough, for me to think this would be appropriate. I didn't give thought to 17 and 10, or 16 and 11....surely as the ages get closer and the girl gets older....things become less clear. Are there any moral objective truths that you subscribe to, Justin? Or can ANYTHING be allowed, as long as it can be "culturally justified"? (Pure cultural relativism) -- With a little perseverance you can get things done Without a blind adherence that has conquered some ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312643 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
