--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I heard an interesting analysis of the Foley scandal on the radio > tonight. Because the age of consent is 16 where the instant messaging > took place, Foley would have been better off having sex with the page > than engaging in sexual banter with the 17-year-old. > > Of course, this argument doesn't address the important issue of the > appropriateness of what he did, but it does tell us something about > internet laws and how communicating with a minor is, in some > circumstances, worse off from a legal point of view than performing > the actual act talked about.
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