--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" > > <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > [...] > > > > Because the age of consent in DC is 16, had > > Foley had consentual > > sex > > > > with the 17-year-old minor instead of IM > > conversations he would > > have > > > > been in less trouble! > > > > > > > > Believe me, this is NOT a defense of Foley, who > > is a scumbag by > > any > > > > stretch. > > > > > > > > > > The REAL question is: what did GOP leadership know > > and when did > > they know it? This could > > > be a major, MAJOR scandal due to obstruction of > > justice charges > > against many members of > > > Congress and the White House. > > > > > > > No, the REAL question is: why is it more of a crime > > to TALK about > > sex with a 17-year-old than actually HAVING sex with > > that same 17- > > year-old... > > Perhaps another example of "stop-gap" legislation that > only address one issue--usually for voter appeal-- > without understanding the larger legal context of the > issue. Like some draconian marijuna laws that can send > you to prison for a longer time than 2nd degree > murder. strange but true.
Precisely. Harper's Index -- a one-page feature of that publication -- always contains alot of interesting juxtaposition of facts such as the one you cited. For example, they would something along the line of the following (I am, of course, making these up): Sentence a Texas man received in June for growing Marijuana for his own consumption: 20 years. Sentence another Texas man received in June for shooting his wife to death: 7 years. ...or... Sentence a 54-year-old man received for having consensual sex with a 17-year-old: zero. Sentence a 54-year-old man received for having consensual INSTANT MESSAGING sex with a 17-year-old: 4 years. Take a look at the real Harper's Index: http://www.harpers.org/HarpersIndex2006-08.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!' > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
