--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Freedom of speech includes the right to be sleazy and inappropriate.
But not to solicit a minor, whether over the Internet or in any other manner. > Why is there no one except myself willing to step forward and > ring the bell of alarm over the eagerness of almost everyone to > have Foley convicted of a crime over his free speech? Shemp, relax. I haven't seen anyone here endorsing the federal law--the one Foley wrote and sponsored-- that sets the age of consent for solicitation over the Internet at 18 when the age of consent for actual sexual activity is 15 or 16 in some states. And not even the FBI has yet determined whether the federal law applies in this case, or if not, which if any state laws apply. All anyone is advocating here, at any rate, is that *if* he solicited someone over the Internet who was underage for actual sexual activity in the relevant state, he committed a crime and should suffer the appropriate punishment. 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/
