--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > 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.
A large majority of states (as well as most or all of Europe) are less than 18. Only 8 or so states have the 18 year old level. > > 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. "Solicitation" seems an odd term to hinge the law on. Is thus setting up a meeting for coffee - after a number of chats -- illegal? Or is no meeting, but explicit sex talk illegal under such a statute? 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/
