--- In [email protected], new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: <snip> > > 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.
(Alex just said he doesn't disapprove of the law per se, but I suspect he'd find the inconsistency between the federal law and the state laws absurd.) > 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. Yes, that's why the federal law is absurd. > > 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. It may not be the correct legal term; it was intended as shorthand for the kind of IMs Foley sent. Is thus setting > up a meeting for coffee - after a number of chats -- illegal? I'd guess it depends on whether the nature of the chats implies that a meeting for coffee would lead to sexual activity (presumably after leaving the coffee shop). In other words, "solicitation," as I was using the term, means "solicitation for sex." If the chats were explicitly sexual, it strongly suggests that the meeting "for coffee" is a prelude to sexual activity in person, or even a euphemism for it. > Or is > no meeting, but explicit sex talk illegal under such a statute? Apparently so, "explicit sex talk" being considered a form of sexual activity (a la "phone sex"). 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/
