Once again that's an assumption. Now I might find it horrible that they don't but for all I know it will be the norm...
frank theriault wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 6:01 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Current mores should never be used to judge the past. To consider this >> Rocco pedophilia is simply ignorant. The magic numbers used today for >> adulthood were very different in other eras. There's really nothing >> very special about numbers such as 13, 16, 18, 21 etc, except what >> society makes of them. Romeo and Juliette were 14 years old. Kings in >> their preteens married Queens in their 40's and vice versa for dynastic >> reasons, (for similar reasons Pharaohs married their sisters), Mohamed >> took a 12 year old as his 4th wife. None of this was considered >> particularly scandalous during the times they happened. I expect that >> our civilization will be viewed with horror by our descendants, though I >> couldn't tell you why. The reasons will probably have nothing to do >> with what you or I find horrible. >> > > I'm guessing that online kiddy porn will rank right up there... > > cheers, > frank > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
