Hey yall
Yesterday I posted a story that generated a fair bit of debate / research but the mods deleted it for inaccuracies in my headline
there was a lot of good info in the comments thought so go to https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/2662840 to see if you missed it
Anyway, the upshot of that clarifying research is this
back in March, resulting from a 2017 case where a judge 'accepted' an argument that an 11 yr old was 'mature enough ' to consent to sexual intercourse with a 28 yr old, the French govt / judiciary decided AGAINST revising the extant law which states that a judge has discretion to do this, and reduce charges to a sexual misdemeanor. Advocates were hoping they would put in place a minimum age upon whence Rape would be the compulsory official charge, but they were denied
so technically, in France, a Judge could rule a 3 year old 'knew what they were doing' and find a pedo guilty of only a misdemeanor charge, not a felony equivalent rape charge. They had an opportunity to fix this. They failed the children - and France's future.
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heygeorge ago
Technically, a judge would very likely be unable to do what you proposed, and (hopefully) this has never happened. It’s bad enough that an 11YO was considered able to consent.
I don’t want to pick on you, but I have a low tolerance for hyperbole, especially when the facts are more than enough to plead a case.
Dig4Dutroux-Holland ago
Your reply is kind of why OP used the phrasing “technically”, I suppose. Not to he a dick but I believe the hyperbole was evident. Good day!
heygeorge ago
Thank you for coming out of hibernation to clarify what someone else meant.
You are correct. There is evident hyperbole in OP. In my mind this does not make you ‘a dick’.