Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoOnline ‘Pedophile Hunters’ Are Growing More Violent — and Going Viral: With the rise of loosely moderated social media platforms, a fringe vigilante movement is experiencing a dangerous evolution.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square354fedilinkarrow-up1774cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoGoogle “age of consent laws” and you’ll see that some are below 18 and some are at 18. Since I don’t know which geography we’re talking about, I go with 18. Underlining “fact” doesn’t make something a fact. Referencing laws does. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_in_the_United_States#%3A~%3Atext=States+where+the+age+of%2CUtah%2C+Virginia%2C+and+Wisconsin.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoBut that’s the thing, man. You can’t just make a blanket statement like “under 18 can’t consent” when there is no universal law stating so. If you said that under 18 people can’t consent in some jurisdictions from the very beginning, we could have saved so much typing.
Google “age of consent laws” and you’ll see that some are below 18 and some are at 18. Since I don’t know which geography we’re talking about, I go with 18.
Underlining “fact” doesn’t make something a fact. Referencing laws does.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_in_the_United_States#%3A~%3Atext=States+where+the+age+of%2CUtah%2C+Virginia%2C+and+Wisconsin.
But that’s the thing, man. You can’t just make a blanket statement like “under 18 can’t consent” when there is no universal law stating so.
If you said that under 18 people can’t consent in some jurisdictions from the very beginning, we could have saved so much typing.