Wheel Nut:
I thought the silly ■■■■■■■■ liked the US statesGeoffrey you are a dangerous prick
US ‘States’ in the form of individual state laws which are the supreme law in the states where they apply yes but the federal idea no.
As for dangerous I don’t think it’s as harmful to apply some common sense to the way that these types of issues are dealt with.
The Savile case who knows because as lots of people have said here,not just me,those who might,or might not,have had a case to make him answer for left it all too late to bring him to justice for the alleged crimes.But hopefully all those implicated,who are still able to face trial,will be brought to answer for what is being alleged.
However the question still remains as to wether the agenda behind the Savile case is really related to just the age gap issue rather than what might or might not have happened all those years ago but which for some reason only now seem to have been raised .
But one thing is for certain I’d have very serious reservations if I was a juror in the case of Jeremy Forrest in helping to send him down for one of the same type of charges as is being applied in the other far more serious case in the recent news.
It doesn’t take a genius to realise that there is absolutely no connection whatsoever in the type of circumstances regarding the two types of case.However that difference probably wouldn’t be recognised when it comes to how the defendants would be treated if/when they are put inside if they are found guilty of the charge/s against them.In one case that treatment would be understandable in the other it wouldn’t when his only real crime was stupidity of ridiculous proportions and adultery.I think that the fact that he won’t ever work again as a teacher and his marriage is probably over,if his wife has any sense,is probably enough punishment in his case.While,like the Savile case,the question remains as to wether it’s really more about the age gap issue,which is the real agenda behind the case.
Although having said that if it really was a case of love (doubtful going by the girl’s silence since) sufficient to have made all that worth the trouble,then the age issue alone shouldn’t be enough to stop the relationship continuing,when the girl reaches the age of consent,at least according to previous legal precedent.The only result in that case should be the justified complaints by those like myself concerning the fact that it always seems to be the blokes who’ve had their chance in life to have a wife,being given another one by another single woman while,at least some,single blokes get none.But there’s not much point in anyone being in a relationship if both parties don’t love each other.
I can’t see anything dangerous about any of that.But indiscriminate witch hunts,concerning these types of issues, without differentiating between them all,according the the circumstances and without applying common sense,would be.