holy crap. You’re right. The comments are disgraceful. They act as if the victim and victim’s family are the ones being ridiculous.
They scoff that this 17 yr old girl is called a “child” and that she should darn well be having sex by now, like it or not!
the country we knew is DEAD.
Oh quit being a fossil, go find your’re own threesome.
/D
Prison for many years I would hope
looks like most of those comments are from the same four low lifes posting again and again.
There are plenty of people right here on FR, who if this were an attractive teacher and a 17 year old boy, would be commenting “not guilty”.
BUT, what did their volunteer activities as "rescuers" have to do with anything? Was the teen someone they had "rescued"?
Of late, I see "journalists" trying to "hang a label on" offenders -- especially if they can identify them with some group they want to smear by association.
Well, unfortunately the Pacific Northwest is noted for endemic levels of perversion. Sadly it doesn’t surprise me much to find a whole bunch of locals passionately defending a ménage à trois involving a high-schooler.
I’ve been over most of this nation, and I have never seen the level of WEIRD that I have through Oregon and Washington. The wet-sides of those two states are, well, odd.
I’ve never personally been there, but I’ve heard some stories, so here’s a yelp review of a restaurant that closed down over in Lincoln City - a full service tourist trap gift shop, vegan restaurant, bar, head shop, and adult toy store. http://www.yelp.com/biz/aunt-marys-toaster-bistro-lincoln-city
There’s something in the water over on the wet-side, I can tell ya that.
17 year olds can certainly consent to sex. That does not mean they can not also be coerced, forced, intimidated, and/or manipulated into having sex.
In many states, anyone 16 and older can have sex with anyone else who is age 16 and over.
The crime is committed when an individual is photographed or videotaped having sex when that individual are under 18.
It makes very little sense that a dirty old man can shag a teenager legally, but he has crossed the line if he takes a nude picture of the teen. Don’t get me wrong... they’re both horrible acts. But one is criminal and the other is just fine and dandy.
Messed up.
After all, it's also OREGON!