don’t think many sixteen year-olds considered fifteen, or even fourteen year-olds jail bait.
Ignorance of the law has rarely been accepted as justification. If parents resurfaced from their busy lives once in a while and actually taught their sons, perhaps such willful ignorance would be remedied. Those who espouse 'liberty' must, by necessity, accept 'responsibility.'
“Ignorance of the law has rarely been accepted as justification. If parents resurfaced from their busy lives once in a while and actually taught their sons, perhaps such willful ignorance would be remedied. Those who espouse ‘liberty’ must, by necessity, accept ‘responsibility.’”
You want a strict enforcement of the age of consent. I think consideration of the age difference among teens is more sensible. We just disagree.
But, in reality, it’s the prosecutors who decide when and how to apply the law, in the very few such cases that come to the attention of adults.