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Agree. People are coddled up through college. You see these whiners complaining that they are going to have to work all their lives. Oh boo effing hoo

They had records and required licenses.

mark

Census bureau and legal age records of all kinds, what you describe is rare fraud, especially when there was no reason for it.

Women lying about their age, especially as they aged, before records were computerized was common. It wasn't polite to ask a woman her age, of course, so they could lie for vanity. If she moved around, it is even harder to match a birth certificate to a later document. They knew that.

“Article makes a point in that our language is losing meaning and precision.”

Correct. Nazi and Fascist are good examples, and often misused here on Free Republic.

No, it is a thread about the complete misuse of the word pedophile.

See post 6 and remember the thread topic.

Considering how people behave nowadays they should raise the age of consent to around 30

Half black

He was probably fine with teddy letting a girl drown in his car

Read post #54 and apologize, again you have no comprehension skills at all.

You have no understanding why this subject is being pushed. This isn’t about some 21 year old virgin male who owned land courting some 13 year old virgin.

This is about excusing elected officials married with 20+ year old children perhaps and business leaders FORNICATING with 13-16 year olds controlled by sex traffickers and saying its no big deal because they are not consideted pedophiles. Its a BS excuse to avoid proper punishment, which in my opinion, should be execution.

"There are 10⁸⁰ particles "

Atoms, not particles. Many less particles.

"in the universe. "

In the observable universe. We don't know whether the universe is infinite but it is definitely larger

Seventeen year olds can join the Marines and can marry in dozens of states.

You have no comprehension skills anymore. So you promote underage sex trafficking and may be proud your grandma could have been prostituted? OK, lol. I hope this post pisses you off more, your lack of analysis deserves being triggered.

LOL! Not at all. I'm stating historical fact which somehow triggered you to cheap slander. You obviously know nothing of the laws and mores of the period. I will take to heart the advice of my own tagline. Good day, and bless your heart.

Good point.

Mexico: the states in yellow allow marriage at 12. Lightest blue, 13. Cyan, 14.

In 10 countries, you can escape prosecution by just offering to marry your victim.

If you are looking for purity and perfection, politics is the wrong place to look.

16 and 17 year olds aren’t children. In past ages they were starting families, sitting on councils, leading troops in battle. They were considered adults.

After having seen some of his posts over the past year that was my assessment as well. Or he was doing serious drugs (or a combination of all). He seems extremely troubled and we don’t need more unwell people representing our country.

Yep.

That would explain the cretins on here calling 14-year -olds "whores."