Republicans Seem To Have A Big Pedophile Problem

[GenesisNemesis]

Another thing. Let's, for the sake of the argument, accept that "it's not pedophilia, it's ephebophilia!" Ok? Is that not just as bad as pedophilia? Am I missing something?

Pedophilia is easier to spell and pronounce.

Ironically, the word you are struggling with is correctly spelled "paedophillia", and the first syllable is pronounced "Pee-", but most people now spell and pronounce it incorrectly, so that it is analogous to "pedometer", and appears to describe a love of feet.

Your actual point is correct though, despite your poor etymology; Those who constantly and consistently derail discussions of the rape and abuse of children with this trivia are transparently showing a worrying desire not to talk about the immorality of raping children, and no matter what words are used, that's not a reassuring desire.

The fact is that the fine details don't matter. A sixty year old wealthy man who procures a twenty year old homeless woman for sex is clearly a vile abuser, despite having broken no laws and harmed no children.

The law has to draw a line somewhere, but doing so is a compromise, and for every unfair criminalisation of a "Romeo and Juliet" romance, there is an equally unfair legalisation of an abusive relationship that just happens to be technically lawful.

Goddamn pedantphiles...

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Guys, it's okay. He wasn't talking about 5 year olds.

 

[Bronzeage]

Another thing. Let's, for the sake of the argument, accept that "it's not pedophilia, it's ephebophilia!" Ok? Is that not just as bad as pedophilia? Am I missing something?

Actually in my neighborhood, it's not just as bad a pedophilia, but the difference is small. Louisiana law makes distinctions base on the age of the victim(which for purposes of this discussion is always the younger person involved). S
An adult having sex with a minor age 12 or younger is considered aggravated rape, without regard to other circumstances. For older minors, there are degrees of criminality.

Louisiana laws are based on Napoleonic Code, which in simple English means every crime has a legal definition, along with degrees of severity and the punishment for each degree. Aggravated rape is at one end of the spectrum and "Misdemeanor Carnal Knowledge of a Juvenile" is a the the other. Every definition of degree contains the same qualification, "Lack of knowledge of the juvenile's age shall not be a defense."