The Daily Beast first reported that Stallman wrote in 2003, “I think that everyone age 14 or above ought to take part in sex, though not indiscriminately. (Some people are ready earlier.)” In 2006, he wrote, “I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily [sic] pedophilia harms children. The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren’t voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the idea that their little baby is maturing.”
Plenty countries place the age of consent at 15 years.
I get why you consider this pedophilia, but it’s a bit iffy in my book. 14 years old is just one year younger than what many countries do not consider pedophilia.
Indeed we all agree that raping an adolescent will most likely mark them for life.
On the voluntary side it is a bit different to evaluate. I definitely do not think everyone over 14 should immediately take part in sex.
However I see nothing wrong with a 14 years old having sex with someone their age. On the other hand, having sex with someone older is not something I’d always condemn, but I would do that in many occasions. That is why in most cases the laws regarding age of consent strongly defend the minor.
Such decisions are taken by adults, not by minors. Adults discuss their opinions and work out what is the consensus on a certain topic. Then adults get together and organize to change laws in such a way as to reflect that consensus.
He’s also a pedophile.
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Plenty countries place the age of consent at 15 years.
I get why you consider this pedophilia, but it’s a bit iffy in my book. 14 years old is just one year younger than what many countries do not consider pedophilia.
Indeed we all agree that raping an adolescent will most likely mark them for life.
On the voluntary side it is a bit different to evaluate. I definitely do not think everyone over 14 should immediately take part in sex.
However I see nothing wrong with a 14 years old having sex with someone their age. On the other hand, having sex with someone older is not something I’d always condemn, but I would do that in many occasions. That is why in most cases the laws regarding age of consent strongly defend the minor.
The “half your age plus seven” social rule would imply that a 14 year old can engage with another 14 year old, and only that.
I feel that this rule would work better than the hard age limit that the world’s legal systems have adopted, where the age delta isn’t factored in.
My son is 15, and I told him it’s half your age plus seven.
“With someone their age” is key. Why would an old man who wrote software be commenting publicly on kids exploring sex? There’s no valid reason.
Such decisions are taken by adults, not by minors. Adults discuss their opinions and work out what is the consensus on a certain topic. Then adults get together and organize to change laws in such a way as to reflect that consensus.
No, I wrote quite a few more things in my reply.