Different countries use different ages to determine what is 'under age' or not.
I'm not saying a 16 year old is attractive, I think 20 is about the bottom of my age limit*, in soem of the States it's 21, which seems a bit old from me. In some arabic countries 12 is the min age.

Biologicly and not legally, doesn't it depend on their progresion through pubity?


* does this sound a bit like "I'm not racist, some of my best friends are from africa" ?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:29, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

the states don't have any sense though
under 21? can't shag, can't drink booze, but if you want to drive from 16 then go ahead!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:30, Reply)

This is a good point
but in France you can drink at 16 and drive at 18. Which means you've got a two- (or, more likely, three-) year drinking habit established before you can get behind the wheel
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:32, Reply)

I think tha'ts the right way 'round, on account of you getting the "WOW, WE CAN DRINK, LETS GET WANKERED" out of your system.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:34, Reply)

I agree with this
europeans are generally more responsible drinkers than us. and americans are just lightweights
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:36, Reply)

I suppose that's true
Especially the second part. Light beer. I ask you.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:39, Reply)

I've grown up allowing a 25% wine 75% lemonade mix since I was a very young child... at a family meal.
And from the age of 10ish I was allowed 50/50 shandies in the pub with a meal.

I did have a couple of years of drink-till-vomit every weekend, from the age of about 16.5 'till 18, and now I'm indifferent to booze. It was never a holy grail for me, so I've always been alright with it.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:39, Reply)

I had watered wine from a pretty early age
it being Devon I started on the cider at age 13. Don't drink a great deal these days.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:40, Reply)

I'm a firm believer in the idea that getting it out of your system early is a good idea
I was a right goody two-shoes in my teenage years so I went stupidly mental when I came to Uni. Had I dedicated 16-18 to some serious drink and drug abuse I might not have quite so much to regret now.

Alternatively, I might have fucked my A-levels up, gone to a worse Uni and never met Ms Foxtrot.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:45, Reply)

I think the bigger point is the age difference between the partners
therefore, two 13 year olds is less offensive than a 13 year old with an adult.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:30, Reply)

I don't remember the details of the story
but clearly, a 13 years old and an adult is a no go. Mainly because the 13 years old probably has no idea of what she's doing and the adult is, conciously or not, taking advantage of the child.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:34, Reply)

But does publity equate to maturirty?
It doesn't, in so many respects. We must protect the innocence of children, they grow up to fast these days anyway, being aware of things in the world that they shouldn't know at their age. The country has way to many cases 'kids having kids'.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:31, Reply)

And
Because the education system is not as it used to be, and kids know about sex early in life (which I'm not saying is wrong, there were kids having kids when my grandma was a little thing), does that give an adult the right of having sex with a child?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:36, Reply)

No, I'm thinking about the legal bit
but it seems (from Vipros answer above) that the rest don't agree with me. I say, if they like each other and there's not force used to do it, go for it. Who are we to judge? Less than a fes years ago it'd be inmoral to have an abortion, but as now it's legal, nobody here complains about it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:32, Reply)

We judge for the same reason
that children are not deemed as responsible for their criminal actions as adults are.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:36, Reply)

Yep, in law a child is anyone under 18
And whilst the age of consent is 16 here, they're still considered a 'child' under law, and therefore owning/creating/inciting the creation of indecent images of under 18s is illegal.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:40, Reply)