Bill sure knows how to pick his friends.
http://endoftheamericandream.com/ar...could-destroy-hillarys-presidential-ambitions
http://endoftheamericandream.com/ar...could-destroy-hillarys-presidential-ambitions
Not only is there no proof that Prince Andrew or President Clinton had sex with underaged women, but the primary female in question was a jet setting 17 year old. While Epstein certainly went way too young, if you read the case you will find that one of the reasons the court was lenient on him was that the teenagers who went to his mansion in their own cars and were paid quite well for the services they consented to. Most U.S. states have an age of consent of 16 or 17 for non commercial sex, but raise the penalty for prostitution if she is not 18, which was what Epstein was convicted for..
I get sick of the media's politically motivated sensationalist bullshit. Not only is there no proof that Prince Andrew or President Clinton had sex with underaged women, but the primary female in question was a jet setting 17 year old. While Epstein certainly went way too young, if you read the case you will find that one of the reasons the court was lenient on him was that the teenagers who went to his mansion in their own cars and were paid quite well for the services they consented to. Most U.S. states have an age of consent of 16 or 17 for non commercial sex, but raise the penalty for prostitution if she is not 18, which was what Epstein was convicted for.
You see nothing wrong with men in positions of high authority paying girls young enough to be their grandchildren for sex? Really?
Why would Clinton hang around with a man convicted of having sex with a 14 year old? Would you?
The Palm Beach Police Department identified 17 local girls who had contact with Epstein before the age of consent; the youngest was 14, and many were younger than 16. And that was just at one of Epstein’s many homes around the world—he also owns property in New York, Santa Fe, Paris, London, and the Caribbean. Subsequent investigation by the FBI, reaching as far back as 2001, indentified roughly 40 victims, not counting Nadia Marcinkova, whom Epstein referred to as his “Yugoslavian sex slave” because he had imported her from the Balkans at age 14. Now 24, Marcinkova became a member of the household and is alleged to have participated in the sexual contact with underage girls.
I would certainly prefer a world in which all sex workers were 18 or over, but when a case occurs when they are not, a certain level of judgement has to come into play as to mitigating circumstances. I can see a difference between the punishment for a high school volleyball coach seducing a 17 year old and telling her he loves her, versus a 17 year-old who drives herself to a guy's house with the knowledge that she is going to perform a consensual sex act for compensation. That is what I was trying to point out regarding why Epstein's sentence was relatively lenient. The court appeared to accept those mitigating circumstances and allowed him to plead to soliciting an underage prostitute. We all, hopefully, disapprove of sex with a minor, but not every case is exactly the same.
There is no evidence that Clinton or Prince Andrew participated in any sex act, especially any sex act with a minor. So the media should not try to insinuate something with no proof.
With respect to compensated sex by a person with someone young enough to be his daughter, what the hell kind of comment is that on an escort message board? That scenario happens every few hours in the Review Thread. Do you guys think politicians and Royals should not be treated the same as us? If so, I do not think I would like the kind of politicians that would be elected - they might all be like Mackay and say everyone doing a review is a pervert or something like that!
I would certainly prefer a world in which all sex workers were 18 or over, but when a case occurs when they are not, a certain level of judgement has to come into play as to mitigating circumstances. I can see a difference between the punishment for a high school volleyball coach seducing a 17 year old and telling her he loves her, versus a 17 year-old who drives herself to a guy's house with the knowledge that she is going to perform a consensual sex act for compensation. That is what I was trying to point out regarding why Epstein's sentence was relatively lenient. The court appeared to accept those mitigating circumstances and allowed him to plead to soliciting an underage prostitute. We all, hopefully, disapprove of sex with a minor, but not every case is exactly the same.
Octavian, the only thing you are proving is your hate of so-called Libs is so bad you'll do and use anything to smear them.
I trust you read the book "Bias"? I am close to a few people that went to major journalism schools. You had better think one way.Let's not mistake this for professionally educated and trained newsmen.
Merlot
Do you condone anyone having sex with children DayDreamer? Please answer the question. Hmmmm, how does it feel? No one condones it and to imply anyone meant to say any such thing is a sickness. The question is, is there any real truth in this garbage pushed by a Clinton hater...like you pal.
Cheers,
Merlot
The headline reads Bill Clinton And The Pedophile: The Sex Scandal That Could Destroy Hillary’s Presidential Ambitions
Let's hope the last 4 words come to fruition. As for Willie, his "little Willie" does the thinking for him, always has and always will, thanks a lot Viagra.
If you read the entire thread (and I know you haven't), you would see that. Someone could say by reading what Patron wrote that Patron was excusing prostitution under 18 since many of those girls were over the age of consent like 16 or 17) but I and I doubt Patron knows what the law is in Florida).
Now, to educate you Merlot, it is against a felony in the most, if not all US states and a more serious charge in Canada than the basic C-36 buying prostitution is to buy sex from a person under 18. The legislatures did this to prevent persons they thought were too young (who could be manipulated easier) to enter the sex trade.
.
Actually, DayDreamer you are going to have to enlighten me as to the legislative purpose of having a different Age Of Consent for free sex and compensated sex.
I DO NOT condone sex between someone 18 years of age or older, and someone younger than 18, if for no other reason than the lifelong harm the U.S. legal system can cause. Just ask Kaitlyn, the high school senior whose life was derailed by falling for the high school freshman. If the police will do that to a high school senior, they will destroy the life of an adult man.
But that does not keep me from saying that the U.S. sex laws are seriously fucked up. If a 16 of 17 year old can consent to sex with someone 18 or over in a "non-paid" sex act, why do most states with under-18 age of consent laws make it a crime (sometimes a felony) for the adult john who pays that same 16 of 17 year-old for sex. In the latter scenario, she at least got money out of the deal. I have never been able to figure that one out. But there are a lot of laws I can't figure out.
Careful lggy, you don't want to be labeled a Clinton hater or sick by the pro-Clintonestas here on merb. I secretly hope for the destruction of Hilary's ambitions also, but like I said, it's a secret.
You're blindly unthinking.
Merlot
DD,
Tell us all why you and Octavian have not brought up any of the other numerous incidents of underage sex in a very long time until this episode. Your alleged caring is phony. This is an opportunity for you and the like to chase a Clinton connection. That is the end of your "caring".
Cheers,
Merlot
Daydreamer, thanks for the additional data point. Kaitlyn did not qualify for the Romeo and Juliette exception because the high school freshman was 15. Had she been 16, Kaitlyn and most college girls could have participated in cunnilingus with her, but not everyone over 18 in a non-paid encounter.
I did not look up Florida's prostitution law, but I suspect it is like most state laws that create enhanced penalties for any compensated sex encounter when the person being paid is under 18.
But I use the Kaitlyn case to illustrate that it is very difficult to draw bright lines on this stuff, and the U.S. Sex laws are a mess. I think you always have to consider the facts and consider mitigating circumstances. I think what Epstein did was wrong, but realistically there are much worse sex crimes with more devastating impacts to the victims than this one.
Strictly speaking, the cut-off for being defined as a pedophile is attraction to those 13 and younger.
Looks like Epstein clears at least that barrier. I think there is a term for attraction to those 14-17 but not as many readers click on the link when they use that term in an article that includes the word Clinton.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia
I think there is a term for attraction to those 14-17