"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message
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> "F. Brown" <fredbrown@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Oglethorpe" <antikerry@go.com> wrote:
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>>>>"Frank McCoy" <mccoyf@millcomm.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> "Oglethorpe" <antikerry@go.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Can anyone tell me how society was protected/served by punishing
>>>>>>schoolteacher Mary Kay Letourneau?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kay_Letourneau
>>>>>>
>>>>> One of (to my mind) the greatest love-stories of our generation.
>>>>> You can't let THAT go unpunished. Other people might do the same.
>>>>>
>>>>And what would be the harm in that? Mary Kay and her "victim" are
>>>>married.
>>>
>>> The "harm" perceived is that if enough people decide things like that
>>> aren't so bad, they might repeal the law. That would <GASP!> make SIN
>>> legal!!!
>>>
>>> Like I said, "Other people might do the same," if it is looked at
>>> properly as a love-story instead of some horrid kind of sex-abuse.
>>>
>>> Can't allow "kids" to start having sex, you know ... especially not
>>> with anybody even a year or two older than they are. It's unfair
>>> competition.
>>>
>>> The old folks control the rules and laws; and after a while they get
>>> jealous of the young, pretty, handsome, and innocent ... which,
>>> once-upon-a-time they were. If they can pass laws against the younger
>>> competitors getting jobs, getting lovers, and mainly having the fun
>>> older people are finding harder to do these days, then why not?
>>>
>>> "If you've got the power to prevent others from doing what YOU want to
>>> do, then why not use that power?"
>>
>>Pretty much why they will never legalize prostitution in this country.
>>Legalize it and it would get the prostitutes off the streets, most would
>>be more like high end call girls at reasonable prices. Make pimping
>>illegal so the girls keep their earnings and there would be some real
>>nice prostitutes out there. But the establishment will never permit it
>>even though those who have the power to change the law are probably
>>the best customers of high end call girls.
>>
> But ... But ... But ... Prostitution is a *SIN*.
> Don't you realize that?
>
> BTW: Pretty much the same applies to drug "crimes".
> In both cases, police are about 85% against legalizing either one.
> Which sounds like a good reason for NOT legalizing either one, until
> you realize how much of a stake LEA has in enforcing such "crimes".
>
> They'd <GASP!> have to lay off a large portion of their workforce(s)
> because of the sudden drop in "criminal activity".
>
> Rather like what happened when Prohibition was repealed.
>
> But, mainly, the biggest opposition to legalizing either one is STILL
> church and religious groups intent on criminalizing sin. Ever notice
> how many "blue laws" are still in effect?
> SO many things you just can't do on Sunday.
> WHY?
There was a news article a week or so ago about SCOTUS overturning
a guys sodomy conviction. He had been convicted for sodomy for
asking a 16 year old girl for a blow job. SCOTUS overturned the Sodomy
laws years ago.
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