“Yes, I do think so.”
Of course you do. Otherwise you come out of the evaluation badly…
"Fundies make their decision based on the Bible, because they believe that it’s the word of God.”
Except they don’t.
Bible supports slavery. Christains on both side of the civil war thought they were doing God’s will.
Nothing in the Bible prohibits abortion, in fact in Numbers it’s instructed. But fundies are sure it offends god.
“You’re basing your decision based on the laws of the society you grew up in,”
The ones that apply to me? How odd…
“you’re not taking into account the fact that other societies both presently and in the past have different definitions of what is correct.”
What’s to take into account? Those don’t apply to me. HOW does that justify anyone committing statutory rape in THIS society?
“Hell, even different states in the US have different definitions as to what constitutes statutory rpe,”
Citation needed. Statutory rape is unforced sex with a minor. MAYBE some states have a different age of consent, but pretty sure a drunken 12 year old is SR in any state.
“and yet you’re still willing to appoint yourself supreme arbitor of what’s right and wrong.”
No, I’m not saying that I am the supreme arbiter. I’m saying that anyone taking advantage of a minor who cannot consent is a douchebag.
“You’ve labeled the girl a “victim” without ever meeting her.”
What could meeting her possibly change?
“Do you know that she was traumatized by the event?”
Dude, it’s statutory rape. Her trauma or lack doesn’tmake it not rape.
“Do you know if she’s ever had consentual sex with someone her own age prior to this?”
Ah. The slut defense. She has had sex, so the adult who raped her is LESS guilty of rape?
A misogynistic approach that might sway a jury but doesn’t change the law.
“When I was in my early 20s,”
Oh, you have an anecdote. That changes, um, nothing.
"Does that make me a bad guy, simply because of a law, which is more likely to be enforced against a man, who crosses an arbitrary barrier than a woman who does the same?”
You broke the law. doesn’t matter if you disagree with the line, it’s a line, you crossed it, you broke the law.
You’re a bad person.
“Perhaps it’s the law that’s wrong.”
There are ways to change laws that are on the books. Go ahead. But until the law is changed, it’s statutory rape.
“I’m not advocating adults sleeping with young children, but that’s beside the point.”
You’re advocating sex with minors. that’s the entire point. Where YOU draw the line is not even a valid defense.