Andy Muirhead, Child Molester

[Super Nova]

No, he was not mantra 'just stirring a little." You will learn soon enough. AnimalMother is many things of the asshole variety, including the most misogynist poster I have ever encountered on the www.

More negative slander from Aussie. He never gives up. Never plays the topic only the person. Never the ball always the man.

We all have learned soon enough. Aussie is many things of the asshole variety, including the most misogynist and nasty arsehole poster I have ever encountered on the www.

[Super Nova]

If I was seduced at 15 by my French teacher... I can tell you I would not have reported it to the authorities. It would have been worn as a badge of honour. My father would have said... "good on ya son". My mother would not have made an issue of it if it had no negative effect on me.

I would have be a "Legend"

Haha - a 15 year old boy would probably find it about the most exciting thing that had happened to him, but if your French teacher had been a male - it would be a different story, even if you weren't sure of your sexual preferences. I think the age of consent for homosexual sex is now 18 - although it's 16 if it's hetero sex. Now that's sexism.

You're right. If my French teacher was a guy I would have reported it.

I was not aware there is a difference for age of consent depending on your sexuality. That doesn't sound right.

[IQ popping]

Mantra, you are indulging in a blatant double standard.

If it's wrong for men, it's wrong for women. Period.

That's equality.

Obviously it's illegal to have sex with anyone under age, but the fact is some teenage boys and girls are far more knowledgeable about sex than the person apparently seducing them. It makes no difference whether they're males or females.

mantra.....do not let AnimalMother get away with comparing apples and oranges. The accepted definition of 'child molester' implicitly excludes those who have consensual (though illegal by Statute) sexual relations with post pubescent teenagers.

Is that the accepted definition of a pedo taxi driver that 'implicitly' thinks that an 11 year old girl who has had her first period is fair game and hence the taxi driver isn't a child molester?

[IQ popping]

A tad more suggesting women are less involved.

How does one news item anyway validate your point?

[Neferti]

Muirhead sentenced today on child porn charges

He will be sentenced in the Hobart Supreme Court this afternoon.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-01/m ... ay/4288758

[Neferti]

He got just 10 months gaol!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-01/a ... ed/4289572

[Rorschach]

I found the Defence argument rather tenuous.

[Neferti]

I found the Defence argument rather tenuous.

So did the Supreme Court. Here is a link to the comments by the Supreme Court on Muirhead's sentencing.

http://www.supremecourt.tas.gov.au/cops/muirhead_a_r

[AnimalMother]

Mantra, you are indulging in a blatant double standard.

If it's wrong for men, it's wrong for women. Period.

That's equality.

Obviously it's illegal to have sex with anyone under age, but the fact is some teenage boys and girls are far more knowledgeable about sex than the person apparently seducing them. It makes no difference whether they're males or females.

True but irrelevant to my point.

If it's wrong for men, then it's also wrong for women. If it's right for men, then it's also right for women.

No double standards should be tolerated.