• HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world
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    if absolutely needed it’s easy enough to just take any new dating prospect to a bar and let the bartender card them.

    FYI this is not allowed to be used as a defense in court in some states (e.g. mine). If you card them and they have a fake ID, you’re still criminally culpable for anything untoward.

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        Punishing people for sex that their imaginary friend wouldn’t approve of is far more important than justice or fairness to most people.

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        Seriously, what’s the option - oh you look slightly young, let me see your birth certificate? Wait that might be a forgery, show me your driver’s license? Wait, that might be a forgery - show me an x-ray of your bones so I can analyze your growth plates.

        Fucking hell

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          One of the many ridiculous laws implemented by performative GOP pearl-clutchers, half of whom are on the Epstein List.

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        Yeah that doesn’t sound right, even ethically.

        If by your sincere knowledge you’re having a date with an adult, you shouldn’t get in trouble for anything

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          F.S.S. 794.021:

          Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense

          When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim’s being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the […]

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        It’s not that blatant:

        F.S.S. 794.021:

        Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense

        When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim’s being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the […]