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Amos Yee is set to give his first ever public talk at Harvard.
Yee is a teenager from Singapore who has recently been granted political asylum in the US. He was in trouble with the Singaporean regime for repeatedly criticizing the country's late founder, Lee Kuan Yew. His treatment has been marginally better in the US. Although he was granted asylum by the US back in March, he was held in US jail until late September where he ran in to difficulties for his ongoing criticism of Islam. Currently, he is banned from Facebook for alleged, unspecified "community standards" violations. His videos are available on YouTube.
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* m2 stares at the monitor... it looks like a hamburger...
m2 - that's a bad sign
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @02:28AM (12 children)
I could go for this. Replace age of consent with tests and measurement:
For both sexes, show a certain level of maturity. Avoid political topics. Test for reading and writing. Show a history of meeting deadlines and commitments.
For males, show an income capable of fully supporting a family of at least 3.
For females, show the ability to naturally birth a large baby. 11 pounds (5 kg) is large. This can be demonstrated by an MRI scan, with a computer model of a baby passing through. The baby needs to fit. Alternately, show proof that there is no uterus.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday November 14 2017, @02:42AM (7 children)
That has to be the weirdest thing I've seen today.
Maybe even this week.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by unauthorized on Tuesday November 14 2017, @02:52AM (1 child)
Are you sure you are on the same Internet I am? Did I accidentally step into a parallel reality wormhole where people aren't weird on the internet?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @02:57AM
The south has to rise again somehow... 5 kg's that's a BIG baby
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @02:54AM (3 children)
It might actually motivate kids to do well in school. The physical requirements would lead to a lot of statutory rape of grown women though.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @03:04AM
An 11-pounder should seem possible. A 7-pounder should be about 100% reliable, easy as could be.
Without this capability, one is not really a grown women, no matter how old.
There is always the option to remove the uterus. Actually, cryosurgery to remove the lining should suffice. The point is that mothers and babies should never be put at risk due to physical immaturity of the mother.
One could perhaps also exempt women over the age of 75.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @03:06AM (1 child)
That word I don't think it means what you think it means... female teachers have committed plenty of rape or socially forced sex if you want to be specific about it.
but let us not talk about power and violence because then we would have to talk about the state and people that are doing violence to everyone
no capitalism does not lead to violence and evil
no wait flip that
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @03:29AM
Nobody was talking about grown women having sex with kids. Maybe you should read all the words before replying.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Tuesday November 14 2017, @06:22AM
Well, let me offer a palette cleanser...... [youtube.com]
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @03:37AM (1 child)
The replacement would be investigating each individual case to determine if a rape occurred, if and only if there is some reason to believe that a rape occurred. You know, like we do with adults now. Or we could keep putting 18 year old kids in prison for banging some 15 year old, which is what will actually happen. Hey, I heard the brain doesn't typically finish developing until around 25! Maybe 25 should be the age of consent?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @04:41AM
Consider a 6-year-old girl, such as Muhammed's wife. Unless that is a really really weird 6-year-old, of strange maturity both mental and physical, something is not OK even if she says "yes". (of course we ought to allow for the strange cases, so testing is better than an arbitrary age number) Consider how in North Africa, girls get fistulas due to damage when giving birth. Their bodies are just too small.
Consider a 6-year-old boy. Does he really understand enough to be risking child support? It isn't OK to put him at risk of that if he doesn't understand, which would be the norm for a 6-year-old. Can he hold down a job that pays enough? Perhaps such a 6-year-old exists somewhere; such a weirdo deserves a chance but normal kids aren't ready.
Measurement is the only fair way to handle this.
(Score: 4, Touché) by krishnoid on Tuesday November 14 2017, @04:02AM (1 child)
"Hey baby, I failed the deadline portion of the exam."
"Well, I failed the means test for family support."
"That's so hot. Wanna do it?"
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 14 2017, @04:44AM
That isn't any different than today, when a 25-year-old has sex with a 15-year-old. (or whatever, according to state law)
If caught, we put somebody on trial. Maybe they go to prison or end up on the sex offender list.