The age of consent

May 23rd, 2004 at 2:54 pm by David Farrar

A lot has suddenly been written about the Government bill to change the age of consent laws. It is somewhat amusing, considering the bill was introduced six months ago on 9 December 2003. People have just read it I assume!

Also the changes in the bill are not actually a lot different to the current law. I

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5 Responses to “The age of consent”

  1. pete Says:

    You could almost say, somewhat begrudgingly, that the govt is putting responsibility back on to parents and caregivers re sex ed. I agree that no amount of legislation will stop kids from doing what they’ve done since year dot. It really comes down to 50% love and communication and 50% luck.

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  2. idiot/savant Says:

    Re: knowledge of age: maybe somebody should tell Tony Ryall about this. He sems to think the government is writing a licence for dirty old men to chase teenagers…

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  3. Dave the Rave Says:

    Lock up your daughters

    This is much more accurate than the Sunday Star Times – from Russell Brown…. read this also from David Farrar, who has also got it right.The clause is to be dropped.

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  4. Dave the Rave Says:

    Lock up your daughters

    This is much more accurate than the Sunday Star Times – from Russell Brown…. read this also from David Farrar, who has also got it right.The clause is to be dropped.

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  5. Lizzie Says:

    I think that no matter what the legal age of consent is, people will still be at it and you can’t do anything about it.

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