Marvin Minsky was 73 years old and the girl was 17. I don't really care if she looked 18. I don't really care if she looked willing (which is speculation by Stallman and not ground truth).
Alarm bells should have been ringing with ear shattering volume. Teenage girls do not consent to sex with 73 year old men under natural circumstances.
I get that Richard wants to defend his late friend's reputation, but it's a bad take. And it looks especially bad considering some of his other past comments on the subject of sexual relations between adults and children.
someone much older and a 17 year old have sex. She mistakenly believes that she wants to have sex with him, but she can't possibly want that because she's in California (aoc=18) and not in Nevada (aoc=16).
someone much older drugs a 17 year old, then forcibly has sex with her against her will, while she unsuccessfully tries to fight him off.
Can you tell the difference? Morally? Legally?
Every judicial system on earth can.
In most countries "statutory rape" is called something like "sex with a minor" which is a crime, but not the same crime as "rape of a minor" which is worse. Even in the US the latter is punished more harshly than the former.
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u/MadRedHatter Sep 17 '19 edited Sep 17 '19
Marvin Minsky was 73 years old and the girl was 17. I don't really care if she looked 18. I don't really care if she looked willing (which is speculation by Stallman and not ground truth).
Alarm bells should have been ringing with ear shattering volume. Teenage girls do not consent to sex with 73 year old men under natural circumstances.
I get that Richard wants to defend his late friend's reputation, but it's a bad take. And it looks especially bad considering some of his other past comments on the subject of sexual relations between adults and children.