Originally posted by avatar of law

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well, i just wanna point out one thing. not all "pedo" are the same. some like kids 5-8, others 9-11, others 12-17.

the first two are horrible, because obviously, they're kids and is mala en se (Evil in itself." Behavior universally regarded as criminal, e.g., murder.).

however, the later, 12-17 is different in my opinion. the age of consent is mala prohibita (Behavior that is criminal only because society defines it as such, e.g., gambling), which means, it's a law, which happens to be different from state to state, and country to country.

point being, we've all had history class, and from what you might remember, ppl have married girls as young as 12, and they didnt have a problem with it back in the old days, even with arranged marriages.

for example CURRENTLY just to name a few known countries japan 13, france 15, italy 14, spain 13. most other known countries are 16. Yemen, a middle eastern country, has its age of marriage for girls as young as 9 yrs old.

to say that people who like girls or boys from the age of 12-17 are pedos isnt fair i think...

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