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[b]Mike wrote:[/b]
[quote]Jonathan,

I just wanted to tell you that I think it is awful the way the press has made you a pariah.  I totally agree that what you were convicted of is not paedophilia and those that tar you with the same brush as Gary Glitter are just plain brain dead.  He had pictures of children - you were convicted of sex with 14 and 15 year olds who returned voluntarily again and again to your home.  I don't regard that as unwilling participation, even though the law obviously said sexual contact was illegal.

As a teenager, I grew up in a time when the gay age of consent was 21 and the law was an ass.  I was having sex well under 21 years old, often with older men, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Either way, whatever the circumstances, even if you were guilty of all charges, it is still not paedophilia and I respect your contribution to music.  I met you once in 1995 in Dublin as we walked to the Eurovision after party and I found you a very polite and personalble man.

Good luck to you in the future.

Michael[/quote]

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Topic History of: Right behind you Jonathan
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veritas	First off-I don't know the answer !! However, why do we think Britain knows any better than Germany where the Age of Consent is 14 ? Or Japan-a culture eons older than western society where the age is 13 ? what studies have been done to show what effects the Age of Consent actually have on society ( none I expect)Do we really know if the legal age has a derogatory , helpful or indiferent effect upon people ? I haven't heard of any greater outrages in Germany , Italy, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, France, Poland , Iceland etc etc which all have lower ages than the UK. Have you ? The actual age is set more on the shifting values of society. Indeed-the Age of Consent for heterosexuals in Britain at the beginning of the 20th Century was 13. However one of the first British media barons in Manchester suddenly seized upon the idea of using sex to sell newspapers. The man went on to do an endless series of 'exposes' of the so-called sordid dens of iniquity that had (supposedly) flooded parts of London where children could be bought and sold.(and being years ahead of his time,he was prone to great exagerations) Readers had never seen anything like it-indeed his newspaper was considered in itself to be sheer pornography by most parliamentarians. But then the great moralisers of the time got on board.He was basically responsible for the law being changed. And of course-the famous trial of Oscar Wilde wasn't just a chance happening due to an outraged Lord Queensberry but an establishment plot to find a high profile offendor to set the agenda for 60 years of repressing homosexuals. An example had to be found and Lord Queensberry provided one, killing 2 birds with one stone, so to speak.
Denise	I'm actually quite baffled by your response, Godiver.
ReadyTeddy	With all that is going on in the world today, a life of abstinence, alone in a small croft is starting to look very tempting. Possibly may stay out of trouble that way. All human contact is so scrutinised and moderated these days that the only way forward seems to be to avoid eye contact, distant professionalism at all times and keep a safe distance from any and all people. You would not believe the scrutiny teachers are placed under and I now make an effort not to even return a child's smile or kick their ball back. RT
zooloo	Godiver wrote: The age of consent should reflect the ability to think for oneself. In this regard once a child has reached the age of consent the difference in age between them and any partner is irrelevant. How do we determine the ability to think for oneself?
Godiver	The age of consent should reflect the ability to think for oneself. In this regard once a child has reached the age of consent the difference in age between them and any partner is irrelevant.