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Not going to go into the sordid details,or make judgements on things I know nothing about.

However the oldest boy charged is 14,he will be tried as an adult....but if he himself was raped,the perpetrator would be charged with rape of a child,meaning he was not mentally able to consent to the sex...but again he's mentally able to be a perpatrator,but not a victim.Hypocrisy?

We have to start from scratch in humanity's attitude to sexuality or this one thing will bring the species to a halt.

Some of the USA state laws are bizarre at times and it's difficult to know what the truth is when you read these stories given the age of all involved. Was it exploring sex games or real rape-who knows ?.

But the determination to get as many on some sort of registry is a worry. All kids need protecting and often from other kids..but there seems to be a bizarre sexual element to the punishment as well.

I'm very suspicious of so-called 'child protection' campaigners. I'd like to look in their closets sometimes and see what skeletons are hidden there.

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Some of the USA state laws are bizarre at times and it's difficult to know what the truth is when you read these stories given the age of all involved. Was it exploring sex games or real rape-who knows ?.

But the determination to get as many on some sort of registry is a worry. All kids need protecting and often from other kids..but there seems to be a bizarre sexual element to the punishment as well.

I'm very suspicious of so-called 'child protection' campaigners. I'd like to look in their closets sometimes and see what skeletons are hidden there.

True the States have their own legal systems,especially about sexual matters.Remember Jerry Lee Lewis crossing the state line to marry his 13 yo bride? Surprised he's not been dragged up for historic rape.

Still comes down to the fact that even in the UK a child can be charged with offences,but is not deemed able to consent to sex themselves,a touch hypocritical to say the least,and as JK also mentioned,could contribute to the decline and fall of the human empire....but with no Gibbons to lament its decline.

You have crazy situations in the UK where someone like Bill Wyman had a relationship with a 13 year old Mandy Smith yet no charge was ever made - yet others have false allegations from older teens of 16 - 18 ( including many teachers ) and they get a criminal record or a torrid time in court or in an investigation.

We either should have an age of consent which is consistent or none at all.

I dont agree with the POLICE deciding ( being judge and jury ) on when it is a crime and when it is not a crime. If the age of consent applies ( as in Sexting ) then the people involved should be charged.

It seems that if you are either a celebrity or someone who opposes the Police or Government you are about 10,000 times more likely to be charged than if you are an unemployed Government supporting criminal Chav.

In addition Bill Wyman plays for a Cricket team which seems to be connected to the "upper classes- elite " which might explain why he never had to face any investigation.

Funny how the BBC wont play GLITTER ( Who as far as we all know has not shagged a 13 year old in the UK ) but will play the ROLLING STONES where we all know he has had child sex.

This show that this PAEDO scare is not even a Story issue as JK says - it is in fact a POLITICAL way of controlling people. One rule for them - and one rule for us. That is why BABY P was allowed to die - and so many others. They dont matter to the elite.