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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
Ok, let's take your "Personal Morality" position and look at it shall we??
Are you against incest?? What if the 5 year old girl is "consenting" to the incest? The father might think that was fine by his morals. Would you still prosecute him?
How about cannibalism?? You against that? What would you say to a South American native who moved to the US and wanted to practice his tribe's customs?
Let's take serial killers. I would think that Charles Manson might say his actions were completely rational and moral.
If you insist on the "if it's ok somewhere, it's ok here" test, then almost nothing will be against the law.
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The child thing, that's because the child cannot make an informed concent, thus is infringed upon. The cannibalism is again because of an infringement of rights.
It's not an "ok" here and "not ok" there kind of thing, it's an infringement of rights of the victim standard of measure.