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Originally Posted by scaeagles
I would actually be more offended if it were a female page rather than a male page ... Not exactly sure how to express why.
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Yep, that's why I feel there's no harm in this case. Totally mysogenistic of me ... but I think
most teen boys can handle the emotional trauma of being asked to measure their dick size.
And I don't see anything wrong (or rationally criminal) in dirty internet talk with teenagers of
either gender. But where to you draw the age line? 15? 11? 9? At some point, and I don't know where, it becomes much more wrong to me. So, I guess the arbitrary "adult" line of 18 makes some sense.
Besides, the criminal element is, I believe, trying to set up meetings for sexual purposes ... which I feel is wrong with anyone lacking full maturity and judgment skills. That would make the age limit 25, by the way. So I actually agree with the criminal statue that outlaws luring teens via the internet to sexual rendez vous in the real world. Of course, I'd rather it only be a crime if the meeting takes place, but I understand it's the luring itself that is criminal. (However, can luring take place if no one is actually lured? Is that like a tree falling in the woods?)
I haven't read the emails myself ... so I can't form a coherent opinion on how much luring there was vs. how much gayspeak.
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Oh, and to counter something posted earlier ... at least according to various reports
I've heard, incoming pages were warned to stay away from Foley because he got a little too friendly, not because he was simply homosexual. I don't find it credible that pages are warned about every gay member of the House.