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BootinUp

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Wed Oct-18-06 11:01 AM
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19. I guess when I said wrong

Edited on Wed Oct-18-06 11:18 AM by Jim4Wes

you missed it?

I think it was wrong for a 33 year old Congressman to get into a sexual relationship with a 17 year old from a moral ethical standpoint.

OTOH, It wasn't illegal. And 17 year olds do have their own mind and their own sexual drive, if they become 18 is there all of a sudden a huge difference in state of mind and/or development? Its a line that is drawn somewhat arbitrarily. In DC it was set at 16.

As to whether it should be called predatory I am ambivalent.

on edit he was 35 or 36 yrs old at the time.

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