Sunderland issued a statement today stating this wasn't the case and also stating they have played no part in his plea decisions. They didn't know he was going to plead guilty until they heard it in the press apparently.
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Sunderland issued a statement today stating this wasn't the case and also stating they have played no part in his plea decisions. They didn't know he was going to plead guilty until they heard it in the press apparently.
Probably because men's libido is governed by their dicks, not their brains so all sense of reasoning and judgement goes out of the window. Most men have done something stupid and irrational in the pursuit of sex. The difference is that while most men's stupid actions remain within the boundaries of social and legal acceptability there is a minority that don't.
Pogue Mahone
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Hmmm....call me an old cynic...
Pogue Mahone
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That almost seems to be excusing what he did! Most men are able to be rational enough to control their libido when they know that certain behaviours are wrong.
No one makes this point when teachers receive greater punishments for sleeping with students, or when a victim is more sympathetic (child, old person). Justice acknowledges that there is mitigation and aggravation to crimes, it has to, or it isn't fair or just. The abuse of authority, whether that is an official authority such as a police officer over a citizen, or the power of a celebrity over a fan, is, for me, a genuine aggravation.
His libido wasn't calling the shots when he had enough sense to check the age of consent, although quite why you'd need to is somewhat baffling.
I would agree with this.
I'm not remotely excusing what he did and I don't know how you can construe my observation of how men behave in general as condoning what he did. As your second sentence has basically repeated the same point I originally made it seems we are in total agreement. Making an observation of someone's behaviour isn't condoning it and to suggest I'm condoning his behaviour is actually quite offensive.
Pogue Mahone
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No offence intended. I would question your statement that "men's libido is governed by their dicks, not their brains so all sense of reasoning and judgement goes out of the window." If you had qualified this by saying "some men..." I may not have interpreted what you said in the way that I did.
I concede that it may have been a misinterpretation.
But it would appear his actions were quite calculated. He groomed the victim; to repeatedly do something wrong suggests reasoning and judgement were not that out the window. It suggests a thought process.
banjo
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Sex case sex case hang him hang him hang him.
Sorry, and relax.
Sorry, and relax.
JC Footy Genius
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Probably not even facing any charges or if he was far more difficult to secure a conviction?
Guilty of behaving like a 17 year old. Some 24 year olds still do (or would of they could). I think Johnson was about 26 at the time.
How would Judge John Deed rule? How would Rumpole conduct the defence (never plead guilty). Not even sure they would get a conviction in Scotland?
JC Footy Genius
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I'm not commenting on which country has the best system* but it is interesting how in one modern advanced European country an individual can spend years in prison ending his career and being labelled as a social outcast for life while in another he might not even face charges.
*No excuse for his actions, brought it on himself, he knew what he was doing etc.
SIMMO SAYS
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provisions protecting minors against abuse apply until the age of 18 (under Section 182(1), it is illegal to engage in sexual activity with a person under 18 "by taking advantage of an exploitative situation")
Would possibly suggest otherwise.
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How would Judge Joe Dredd rule ?
JC Footy Genius
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You might be right HT although ...
The age of consent in Germany is 14, as long as a person over the age of 21 does not exploit a 14- to 15-year-old person's lack of capacity for sexual self-determination, in which case a conviction of an individual over the age of 21 requires a complaint from the younger individual; being over 21 and engaging in sexual relations with a minor of that age does not constitute an offense by itself.
... I'm sure any lawyer worth his/her salt would make a conviction extremely difficult.
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The way that that law is written sounds so woolly, it'd surprise me if convictions were common.You might be right HT although ...
The age of consent in Germany is 14, as long as a person over the age of 21 does not exploit a 14- to 15-year-old person's lack of capacity for sexual self-determination, in which case a conviction of an individual over the age of 21 requires a complaint from the younger individual; being over 21 and engaging in sexual relations with a minor of that age does not constitute an offense by itself.
... I'm sure any lawyer worth his/her salt would make a conviction extremely difficult.
The UK version of relating to a person being in a position of responsibility is, at least, a bit clearer and more definitive.
We've both quoted Wikipedia. First it's translated which isn't always exact when dealing with nuanced language like law. Second there's probably more to it than what we have pasted.