Second, given what I said above, I believe that violent rape by a sexual predator should be answered by a tall tree and a short rope. But I don’t believe that the statutory rape of a seventeen-year-old girl by her nineteen-year-old boyfriend should be treated the same way. Sue me. In between those two extremes of rape are various other gradations of rape, and I am afraid to disappoint Ms. Moon, but I am not in favor of any of them. Who would have thought? I would want to punish them differently, but I would want to punish them all.
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“And of course, when a 24-year-old seminary student repeatedly rapes a 10-year-old girl, I want to write letters to the court requesting leniency for the rapist. Then I want to make him a missionary for my church, because 19 and 17, 24 and 13, po-tae-to po-tah-to. I know you’re all buying this crap because I am a wordsmith and you’re all stupid.”
I swear I typed 13-year-old. My phone is a POS.
Of course, the modifier “violent” because there is such a thing as “non-violent” rape. Given that he thinks Natalie was a consenting partner, then her situation would not apply in the least to him.
Which makes one wonder if Doug Wilson somehow believes that Sitler’s victims were consenting participants, despite at least one of them being 2 years old. I mean really, what kind of sick twisted derelict thinks like this?
This is just more obfuscation. DW says “violent rape” should be punished by hanging, which sounds so strong. Then on the other hand you have a 17 yr old girl and her 19 yr old boyfriend, and surely, he implies, that isn’t real rape. He says “it” should be punished — the language here suggests that he would punish both parties for fornication.
And of course by laying out these two examples, he is carefully not saying what he thinks should happen when a man in his 20s abuses a 14 yr old girl who thinks she is in love.
This way he can talk about his strong opposition to rape while continuing to fail his responsibilities to an actual victim.
A 17 year old girl (or boy) with a 19 year old of either sex isn’t considered Statutory Rape in most jurisdictions. Most of the jurisdictions I’m familiar with allow a 4 or 5 year window, so a 19 year old could legall have sex with a 15 year old. Those jurisdictions who don’t allow a window like this are unnecessarily penalizing the older party, who often ends up branded a sex offender in perpetuity, costing society dearly.
Curiously that’s the age difference between me and my wife.