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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope he doesn't get a pass since he's gay. Pedophilia is pedophilia. [/quote]

This wouldn't be pedophilia and doesn't have any signs that Spacey is a pedophile.

He sexually assaulted a teen.[/quote]

Whatever. Not a big difference in my opinion. Assaulting anyone is wrong. Assaulting a teen is even worse IMHO...and says something about the attacker. A 14 year old is a kid.

Again, I hope this isn't spun differently and the media takes a lighter touch because "he has the courage to come out." Spacey doesn't deserve a free pass. [/quote]

I'm not giving Spacey a pass on the incident, but if we're going to throw around terms like pedophile, context matters. A 26-year-old at a late-night party with a 14-year-old who may have looked older than he was, it's entirely possible Spacey didn't appreciate how young Rapp was at the time. It's not like Spacey was hanging around the local roller rink trying to pick up teens, the teen was in an adult context, which may have created an assumption that he was at least 17/18.

I further think that, given the context, you're doing Rapp and other victims a disservice by injecting the term pedophile into the discussion. Spacey's behavior would be wrong whether Rapp was 14 or 24 at the time, but now you've created a whole separate line of debate where people will end up defending Spacey against pedophilia accusations rather than focusing on the improper conduct itself. You've turned Spacey from a perpetrator of sexual assault into a victim of defamation. Good job.[/quote]

Rapp did not even look 14 at the time this incident occurred.

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Definitely not the case of Spacey mistaking him for a 17/18 year old.  [/quote]

I doubt he wore those glasses to the party. Immediately after Precious Sons, Rapp began filming Adventures in Babysitting (he played Daryl). He definitely passes for late teens in that movie.[/quote]

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