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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Imagine that your wife comes home and says that a male coworker stuck his tongue in her mouth on a dare from a friend. Their boss suspends him for a week without pay. Is that good enough for you? It'll teach him a lesson, right? The other male employees should be deterred by seeing how he was punished? Why would you and your wife still be upset? No need to get the police involved.[/quote]

What is the relevance to a 13 year old child?[/quote]

Does the age of the victim (14) mean that she deserves less justice?

Maybe we should have a sliding scale of victimhood cause "boys will be boys" after all...

You're probably hoping she'll just forget about the whole thing over time anyway? And she's not anyone's wife yet, so it's not like some man should feel violated.[/quote]

We don't base punishment on the age of the victim, we base it on the age of the offender and the offender's cognitive abilities and maturity.  I don't know what you are going on about with "boys will be boys" and "she'll forget."  Frankly, you sound a little deranged.[/quote]

Different poster here:  Apparently those that feel the kid should have a permanent record and criminal conviction over this, seem to also think that those of us who don't think the punishment needs to be so severe to damage him in many aspects for LIFE are saying that he doesn't deserve any punishment.  No one has ever said that boys will be boys, this was harmless, she'll just forget it, etc.  What we're saying is if a kid with the cognitive abilities of a 13 year old does something stupid that like this, he SHOULD be punished but not in a way that will haunt him from here on out.  [b]Would you want him to have to register as a sex offender for life over this?[/b][/quote]

No, but suspension is too little. This isn't a school level matter any more.[/quote]

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