Comments on: Georgia Law Fails. Badly. http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/01/28/georgia-law-fails-badly/ kthxbai Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:08:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeff http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/01/28/georgia-law-fails-badly/#comment-13255 Jeff Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=3188#comment-13255 <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=wilson" rel="nofollow">ESPN</a> has a story on it. The scary thing is that there are laws like this all over. Don't know if it's true, but I remember in high school being told that any consensual sex when you're under 18 is technically illegal (in my home state of New York).<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('13255','Jeff'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('13255','Jeff','<a href=\"http:\/\/sports.espn.go.com\/espn\/eticket\/story?page=wilson\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN<\/a> has a story on it. The scary thing is that there are laws like this all over. Don\'t know if it\'s true, but I remember in high school being told that any consensual sex when you\'re under 18 is technically illegal (in my home state of New York).'); return false;">Quote</a></div> ESPN has a story on it. The scary thing is that there are laws like this all over. Don’t know if it’s true, but I remember in high school being told that any consensual sex when you’re under 18 is technically illegal (in my home state of New York).
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]]> By: stageleft http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/2007/01/28/georgia-law-fails-badly/#comment-13256 stageleft Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.insignificantthoughts.com/?p=3188#comment-13256 The culprit here is mandatory sentencing, it's in effect in too many places because people like the generic idea of <i>"the bad guys"</i> going away for a long time. If they ever considered things like circumstances their perceptions might change, but since circumstances (especially once involving the commission of a crime) are a liberal thing, so they're bad too. <div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('13256','stageleft'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('13256','stageleft','The culprit here is mandatory sentencing, it\'s in effect in too many places because people like the generic idea of <i>\"the bad guys\"<\/i> going away for a long time. If they ever considered things like circumstances their perceptions might change, but since circumstances (especially once involving the commission of a crime) are a liberal thing, so they\'re bad too.\n'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The culprit here is mandatory sentencing, it’s in effect in too many places because people like the generic idea of “the bad guys” going away for a long time. If they ever considered things like circumstances their perceptions might change, but since circumstances (especially once involving the commission of a crime) are a liberal thing, so they’re bad too.

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