U.S. Homeland Security Official Arrested in Online Sex Sting

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 4/5/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> I understand it's a crime if you thought a girl was over 18, and she's
> actually under 18, because what counts is what is true, not what you
> thought was true.
>
> But wouldn't that also mean that the reverse is true, if the person he was
> actually seducing was a 45 year old fed?
>
> Colour me confused.

Neither law is a GOOD law.

In your scenario the law has to do with a physical act which may or
may not produce a victim, depending on the age of the would-be victim.

In the story, the law has to do with a THOUGHT, which obviously does
NOT have a victim at all. Is the guy a sick puppy? Yep, but that's not
a crime either.

What's really sick, though, is that if they caught this guy actually
raping/molesting the girl he'd just get a couple of years in jail. I'd
save us all a lot of money and simply spend 50 cents on a .45 and be
done with it.

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