'Real love' for Lolita couple
source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/07/witaly107.xml
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A 34-year-old Italian man who embarked on an erotic relationship with a 13-year-old girl has had his sentence cut by a two-thirds because a court decided there was 'real love' between the pair. Antonio de Pascale, a butcher from Vicenza, admitted that he had a four-month long relationship with the girl, who sent him a stream of torrid text messages on his mobile phone. His lawyers argued, however, that there was a 'deep tenderness' between him and the girl and that he had 'fallen head over heels in love' after a sexual encounter in his car. They said the girl had consented to every action. The court in Vicenza accepted their opinion and sentenced de Pascale to only one year and four months in jail out of a possible 12-year term. The president of the Association for the Protection of the Rights of Minors, said the decision was 'execrable', adding, 'it is not right to judge whether or not a 13-year-old girl is willing. The law should safeguard young girls who are too immature to make these decisions against adults without scruples'.
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jennabean
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I cringe at the choices I made at 18. I would assume Hayden and the Lindsay's will do the same. Right now, it is the thing to do. Sort of a "coming out" splashed in magazines like a bat mitvah or something. "Hey I am legal to look at now!"
It is creepy, because I don't look at boys who are 17 going on 18 and saying to myself "Oh god I can't wait until she is 18 to feel better about me fantasizing about him."
- 4 years ago
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jennabean
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mischabarrett
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With barely legal faces populating magazines, advertising, and fashion, questions of age and propriety are more potent now than even in Nabokov's day. The debate and comments the article at the link generated were pretty interesting.
- 4 years ago
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mischabarrett
