We don't allow teenagers here. That's why we keep kicking them out when we find them. We don't want the site shut down anymore than any of you do.

As for the welfare, poverty and abuse issues, those are completely different subjects. There's a whole thread that could come out of that in itself. Suffice it to say, a lot could be done for that by re-education.



Originally posted by Fox
My concern, if I may use that word, is not with personal prefernce or taste. That the law is contradictory would be an understatement - there are many many examples of that just in Canadian law, never mind the spiders web of US State and federal laws ... remember, the US Supreme Court just overturned the anti-gay legislations enacted by what, 17 states?

However, the issue of age of consent is a legal one as well as moral. There are implications for a website such as www.bdsmlibrary.com regarding the age of consent. The very same US Supreme Court has also ordered that all public libraries computer terminals in the US have filtering software. This is a ruling on several First Amendment petitions both for and against the filters.

I have no vested interest in this site, nevertheless, I would be sorry if it were shut down because those in charge decided to allow minors access.

As a contributing author, my professional reputation potentially could be damaged by the webmaster/webmistress deciding to allow access to those under the recognized legal age of majority. If minors are to be allowed access, then I would request that my work be removed from the site. As I have made some friendships here, and have received quite a bit of e-mail from readers, under those circumstacnes I would also ask that a statement explaining the reason for the withdrawal be published on the site.

Strong words? perhaps. But that is my personal opinion.

As to teenagers knowing what sex is, seeing images, behaving responsibly, and accepting responsibility, are quite different issues. Birth control is readily available yet in my part of the world, teen pregnancies are soaring ... as are child poverty, welfare rolls and spousal and familial abuse.