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Bluelighter
If 40 year old Spanish guys are happily fucking 13 year olds then technically, no, they are not peados. But they are not right. Fuck the law. That is morally wrong imo.
The law isn't so much the issue. I break the law every day. Some laws are stupid. Such as the law in Spain that says it's OK for a grown man to have sex with a 13 year old.
I actually agree, the law is not the issue. As others have said, taking advantage of (physical or emotional) power is one part of it, and ability to consent is another part.
Do you think it's OK for a 20 year old man or a 13 year old boy to have sex with a 13 year old girl?
I think you could, in theory, have a 40 year old man who is not taking advantage and a 13 year old girl who is mature enough to consent; but I still think it's a problem, because I don't see how you can be confident that there isn't an abuse taking place, and I think it's the 40 year old's brazen confidence that everything's OK that suggests he isn't actually showing much concern or respect for the 13 year old's maturity, or lack of it.
Fleeting lust which is not acted upon is another thing entirely. It's a biological response held in check by a civilised mind.
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