Adam Johnson guilty - 6 year sentence

[itisrising]

He has pleaded guilty to grooming - that is, deliberately exploiting a minor for sexual purposes. What bit of that don't you get??

And so was Saville accused of such, but there's clearly a difference. Had she been a few months older, it would somehow have been totally okay yet, because she wasn't, he's accused of the same thing that Saville was.

 

[2sheikhs]

I'd find it odd even if she was 16, despite what the law says.

 

[Why Always Ste]

That's shambolic if true about the city footage on sly news.
I refuse to watch their channels so I can't see it.
Of all the footage they could choose of AJ, eh maybe even wearing an England shirt???

No, no, no.... let's show him wearing city shirts.

The media are just as immoral and scummy as the criminals they report on.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

But that's not what I am arguing. He clearly didn't follow the law, we know that. There is plenty of grey area when we actually look at it and that's my point.

There absolutely is not

 

[BimboBob]

But that's not what I am arguing. He clearly didn't follow the law, we know that. There is plenty of grey area when we actually look at it and that's my point.

Follow the law? It's not speeding. He admitted to grooming a girl under the legal age and also having sexual activity with her. There is no 'grey area' as you so politely put it.

 

[M18CTID]

Correct. and this is where education/Intelligence steps in.
I don't consider him a peado on the same level as Saville
Just daft.
As I said time will tell.
If he carries on abusing kids then my view on him will change.

There's a huge difference between finding young, obviously children sexually attractive... and shagging a girl who is 15yrs (and 11mths) old who happens to be physically developed.
I remember girls at my school who had bigger curves than my ex girlfriend had at 26yrs old.

I think it's the fact that he knew she was under 16 and the fact that he still went ahead with whatever he did that makes him both an idiot and a pretty sick one that has me thinking he's more than just daft.

 

[itisrising]

Follow the law? It's not speeding. He admitted to grooming a girl under the legal age and also having sexual activity with her. There is no 'grey area' as you so politely put it.

There absolutely is not

How can you say there's no grey area when many countries differ about the legal age of being able to have sex. Clearly there's moral ambiguity on the issue.

 

[BimboBob]

How can you say there's no grey area when many countries differ about the legal age of being able to have sex. Clearly there's moral ambiguity on the issue.

Because...and let's make this clear from the very start...we are in England, or at least he is. He has broken the law in England as that's where he lives and where the offences took place. Forget the rest of the world, that is the law here. There is no grey area. He has admitted the charge.

 

[lancs blue]

How can you say there's no grey area when many countries differ about the legal age of being able to have sex. Clearly there's moral ambiguity on the issue.

Morals are subjective, to be effective the law has to be objective and clearly define what is allowed and what isn't allowed.

 

[itisrising]

Because...and let's make this clear from the very start...we are in England, or at least he is. He has broken the law in England as that's where he lives and where the offences took place. Forget the rest of the world, that is the law here. There is no grey area. He has admitted the charge.

I'm not saying that there is a legal grey area.