tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396682199178122530.post560737115814733390..comments2023-12-28T22:22:42.307-08:00Comments on Nobody In Particular: Let's Talk About SexAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03128359303310478673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396682199178122530.post-29407838888697643322014-05-22T18:36:49.911-07:002014-05-22T18:36:49.911-07:00Actually, I don't see it as self-evident at al...Actually, I don't see it as self-evident at all. If society want to say that consenting adults cannot do X, then let's say that. But I think that you might be on to why we don't draw those lines.<br /><br />We can talk about the externalities, because they're very relevant. But the externalities seem to be <a rel="nofollow">all</a> we talk about, and I think that we use them to avoid actually discussion what the actual topic is.<br /><br />(And how are you liking the Seattle area? From the pictures you posted from your place, I think that you're not that far from me.)Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128359303310478673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396682199178122530.post-23296364462163804252014-05-22T12:05:00.848-07:002014-05-22T12:05:00.848-07:00It seems to me that this framing is, in essence, b...It seems to me that this framing is, in essence, begging the question.<br /><br />On one side are those who believe that, regardless of technologies and social customs we put in place, that sex is intrinsically bound to children. On the other side are those who believe that separating sex from children is both possible and desirable.<br /><br />Drawing lines around these discussions as you suggest seems to me to implicitly take one side of the argument. It assumes that any externalities are irrelevant, what matter is whether you think consenting adults should or should not be restricted by the government on what they can do with their bodies.<br /><br />Framed that way, the answer is self-evident.JohnMcGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07476537916134121570noreply@blogger.com