Bill_Edwards
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Regarding the Heyden Peneteer tk pics I don't understand the age rules so maybe someone can clarify. But this much I do know:
Legally speaking any touching of another person without their consent is battery and a threat to touch someone without their consent is assault regardless of age. One class of assault is rape where the un-invited touching is sexual in nature. If a person is underage you have statutory rape even if both parties consented. Look it up if you don't believe me. So the activity in the the picture is at least battery. and possibly rape or stautory rape IF you use the definition of "sexual" posessed by the audience viewing this weblog. BUT CHEER UP!! Here's the good news. Generally it is VERY RARE that the "battered" party or authorities press charges when the "battery" consists of tickling. And if the person tickled or the authorities do not file a charge that battery has been commited then essentially "consent" has been given. So it's important to realize that you are taking a risk when you tickle. More good news is that if you know the person a jury might find consent to this level of touching had been given if the "batterer" could convince them two people were friendly enough to touch.
So here we have a publicly broadcast (NBC) rape and possibly statutory rape even if whats her name makes no complaint. Of course this weblog can make up any rules it wants regarding picture posting but all of it could be deemed rape if the authorities or the lee decided to say it was. Bla Bla Bla etc.
Legally speaking any touching of another person without their consent is battery and a threat to touch someone without their consent is assault regardless of age. One class of assault is rape where the un-invited touching is sexual in nature. If a person is underage you have statutory rape even if both parties consented. Look it up if you don't believe me. So the activity in the the picture is at least battery. and possibly rape or stautory rape IF you use the definition of "sexual" posessed by the audience viewing this weblog. BUT CHEER UP!! Here's the good news. Generally it is VERY RARE that the "battered" party or authorities press charges when the "battery" consists of tickling. And if the person tickled or the authorities do not file a charge that battery has been commited then essentially "consent" has been given. So it's important to realize that you are taking a risk when you tickle. More good news is that if you know the person a jury might find consent to this level of touching had been given if the "batterer" could convince them two people were friendly enough to touch.
So here we have a publicly broadcast (NBC) rape and possibly statutory rape even if whats her name makes no complaint. Of course this weblog can make up any rules it wants regarding picture posting but all of it could be deemed rape if the authorities or the lee decided to say it was. Bla Bla Bla etc.
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