The media constantly sensationalizes so called “news” that is of no interest or value to anyone, except maybe the parties the story is about. Time for responsibility in broadcast, printed, and web news. Not how “balanced” or “fair” or “direct to you” it is, but is it “responsible as an American” to report the story.
One of the media’s great “breaking news” stories continues to be the ravages of those predatory males and the lives they change when it involves underage girls.
I’ll be the first to agree that the “father figure” predatory male that prays on underage girls is a perfect substitute for the nose cone on a test missile firing. I won’t talk about the horrors of these people. They exist, they have always existed, and there is no ethnic or geographic boundaries for identifying these individuals. Just another topic that does not serve a “value added to be reported.
Enough background and on to the topic at hand;
Today’s topic revolves around the misconception that young people in love are doomed for failure, are breaking a cardinal law, and should be locked up until they are “fixed”. Maybe we create irresponsible behavior since we never allow lessons to be learned any more.
Recently I met a Grandfather that was visiting his Son-in-law’s business. When we talked about his youth he very happily told me about his lovely wife, what a great person she was, how much he loved and missed her, and how they met. He said, with a great smile, that he was 19, in the Marines, and he fell in love with her the first time their eyes met. She was 14. They married (when she was 15), had several children, and a long, loving life, sharing happiness, and family together.
I thought this was interesting since I knew of several other grandparent age folks that married very young, and met even younger. How about our Presidents? I ran a search on the web for ages of US Presidents, and then read the bio’s of thier First Lady’s. Not suprisingly some were suspiciously close to the “age of consent”. I wonder how young they were when they met?
Is a 19 year old man that has sex with a 16 year old girl really deserving of a prison term. How about a 25 year old man and a 22 year old woman? The age difference is the same. Don’t pull the maturity card, the 16 year old girl is probably more mature than most of the 25 year old men. What is it that makes us think we know enough to interfere with our young adults hearts and force them to pass up lifetimes of love that may be missed and never again recaptured? Come on America, let young hearts free.
To close I ask you to ask a simple question. What age were your Grandparents were when they met, and when they were married. Would your Grandfather be locked up? Why is it OK for our Grandparents to have violated the law for 60-85 years and it’s a felony in today’s society? Is the human body any different now than 60 years ago? Don’t we teach our children more, and at an earlier age?
