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Subject: Re: Illegal to have ... with a 16-year-old abroad... Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2008 21:15:59 +0100

On Mon, 12 May 2008 16:25:25 +0100, Nick
wrote:

>Cynic wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 May 2008 01:02:12 +0100, Nick
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes thanks I found a ref. Apparently it is also illegal to pay someone
>>> under 18 for ..
>>
>> "I'd love to take you out for a fancy meal and then treat you to the
>> movies, but I'm afraid that it would be illegal until you are 18.
>>
>Well Alex is convinced that the law is always precise

Utter rubbish.

the law is *frequently*& nowhere near precise enough.

the law we are talking about here *is* precise, but that is nowhere
*near* true of all law.


>so I guess paying
>for "time and companionship" is fine, . would just be a coincidence.


Well yes, that has always been the argument used.
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