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Subject: Re: Illegal to have ... with a 16-year-old abroad... Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2008 11:59:03 +0100

Alex Heney wrote:
> 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.
>

It was your comment "the law always is precise" in this thread that lead
me to this view.

Out of curiosity what did this comment mean?

> 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.
>

Of course its not precise. It may be precise in one small aspect, the
age 16 but that does not mean the law as a whole is precise.