Appropriateness

[debka_notion]

Steve, who I'd met once before at another dance event, was at dancing last night as he was still in town from the festival. He taught a dance that I thought was pretty pointless. But that is besides the point of this post. He was there wearing a shirt that said "Not Guilty" on the front and "She told me she was 18" and a little smiley face on the back. I was a bit shocked, but didn't really want to say anything: for all I knew, other people thought it was funny. But zodiacmg shared my opinions, as did another friend of ours. It was just a strange thing to wear- it made it sound like he thought that having these sorts of legal protections for kids was silly, for one. And for two, it made for some very odd connotations about his own private life, something I'd think one wouldn't want to share with strangers. ANd close-knit as the IFD community is, he Couldn't have known everyone in that room before he came... It did not make me think too highly of that aspect of the gentleman's judgement...

And I just ut myself on my own hangnail.

Comments

Re: IANAL, but...

[belu.livejournal.com]

Well, if he's not too much older than you, then it's not too weird for him to be together with an 18-year-old. (Especially if said 18-year-old is mature for her age.) Not really a problem until you know who it is the girl is and what they're like and that shows problems.

As for the girl who's successfully passing as being 18 (or whatever), as far as I can tell, the only problem there would be legal. And such a situation makes sense to me; it's not like he was wearing a shirt that said, "I swear I didn't know she was 3."

But until you see or hear of an actual girl or court case, then it can probably be safely assumed to be an expression of his sense of humor.

Re: IANAL, but...

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

somehow the computer put my response a bit down from here- go find it there, I guess. (I hope it puts this comment in the right place...)