Lordandmaster
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My God, are you uninformed. You can be charged with--and convicted of--all kinds of felonies even if the other person consented. It has happened, too. Shit, people, don't listen to know-it-alls on the internet; find out the laws in your own jurisdiction and make your own decisions. quote:
ORIGINAL: Alumbrado Under both English and American law, consenting to contact generally negates criminal charges...that is how boxers, martial arts teachers, football players, and actors are able to do what they do without being charged with anything. In some select cases, judges have placed their personal/moral feelings above the law, and falsely claimed that one cannot give consent to a battery, merely because they disapproved of the lifestyle of the defendant....which is quite clearly wrong. So that isn't, 'the law', it is corrupt judges. As far as the sexual aspect, I cannot speak to the English code, but in the US, the courts have ruled all the way to the very top, that the government has no business in people's bedrooms. So the statement that 'BDSM is illegal' is at best a stretch, at worst, just plain wrong.
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