The Moderator (all power to him) has closed a thread in which the conversation had turned to the perennial issue of age of consent for fear it would get out of hand (sic!).
I was keen to make a point and will do so here, I hope, without stirring the powers that be's ire.
There is no excuse for not obeying the law in the jurisdiction you are in, however peculiar that law(s) may be, but it would be silly to mistake those laws for necessarily having any sound basis.
There was a lot of huffing about someone taking "advantage" of 16 year olds thus breaking Thai law. I would point out that 16 is the age of consent in Australia and consent means exactly that and includes to right to consent to sexual relations with any partner regardless of sex, sexual preference, or AGE.
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