Milo Yiannopoulos book deal cancelled following outrage over child abuse comments

[Peh]

Slimebeast said:

Final-Fan said:

Are you philosophically opposed to the idea of boycotts?  What happened with his book deal is people registering their displeasure with the publisher, the publisher deciding they would rather go along with public opinion, and canceling the book deal.  His book isn't being censored.  Even if he can't get another publisher and sell the book (which he likely will), he could still put it up on the Internet and get his message out.  His free speech is not being infringed on.  I would agree with you if he was blocked from hosting his own website and getting his message out that way.  But I don't have a problem with things like the Twitter ban and the publisher backing out of a book deal when he explicitly makes it a life goal to be an outrageous provocateur.  He WANTS reactions and nobody should be surprised or whine when he GETS reactions.  Sometimes they aren't going to be reactions he particularly enjoys, but he of all people ought to appreciate the irony of that. 

I've watched the video.  He is very clear about his opposition to pedophilia as defined as sexual attraction and predation on pre-pubescent children.  But as soon as you hit puberty all bets are off.  I think most of society would not be okay with 30 year olds going after boys as soon as they hit puberty.  I was inclined to believe what he said in the video about his defense of a relationship between a 28 year old and a 13-14 year old (himself) being a symptom of denial due to past abuse (by them, of him, in those relationships).  However, he then goes on in his "apology" to say that he was not serious and downplay how inappropriate such age discrepancies are.  He can't have it both ways.  That's my problem with this guy in general:  he says crazy stuff and any time someone calls him on something he blows it off as just hyperbole or just a joke, but then he still expects to be taken seriously.  He can't have it both ways, at least not from me. 

He was very clearly against pedophilia, you admit it with your own words.

And in Germany the age of consent is 14. EOD.

There are very strict rules. Saying that the age of consent is 14 doesn't mean that every adult can jump on someone who is just 14 years old.

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The age of consent in Germany is 14, as long as a person over the age of 21 does not exploit a 14- to 15-year-old person's lack of capacity for sexual self-determination, in which case a conviction of an individual over the age of 21 requires a complaint from the younger individual; being over 21 and engaging in sexual relations with a minor of that age does not constitute an offense by itself. Otherwise the age of consent is 16, although provisions protecting minors against abuse apply until the age of 18 (under Section 182(1), it is illegal to engage in sexual activity with a person under 18 "by taking advantage of an exploitative situation"^[36]).

As specified by Sections 176 (Sexual abuse of children) and 182 (Sexual abuse of youths) of the Penal Code, which read:

§ 176: "(1) Whoever commits sexual acts on a person under fourteen (14) years of age (a child) or allows them to be committed on themself by the child, shall be punished by imprisonment from six months to ten years [...]"

§ 180: "(1) Whoever abets the commission of sexual acts of a person under sixteen years of age on or in front of a third person or sexual acts of a third person on a person under sixteen years of age:

1. by acting as an intermediary; or
2. by furnishing or creating an opportunity,

shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine. [...]"

§ 182: "(2) A person over twenty-one years of age who abuses a person under sixteen years of age, in that he: 1. commits sexual acts on the person or allows them to be committed on himself by the person; or 2. induces the person to commit sexual acts on a third person or to allow them to be committed on the person by a third person, and thereby exploits the victim's lack of capacity for sexual self-determination, shall be punished with imprisonment for not more than three years or a fine. [...] The act shall only be prosecuted upon complaint, unless the prosecuting authority considers ex officio that it is required to enter the case because of the special public interest therein. [...] The court may dispense with punishment pursuant to these provisions if, in consideration of the conduct of the person against whom the act was directed, the wrongfulness of the act is slight."^[37]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe#Germany