I actually didn't know of his love for pedophelia until now, that's why I wrote it that way :).

I am pretty sure you are wrong.

Bill mahr is fighting the good fight, in a country where it would be easier to just give up.

Also, i didn't watch the video, but from skimming the article, it sounds like a rape vs love situation, wich are very different. The case he defended was a couple where she was pregnant twice. She wasn't forcing the boy either and it's quite difficult to rape men. That doesn't qualify as rape, when its consentual.

Well I have no opinion on him. I have a base of my initial encounter with a person being "fine" or to put it simply, no opinion. I don't like or dislike him. I see him mostly as a political comedian and I like some of the jokes he makes. His smug attitude can be very annoying though

He bothers me sometimes, but I'm ok with him too. I totally get why somebody wouldn't like him though. He has a way about him. Still want to see Religiolous.

I agree, I do not like him either. Also, Steven Colbert, man, he is nothing compared to David Letterman, what a unfunny guy. Not saying because he is a lefty, Conan also is, but he is amazingly funny!
I think they should have given the Late Show to Norm Macdonald or Brian Regan.

He also has no idea what socialism really is:

When we talk about consent in a legal sense, we are almost always talking about informed consent.

If there is an attractive male teacher in a middle school or high school, I'm sure there are young girls who would absolutely consent to have sex with him.  However, at that age, they are incapable of giving informed consent.  Their brains literally haven't developed to the point where they have the executive function to consider the long term effects of their actions, and they likely don't understand enough about sex to make an informed decision.

Adults are smarter, more worldly, more sophisticated, have more money, and weild more power than a 12 year old girl does. A teacher is in a position where students are taught to implicitly trust that teachers are looking out for their best interestes. It's not a matter of consent among two equals.  It's an inherently unequal situation.

Changing the gender of the student does nothing to change the situation.  Whether it is a girl or a boy they might want, with all of their heart, to fuck their teacher.  However, that does not mean that this is what's best for them.  In this case, do you think that the 14 year old boy is happy to have two children with a woman who will be in her 50s when he turns 30?  I'd say it's very likely he will regret this decision.

It's not hypocritical, it's a matter of necessity.  We simply cannot make a case by case distinction on whether or someone is "mature" or not.  Mature is a nebulous term that is subject to opinion.  I'm pretty sure even two trained child psychologists can reach a different conclusion of who is mature or not.

Moreover sexual desire often clouds judgment.  For example, there are plenty of girls I've been attracted to who I thought were the sweetest most kindest people in the world who in retrospect were cunts.  Because I was sexually attracted to them, I saw things that weren't there.

So, if an adult was sexually attracted to a minor, and truly believed they were mature enough to consent to sexual activity, but someone later determines they weren't, what happens?  Is he a criminal?  How would an adult, in this circumstance, decide whether or not he was ok in pursuing a sexual relationship?  In court, how could it be proven that he was acting intentionally maliciously?

Ultimately, we cannot really judge things on a case by case basis.  We need to have some sort of standard to protect minors, and the best we could do is draw a line in the sand.  It's far from a perfect system, but I believe it is the best that we can feasibly enforce.

Agree.  Colbert has his moments, but they are far fewer than Letterman's.  And Norm would have been awesome.  He's my favortie comedian.  Best of all, he doesn't give a fuck, so he wouldn't be opposed to asking celecbrities really awkward questions they probably don't want to be asked.

@ OP

Looks like Bill Maher doesn't even know what he believes.  Looks like he's done a 180.  Here  he says that Milo is just a "provocateur" and the left overreacted.  Uh, didn't he JUST get done asking the left to thank him for getting rid of Milo?  He also said "the poor guy" lost his job because he crossed the line.  Uh, the same line Maher was revealed to have crossed?  Maybe Maher should do the standup thing then and quit.

Seriously, I think Maher should get himself checked out.  That's as much spinning as Trump does when he gets caught saying something false.

The problem is that is not necesserely true. It varies from person to person.

In a legal sense yeah, its the law that was aproved. But morally, i think it depends on the situation. One remedy for all situations is not always the right thing to perscript.

No.  It is true.  Pretty much always.  There are parts of the brain that are simply not developed to the extent of an adult brain.  The part of the body that regulates impulse and makes decisions is not fully formed in males till about 25, and I think about 22 in females.  Unless the child in question is a prodigy, their brains are not as developed as the adult in the situation, and they are not consenting as equals.

There's really no moral argument to be made for a 30ish year old teacher having sex with a 12 year old boy.  There would have to be something incredibly out of the ordinary (so out of the ordinary that I can't think what it might even be) about the situation.  And, of course, Bill Maher had no information with which he could have decided that this situation was unique.