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Indeed.

I'm not remotely surprised. Interesting to hear the views of dougdeep, hybrid_x, etc now. Still see him as a tragic 'Romeo' figure?

I'm not getting drawn into any nonsense on this thread. It devalues an important discussion on a serious issue. FWIW it's been quite refreshing to actually find common ground with a few posters such as The Spanish and yourself, with whom I rarely agree. And I've openly commended US too, on this...

His is a very good post, and this isn't the thread for cheap spelling shots. Anyway, maybe he was a brilliant maths teacher.

Indeed. What he did would be pretty much the dictionary definition of grooming. Anybody still trying to paint this as some tragic love story has either not actually read any of the details, or is simply irredeemably stupid.

Quite. Nothing weaker than getting shown up, then falling back on the devil's advocate / fishing / joking lines. Respect to Uncle Spielberg for taking the arguments on board, and admitting he got it wrong. No respect to the misogynists and cavemen hiding behind such pretences.

She was neither sexually active, nor 15, when he started this relationship. His actions are reprehensible, as is your viewpoint on them. I'm pretty sure to be honest, that you are just on a wind up here, getting some sad little kick out of offending people.

Fair point, then. Although disturbingly, this current one is also being treated pretty lightly by a few too many.

She wasn't 'less accountable'. She was sent to jail.

This one http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6214043/Music-teacher-jailed-for-lesbian-affair-with-pupil.html (who was also, rightly jailed?)

Yes you have.

The age of consent in Canada is 16. You are indeed a moron. And even if it WAS 14 (as it was pre 2006) it would STILL have been illegal because of the teacher's position of 'trust or influence'.

I'm a father to two kids, aged 12 and 14. Bloody right I'm angry at some of the comments on this thread, and the attitudes and moral compass that they betray. Absolutely fuming, tbh. This guys actions were utterly, utterly deplorable on so many levels, and the making light of what he's done by...

Not in Canada. Probably.

Hahahahahahahahaha You utter MORON.

What an utterly ridiculous statement. It is okay in Canada for school-teachers to sexually groom their vunerable 14 year old charges? And the entire Canadian population partakes, or is complicit in it? Really? Why don't you see that in focussing so closely on just her age you are missing the...

She was 14, when as a bulimic, self-harming, emotionally troubled girl she looked to her schoolteacher for support. 14, when he sat next to her on a transatlantic flight to a school trip in the States, slipping off his wedding ring and telling her about his marital situation. 14, when he held...

I've no idea if there are or are not distinctions within that register. Is he 'as bad'? No, probably not. Would he present a future danger to vunerable teenage girls in his charge if his previous actions were not recorded and made aware to future prospective employers? Yes, I think he would.

Yes, that's entirely true. Are you going to answer my question now? Why is it harsh that this man is being punished in this way? Please.

FFS. He doesn't live in another country. He lives here, and offended here. Plus the relationship started when she was 14, not 15. Agreed Strongly disagree. Yes it does. It punishes him for his deplorable actions, and it demonstrates that such crimes are not acceptable, and that the...