Interesting debate on here, on a subject I do not know enough about to contribute sensibly.
But one of the worst things about this sort of area is the prejudices it can bring out in other people, such as the stamping on and burning of an innocent man in Bristol by someone who decided to take...
I seem to remember hearing something on the radio last week about a recommendation or suggestion that the age of consent be lowered. They also commented that it is highly unlikely to happen.
It has not yet happened that a musician I like has been accused in this way. I think it would have an effect on the way I viewed them, but may not turn me off completely. Although it was before my time, did not both Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry have "issues", although nothing so sordid as...