Were Harpers attacks over the line

[Coach]

As long as it is a man and a woman (hetro couple), not related (re:incest), and not already married to someone else (re: polygamy)...go ahead.

 

[yychobbyist]

As long as it is a man and a woman (hetro couple), not related (re:incest), and not already married to someone else (re: polygamy)...go ahead.

So it'd be ok if a 13 year old girl married a 70 year old man?

 

[oldjones]

So it'd be ok if a 13 year old girl married a 70 year old man?

Hey, you're dealing with an after-the-fact Master of Qualifiers here, yyc. Just as you were supposed to 'read-in' (like the courts do) "hetro"[sic], "related", and "not already married to someone else (polygamy)"[actually it's bigamy], you're supposed to read in the age thing. While not exploiting kids might be thought to be pretty universal, there have been lotsa legal marriages of 13yr olds in Canada past and present times elsewhere. And why does being 70 disqualify someone?

Coach, it's all well and good to say you personally can't stomach such relationships, but if you want us to uphold a law forbidding them we deserve some thoughtful reasoning. We'll take it as a given you can justify the age thing; what about the others?