the answer to that question is obviously yes, along with me being stupid.
At the risk of polluting the board with detritus that was being safely contained in another thread, I did want to get the opinion of some kindhearted and moral bros who likely stopped keeping up.
I will try to lay this out as plainly and accurately as possible, and if it turns out that my opinion is different from the popular opinion of the board, I'll just drop the issue and move on. Actually, maybe I'll just change my avatar, because I'm clearly just out of the loop.
If an adult gets a 13 year old drunk or high and has sex with her is one thing. If a 13 year old invites a 22 year old to smoke pot at her place and they have consensual sex that's another thing. They are not morally equivalent.
I honestly don't see one as "better" than the other . Honestly, if one of my early 20s cousins or nephews told me they slept with a 13 year old, I definitely wouldn't feel better about it if he explained that it was her idea and they were her drugs.
My opposition to a 13 year old sleeping with a legal adult doesn't even factor in drug or alcohol use, one way or the other. It does factor in the idea that the child might not even need that much convincing, though.
When I read this quote earlier today, I did struggle to look at it with a balanced perspective, but reflecting on it hours later, it's seeming even stranger than it did at first. But maybe I'm out of step. If that's the case, then sobeit.