BRB laughing my arse off

[trenchkamen]

In a Facebook argument about legalizing homosexual marriage, with a Christian conservative citing the slippery-slope:

Guy: Would you deny two consenting 16 year olds from adding to your 'love'.. how about a 16 and an 18 year old?

Me: As I said above about the mental and emotional maturity of some individuals this age. Brother, when you condemn this exact age spread, even as an example, you are condemning me. An arbitrary age of consent separated me and my boyfriend--and I was the older one. I do not consider myself a rapist. The law is not morality, and in this case, I deemed that the law's mandate was not in line with my own evaluation of what was ethical.

Guy: Your situation is a perfect example. Thank you for demonstrating my point better than I was able to so far. People might think my arguments are 'slippery slope' but it appears that people are slipping on that slope. Now, if your situation was different, only in the sense that your relationship was homosexual, then you would be a prime candidate for membership in Nambla.

I'm having trouble breathing, I'm laughing so hard.

Comments

[alexielnet.livejournal.com]

Seriously? Seriously? The stupid burns us my precious!

[xcerebraledemax.livejournal.com]

What the fuck.

[aquabot1.livejournal.com]

Are you sure you meant laughing and not like...hopelessness?

Also I'm not even sure I have any idea what that guy is trying to say.

[madelineusher.livejournal.com]

Er, hey! Toshi linked me to your journal. We were friends on Facebook I think briefly and you seem awesome and liberal and you like Tokyo Babylon and can I friend you? You can have an upside-down Subaru in exchange.

[penguinfaery.livejournal.com]

...

I can't...I can't even...

no.

[miwasatoshi.livejournal.com]

It's such epic fail ... and it happened on MY Facebook wall! :3

[nillion.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I think I figured out what he was trying to say. At least, I think I do. It makes lot of sense, except it failed to argue anything, just state similarities.

[nillion.livejournal.com]

For added content, it occurs to me that I'm nearly two years older than my girlfriend. (I'm 19, she's 17.) I would characterize her as being mature, pointing at indicators such as her being the same grade as me (College Junior) or her behavior in other aspects of her life, but this was not an issue, as she hails from Washington, whether the age of consent is 16. Arbitrary age of consent, anyone?

In other news, NAMBLA's website is very cheery. http://nambla.org/welcome.htm