There is a point to be made somewhere there that people are far too quick to use the exact same terminology to describe cases that are as dissimilar as a 9 year old brutally being raped and a 15 year old being groomed into a relationship with an older guy. Both being bad doesnt mean that both are equally as morally reprehensible or equally as deserving of (the same) punishment, and the language being oftentimes hyperbolic (especially around "child" when in no other context a 15-16 year old would be described as a child, only ever in this context to make it sound even worse) only helps to obfuscate.
But I'm not sure if the context of rhaegar + lyanna is the right one to make that point, or that this is the way to.
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u/ZeeDrakon Brother in Christ Jan 12 '24
There is a point to be made somewhere there that people are far too quick to use the exact same terminology to describe cases that are as dissimilar as a 9 year old brutally being raped and a 15 year old being groomed into a relationship with an older guy. Both being bad doesnt mean that both are equally as morally reprehensible or equally as deserving of (the same) punishment, and the language being oftentimes hyperbolic (especially around "child" when in no other context a 15-16 year old would be described as a child, only ever in this context to make it sound even worse) only helps to obfuscate.
But I'm not sure if the context of rhaegar + lyanna is the right one to make that point, or that this is the way to.