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A parental posse could bring these sorts of problems to a just conclusion.

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Two things:

(1) Presumption of innocence. I know, I know, but the prosecution still has to prove that the accused is guilty of the crime he was accused of.

(2) Err, what is the age of consent in Austria? [Edit: Google says 14.] 12 seems awfully young. So even if we are to take the "nymphomaniac" allegation literally - the girl was 12.

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Re (1) of course. Yet, these two trials are part of the same case, hence I find it quite 'odd' that, in one case, rape, violence, etc. vs that 12yo girl have been established while, in that other case, the prosecution didn't establish it. At least my mind is spinning.

Re (2) of course. It's 14, and sexual relations, however 'consensual' they are claimed to be, are a form of statutory rape. Again, my mind is also spinning about that.

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Re: age of consent

14 is actually pretty low already, but "okay." Where you run into really serious trouble is when the de facto age of consent becomes "looks 14" rather than "is 14," which is what seems to have happened in this case. Plenty of 12-year-olds "look 14," as does an occasional 10-year-old.

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You're so right about this, and I suppose there's a debate to be had about the ongoing normalisation of sexual perversions all over TV, on social media, and the internet in general.

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I wonder if people in Vienna believe in vigilante justice???? As a parent of two girls I know how I’d handle this

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I'm a proud father of two girls two, and I do share that particular sentiment you allude to.

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