Quote from: evoorhees on July 17, 2011, 04:12:36 PM

Quote from: Synaptic on July 17, 2011, 04:03:55 PM

Quote from: evoorhees on July 17, 2011, 04:00:55 PM

Quote from: herzmeister on July 17, 2011, 02:25:20 PM

I find it interesting that there is an inherent duality within the Bitcoin concept.

Open-source, community-driven initiatives are absolutely not at odds with libertarian principles. So long as nobody is forced to participate or fund something, it's 100% kosher liberty.

Free markets don't only result in rigid corporate profit-seeking behemoths... community projects, co-ops, and even *gasp* charities function well in an environment of freedom.

What about consensual sex with under-aged participants?

The more important question is, who has the right to decide at what age another individual gets to make decisions for themselves? I think it's a matter correctly left to the parents of said person. There is no "magical age" at which someone becomes an adult - that's absurd. As is our current system in which politicians decide when their subjects are old enough for sexual activity.

Well what about parents like that mother who posted her 13 year old daughter's virginity for sale on craigslist with her consent?