Oh, yeah, Barbara Hewson
May. 10th, 2013 12:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lonemagpieI was going to post about this yesterday, but couldn't bring myself to, cos it's just more proof that the world and the human race are fucked. (have I ever mentioned that I'm with Ra's Al Ghul on humanity and the world?)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22459815
Now, the age of consent has changed over time, so debates are fine, and there is a media witch-hunt about 1970s stars - *but* retroactively changing the law to protect sex offenders from being brought to account is not exactly the smartest way to go about looking at either of those issues, and you'd think a fucking human rights lawyer (and a woman) would bloody well know better.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22459815
Now, the age of consent has changed over time, so debates are fine, and there is a media witch-hunt about 1970s stars - *but* retroactively changing the law to protect sex offenders from being brought to account is not exactly the smartest way to go about looking at either of those issues, and you'd think a fucking human rights lawyer (and a woman) would bloody well know better.