I'm pointing out that there is a double standard.
The law specifically states that what you THINK their age is does not matter, and all that matters is what their age actually is.
Source:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9A.44.030
However, the fact the law says this is usually only applied in cases of "assumed age is adult, but actual age is minor". This part of the law apparently is IGNORED in cases of "assumed age is minor, but actual age is adult" (like in the show To Catch a Predator). Because the rules are bent this way when the police and court interpret the law, the result is a MAJOR double standard that can best be summed up in the below 2 sentences.
If the person is a minor, but you believe they are an adult, WHAT YOU BELIEVE DOES NOT MATTER.
If the person is an adult, but you believe they are a minor, WHAT YOU BELIEVE DOES MATTER.
This double standard, whereby the justice system TWISTS AND BENDS THE RULES to fit the way that IT WISHES THE LAW WAS WRITTEN is a major SCANDAL, as far as I'm concerned. It allows people to be arrested for crimes they have NEVER COMMITTED. It is just more proof that we are living in a POLICE STATE! I regard this kind of handling of the law as being as bad as the ILLEGAL WIRETAPS and ILLEGAL METADATA GATHERING that the NSA has been doing that has been going on under Obama (and probably Bush), and as bad as the ILLEGAL LAW called the "Patriot Act" that the idiot President Bush signed into law. It's just one more thing that ENABLES THE POLICE TO ARREST YOU FOR MORE THINGS THAN THEY DID BEFORE, and gives them even more power to arrest you for CRIMES YOU HAVE NEVER COMMITTED!!!!!
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