Shut Up and Dance - Conflicted emotions
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Lauren-m-bonner — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 11:30 AM)
A minor can get in legal trouble for sending sexts from a minor, for example if a 16 year old girl takes naked pics and sends them to her 16 year old boyfriend she can get in trouble for distributing child pornography and he can get in trouble for viewing it. I think the main character would get in even more trouble then the example above because it is implied that he was looking at much younger minors.
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bydo1492 — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 11:45 AM)
Working in the fast food place means he's at least 16. 16 is our legal age.
At first I was like "a teenage boy waving a wank to internet porn, what's the big deal about that?" I wonder how the big paedophile new he was talking to another of his kind? Maybe in a takes one to know one kind of way. -
Lauren-m-bonner — 9 years ago(October 22, 2016 04:37 PM)
Was the episode supposed to be in the US? There are several cases of this happening involving 16 year olds in the US. Here's just one example: http://atlantadailyworld.com/2015/09/09/high-school-teen-faces-10-years-in-prison-for-sexting-female-classmate/
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Leda74 — 9 years ago(October 23, 2016 06:06 PM)
He said hes not old enough to legally drive yet
No he didn't, he said: "I'm still learning, I haven't passed my test yet". In the UK you have to be at least 17 to hold a provisional licence and take driving lessons. -
danavenell — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 03:05 AM)
I thought he looked younger, but various official sources say Kenny is 19. In the UK, where it was set, he would be guilty as a 50 year old of the crime, and put on the sex offenders register - however sentencing is up to the judge and I imagine a first offence for a 19 year old would mean he was treated as leniently as is reasonable (ignoring the other crimes for a moment). I think it was a deliberate choice to make the protagonist still young, living with his parents etc, and for the severity of the child porn he was looking at it to be unclear, so as for it not to be a black and white 'so he was a pedo? Then they should kill him anyway' type response.
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JoostinOnline — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 03:50 AM)
I thought he looked younger, but various official sources say Kenny is 19.
That's interesting. I thought he was around 15 myself. He didn't even have a license, just a permit.
I felt bad for him when I watched it, even at the end. I thought "A 15 year old is probably going to watch porn of someone who is 15." I didn't look at porn until I was in my early 20's, but I preferred it of people in their early 20's.
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laurendorward-990-190608 — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 05:42 AM)
And? What's him not having a driving licence got to do with it? He was learning and you need to be at least 17 to learn.
A 15 year old shouldn't be watching porn or indeed find porn of kids having sex as that is pedophilia and a 15 year old is a child. What a ridiculous notion.
Even if he had sex at 15 and the girl was 15 he could be done for statutory rape.
He was no better than the other men and (as we saw) he was probably the most depraved as he got the worst ending.
Just because he looked young it doesn't make him any less of a predator. In fact he's worse. -
danavenell — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 05:56 AM)
There is no crime of statutory rape in the UK. A 15 year old having sex with another 15 year old may be illegal, but it would not go to court.
I'm not defending a 19 year old who downloads child pornography though. It is only outside of the show, in the plot synopsis etc, we learn he is 19 though - watching the show it is never said, as far as I know, and he looks 15 - that's what I thought) - so maybe they should have made it clearer in the episode how old he was (unless they did and i missed it). -
laurendorward-990-190608 — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 07:22 AM)
The guy can still be done if it was two 15 year olds in the UK. It may not be as harsh as if he was 16, but he can still be done for it.
There are several clues to show he's way over 16. You cannot work in a place like that below 16 and most places it would be 18 (especially if working in a kitchen) you cannot start driving till 17, and you can't leave school till you're 18 (unless it's an approved apprenticeship)
Despite all of that he looks over 16 years old.