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Comment by eesmith

Then it would be nice if he used the standard legal definition of "sexual assault" rather than use his own definition.

34 U.S. Code § 12291 (29) - "The term “sexual assault” means any nonconsensual sexual act proscribed by Federal, tribal, or State law, including when the victim lacks capacity to consent." - https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/34/12291#a_27 . It does not require 'force or violence', as Stallman implies.

Stallman stated: "Whatever conduct you want to criticize, you should describe it with a specific term that avoids moral vagueness about the nature of the criticism."

How is "sexual assault" not the specific term for sex with a coerced minor? Where is the moral vagueness in the accusation?

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