"he was 17 and she was 14 it wouldn't matter ... it would still be statutory rape"
Not in Maryland. Many other states have a version of the 4 year rule as well.
"I'm willing to write that off as making it comprehensible to an audience which may not have read comics since the 1960's"
I had similar issues with Snowcrash. Written by someone who clearly had no idea how computers work, and yet it was pretty much the main part of the plot. Sad really given how much else about near-future society he got clearly 'right'.
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Not in Maryland. Many other states have a version of the 4 year rule as well.
"I'm willing to write that off as making it comprehensible to an audience which may not have read comics since the 1960's"
I had similar issues with Snowcrash. Written by someone who clearly had no idea how computers work, and yet it was pretty much the main part of the plot. Sad really given how much else about near-future society he got clearly 'right'.
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