I will wade in to these murky waters to say that I do not understand the obsession that gay men have with much younger boys. I find it kind of creepy, but not criminal at 16, though I guess it is. But, then older straight men sometimes "date" 16 year-olds, too. To me, 16 though not officially meeting the age of consent, is too old to qualify for a pedophilia situation. Many of our mothers and grandmothers were 16 or 17 when they were MARRIED.
Having said this, we lived in San Francisco from 1971-1975. It was before Harvey was in politics. He owned a camera and photo developing place a couple blocks from our apartment. Almost all of the baby pictures of our son were developed by him. He was always very nice to me. I was shocked and saddened when he was murdered along with Moscone. But it absolutely was NOT because he was gay. He was just in the way of the lunatic who killed him. That man was ALSO a Democrat which is nice to note. SV
Dan White used the "twinkie defense" to get two murders reduced to involuntary manslaughter in 1979. White shot Mayor George Moscone in addition to Milk, but neither was the "twinkie." The jury bought the rather ludicrous defense that White was depressed from eating too much junk food, so he only served five years. I'm not sure if any ships or buildings got named after Mayor Moscone.
Perhaps this means there will be no USS George Floyd. . . .
I will wade in to these murky waters to say that I do not understand the obsession that gay men have with much younger boys. I find it kind of creepy, but not criminal at 16, though I guess it is. But, then older straight men sometimes "date" 16 year-olds, too. To me, 16 though not officially meeting the age of consent, is too old to qualify for a pedophilia situation. Many of our mothers and grandmothers were 16 or 17 when they were MARRIED.
Having said this, we lived in San Francisco from 1971-1975. It was before Harvey was in politics. He owned a camera and photo developing place a couple blocks from our apartment. Almost all of the baby pictures of our son were developed by him. He was always very nice to me. I was shocked and saddened when he was murdered along with Moscone. But it absolutely was NOT because he was gay. He was just in the way of the lunatic who killed him. That man was ALSO a Democrat which is nice to note. SV
Reality is generally more complicated than headlines. Nuance takes a lot of work and few there be who will exert themselves.
Cheers.
very good. but you are preaching to the choir, but its still good.
Dan White used the "twinkie defense" to get two murders reduced to involuntary manslaughter in 1979. White shot Mayor George Moscone in addition to Milk, but neither was the "twinkie." The jury bought the rather ludicrous defense that White was depressed from eating too much junk food, so he only served five years. I'm not sure if any ships or buildings got named after Mayor Moscone.
There is the Moscone Center, a convention center in San Francisco name after him. He was a pretty good mayor for a Democrat.
Eli Lake recorded a great podcast on this time period in SF for the Free Press.