"grooming"

[MS]

>richard@highwayman.com wrote:
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2196734.stm
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>> This is a piece about Oliver Letwin (shadow Home Secretary) calling for
>> "grooming" (that's what you and I used to call seduction, but it's much
>> more scary if there's a new word for it) to be made illegal.
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>In the interview he was asked to explain the word.  Which was a little strange in itself, as the item was introduced as Letwin wanting to outlaw "internet grooming" by pedophiles.
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>I would think a simpler offence addressing attempted seduction of a child, whether in person or by [chatroom/email/...] proxy, would be better.  

As far as I am aware it is still a crime to "procure for an immoral purpose" as is "importuning a minor".

Surely these laws could well be used for the purpose described.

Damn, that wouldn't work, neither demonise the internet.
:-(

M.