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Paolo wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2002 10:05 pm
As A-1 mentions, there is no informed consent for a minor.
When I said "informed and educated consent", I didn't mean it in the legal sense. I meant "he knows exactly what is going to be done, and what the probable effects are".
I'm trying to leave standard US culture and laws out of this discussion (I'm not even American, myself). I'm guessing the starter of this thread isn't even in the US, since he ended his post with "Sorry my poor english.", in which case he isn't even going to be bound by US laws (although what he is proposing would probably be illegal in whatever country he is in).
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A-1 (imported) wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2002 3:04 pm
You cannot wait until age 18 to let the secondary
> sexual characteristics develop from the administration
> of sex hormones.
I wasn't thinking of waiting that long, actually - more like 15 at the latest. With an accelerated education, a 15-year old boy could be more mature than the average 18-year old. He still wouldn't be of legal age of course, but I'm thi
Paolo wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2002 10:05 pm
nking of this from an "underground" perspective.
> At age 10, I was taken to the ER by a cop when I
> was hit by a car. I was bleeding all over, forehead
> busted open, possible broken arm ... and they left me
> on the table while they tried to locate a parent. At
> that time, the cop pulled out his badge, waved it in
> the Doc's face, and ordered him to start work on me
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ince the better part of my blood supply was in his
> truck. (Off duty at the time.)
That's a good example of US culture and laws not taking minors as seriously as they should. (What if the hospital had wasted a lot of time trying to locate a parent, and the boy bled to death in the meantime?) Which is why I take it with a grain of salt. If a law doesn't make sense to me, then I will only obey it if it's convenient, or I'm afraid of getting caught breaking it. I have practiced underage drinking in a responsible manner, for example.
By the way, it would be interesting to hear why the original poster (deboys) is asking this question in the first place. Is he just curious, or does he really have a boy that he's considering castrating?