You should have an MD look at that, @jd-vance-1.bsky.social .

I think if I were a nurse, I'd be looking to immigrate to a country that actually valued my profession. Nurses are in short supply in many countries that make the US looks like the third world.

And I sure as hell wouldn't be willing to do s-b-a for Trump and his cronies.

The Dem lawmakers aren't the ones that George Washington would have hung.

Makes me weep, every time I hear it.
Miss you, George; Miss you, Prince.

In the UK, it's a war on immigrants, just like in the US, but with different tactics. Same behind the scene actors, same rhetoric about immigrants taking everything and giving nothing, while "English" (aka WASp) do without.

Nurses & carers take a huge hit -- because so many come from elsewhere.

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Exploiting people when they are vulnerable is and should be criminal. Claiming that it's somehow less criminal, less sick to exploit vulnerable teenagers is as sick as engaging in the exploitation itself.

It's worth knowing that the connections between the parts of the brain that generate sexual urges and the centers that are responsible for regulation and decision-making aren't complete until sometime in the late 20s.

2) Physical development occurs on a different time scale than neurological, cognitive, social, and emotional development. Meaning -- many 15-16 year olds may look like adults, but lack the cognitive and emotional maturity to fully understand or cope with the consequences of their behavior.

The main issues that Kelly's statement ignores are twofold:
1) Slapping an age on when it's pedophilia or hebephilia ignores an important fact: Individuals differ widely in when they begin to mature physically and the rates of change. Some 15-year-olds haven't or barely begun to develop.