He had a certain fan base here and some weren't gone on him.
He disappeared very fast last year and now he's about to sue Twitter.
Well I have the evidence to back it up.
Like I said, go cry about it.
Absolutely irrelevant that she went to school. All that matters here is she was over the age of consent. Case closed. Save us your emotive and moral nonsense. That's not the issue here.
And what does my family and my children have anything to do with this discussion?
One rule for you and another for others huh?
I'd disagree with that assessment.
I can understand when you're talking about teenagers engaged in sexual behaviour with each other, but there's no grounds for adults engaging in such activities with teenagers.
It's also mind boggling how so many countries have the age of consent set so unbelievably low.
Without wanting to be too crass here, but would you as an adult want to have sex with a 16 year old yourself?
I think 17 is an appropriate age for consent. Yes, 16 too. I mean, across the pond it’s 16. 15 and below seems bit low/risky in my view.
I didn’t even mention you or your family. You really need to get a grip on your emotions.
So I’m imagining that you said that you hoped I didn’t have children? Or did you not say that?
I do have children, now what have you got to say?
Please show me where I said exactly this to you.
I’m baffled…
can only think the poster lashed out in anger, seeing things that are not there.
You said it in the thread at those who disagree with you.
I’m telling you that I do have children. So what’s your point?
That’s not what I said, but what you took from it. And as a result you resorted to the usual insults and attacks just because we have a different opinion or viewpoint.
Wonder what the age of consent is in Australia.
The fact that McDermott was the poster boy for the me too woke and anti male toxicity movement in ireland its absolutely relevant that this girl was in school, a school child, and he was in a position to manipulate that. Someone her and her friends would have looked up to him. Would have been influenced by his presence on spin1038. Her age cohort was his target audience. Its amazing to think that people see no issue with this.
He didnt do anything illegal. He deserves to move on with his life but if he wants to preach to us again question and allegations should be clarified.
Outstanding that he didnt push for a full retraction of everything he was accused of. Anyone i know and i think everyone on here regardless of their view on this would have demamded a full retraction.
Any news on McDermott and his case against twitter?
Cant imagine the woke angle will affect him to much, there seems to be a bit of a backlash against that anyway. Eventually he will be reintegrated into the media here to, after a bit of contrition of course.
She was over the age of consent, and happened to still be in school. I’m not sure if you think it would make a difference whether she was at school, left school and was working, or in third level, but you seem to be fixated on the school uniform aspect of the story.
I would absolutely disagree with you on your assertion that he should go for a full retraction. The girl wrecked her credibility when acknowledging that she made false claims, any further action by him would appear to be punishing her, and keeping the story in the public domain. No doubt his PR advisors told him to let it go and move on with his life.
Same as England I believe. 16. Some territories it is 17
And you made a remark about those who disagree with your viewpoint hoping they didn’t have children.
Third time I will ask you. I disagreed with you, and I do have children. So what point were you making with that post? What about my children are you so concerned about?
Either answer the question or admit that you didn’t have a point.
Do you think 16 in the uk/eu is to low Spain is an odd one there laws are hard to get the head around Portugal is lower. I think it boils down to peoples own morality. But the law is the law. I'm sure the Garda went through all the communication for grooming. We used to sit outside off-licence waiting for an adult to buy us booze ofc we paid. Would that be grooming we were about 14 ish.
A human brain is not fully formed until your mid 20's, no matter how mature a 17yo girl appears on the outside or how mature they think they are, they are not, their mind is closer to a 13yo than a 27yo.
My post was quite clear. I said I hoped that some posters here don’t have children if they can’t bear the thought of them engaging in consensual sexual activities with a partner of their choice. Maybe you should read the whole post and not just the first line, because then you wouldn’t be confused by it.
Is that anatomically of psychologically and do you know if it is “formed” enough to make important decisions by 17?. Would you think the brain is formed enough to drive a car, make a decision on your future, get married, travel abroad without a parent before their mid 20s? Should a 22 yr old be tried as a child because their brain isn’t fully formed?
Is it creepy for a 26yo man to be texting a 16yo girl? Waiting until she is legal before making a move??
Yes and it would be grooming.
Isn’t it grooming when the intention is to commit an offence with a person under the age of consent? Are you alleging that McDermott intended to have sex with an underage girl rather than waiting until she was over the age of consent?
I think it’s still considered grooming if you wait until they are age of consent.
From a quick scan through the legislation, it appears to apply where an adult induces a child into committing a criminal act, or, the sexual exploitation of a child. I appreciate the law may be more nuanced than that, but as consensual sex with a person over the age of consent is neither a criminal offence, nor exploitation, I suspect what you posted is wrong, but I could stand corrected.
Either way, what Gusser09 posted is ill informed nonsense, a 26 yr old texting a 16 yr old is not automatically grooming, he/she has no knowledge of the content of the texts.
No. Not alleging anything. 100 percent not.
I would argue differentl
More irrelevant sh1te. Not the issue. He broke no laws. Case closed.
No one cares about your emotive opinion.
I find the kid thing quite tiring. Take it up with the legislators. Some are going on as if it's that nambla or some nonsense.
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