Cebu - 38-year-old Englishman Sebastian Lai Cole was caught holding hands with a 14-year-old girl on Thursday afternoon in Liloan, Santander. - klajoo.com - Cole testified that he hired the girl as a tour guide for his visit to Dumaguete City. Cole is now facing charges of child molestation and the girl was turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
I am sure your comment is tongue in cheek humour, but people need to be super careful here. I know of one girl who was 16 and told her lover she was 25 and had a child to him. I knew of another (my ex here) who's Aunty faked ID's for her Daughter's and Nieces so they could dance in the local Bar she managed, all of them under age! Even an official looking Birth Certificate here I would not trust! If I so much as had an inkling of doubt I would run for the hills! (Maybe that is why I waited 5 years of talking online until my Wife was nudging 30 before I came here to meet and marry her, can never be too careful! hehe)
My rule that I used to follow before I found the one I am with now, is that if she looked younger than my youngest daughter stay away. Not sure what I would have in common with someone so young anyway, I'm ready for bed, she's ready to go out. I wake up, she's coming home. No thanks. Young is nice to look at, but older is better to live with and have a shared life with.
Hey! We're only talking about tour guides here! I'm not gonna fall in love with my tour guide! I don't think......
Depends what and how well she is *touring*. *Touring* all the hot and wet spots down south maybe... But seriously, holding hands makes one a sexual predator to them.... IF the person is a foreigner. Tons of Filipino guys screwing minor HS schools every day and many of them paying to nail young virgins yet that is ignored because its Filipino on Filipina so screw investigating or setting up any sort of programs at local schools to warn or help vulnerable young girls. How many of the Filipino's and younger Filipina girls get blood relation checked when caught out in public being sweet/romantic? Go to the parks and used to be the boulevard every evening and you could see a couple mid teen girls holding onto some obvious 20+ local male.
Let's not try to make him a victim. He was seen in public holding hands with a minor that was not related to him. It is wrong and he deserves what's coming to him. And two wrongs don't make a right; just because a lot of Filipino men get away with it does not mean that foreigners should as well. Anyone illegally screwing minors should be shot in the head and dumped in the ocean. That is perfectly legal in the Philippines. There is a 10 year rule in the Philippines, a 26 year old can screw a 16 year old legally...with permission from a parent I believe. I think that starts at age 14...or 12. Can't really remember the specifics of the law. Do I agree with a 24 year old screwing a 14 year old? Absolutely not. But even worse is a 50+ year old man doing it. It is just wrong. There is absolutely nothing an old man can have in common with minor...he is a predator and nothing else.
Not wanting foreigners to get away with it but would like them to show its not just about money but actually protecting kids. No difference as well between a 24 year old man screwing a 14 year old vs a 50+ guy.... neither have anything in common or could have a real relationship. Its simply wrong. My point is laws should be enforced properly and fairly, not just selectively against a specific class of individual they dislike or its no real law.