I'm sorry that you find the roots of California's rape by deception law to be ridiculous, but it is an old hang-over law that has it's roots int he idea that a wife must consent to sex with her husband. Sorry, but facts. (I'm not saying that is good, just that it is.)

Last time I went to the San Diego Zoo, the most fun I had all day was at the polar bear enclosure.

Yes, thank God for the Daily Show giving you an actual live idiot to look at and pretend that everyone who reaches similar conclusions does so for the same reasons!

That is California. MY jurisdiction. ;)

I guess it is good that foreign precedent isn't binding on U.S. courts. ;)

In the end she is more of a bitch, and less of a witch. But, still.

The woman who thought it was her boyfriend in bed with her and it turned out to be an intruder...that's most certainly rape

I don't think this would count as rape in any U.S. jurisdiction, even the ones that weakly recognize rape by deception. (But I could be wrong.)

Yes, it is the same in the U.S.

As a prosecutor trying to make the case, I would certainly make that arguement.

No, it does not mean that. For the very reason you posed.

If you only agree to sex with a condom and the guy takes it off and continues to penetrate you...that is no longer consensual sex.

See my response above.

I suggest you don't go to law school.

Sort of.

I would consider this deceit a form of rape, but hey, that's just me.

I see your point — but I disagree

I concur. But only scrambled eggs. And scrambled in a certain way — so that they are light and fluffy, as opposed to dense.

This, for some reason, makes me think of the Sweet Valley High books. I grew up reading, on a near daily basis, that "perfection" was a Size 6.

Prince Hot Ginge seems into this chick. Which, given that she is completely overshadowed by the beauty that is Joss Stone, I do not understand.