Calling teenagers "children" has real effects. The UK is considering a law to prohibit marriage of anyone under 18, and this is presented as "saving people from child marriage."

The stated reason for this law is to prevent the practice of compelling someone to marry. Doing that is clearly an injustice, but I don't see that it becomes any less wrong if the victim is over 18.

Maybe it is unwise for people under 18 to marry. Maybe it is unwise for people under 21 to marry. Or under 31. I clearly don't know, but it is not about being "children."

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Israel is now demolishing Palestinian homes and stores in Silwan, which is part of what Israel has annexed as "East Jerusalem".

The excuse is that some of the homes were "built illegally", but since Israel effectively prohibits all construction by Palestinians, that has little moral weight.

*Russian [thugs] raid journalists probing government corruption.*

The Russian state has abandoned any attempt to heed ideas of justice. It represents raw power.