See the original post below: Nobody is safe anymore these days. According to news sources Ed Sheeran is being hit with a $20M copyright lawsuit over his song âPhotographâ. Matt Cardle is claiming a strong similarity in the chorus of his song âAmazingâ (2012) and Sheeranâs 2015 track âPhotographâ. Have a listen to both: Ed Sheeran - Photograph (2015)
If a person is SO drunk that they CANNOT give consent (i.e. they don't understand what is going on, they can't speak, run or fight, etc.) and the other person has sex with them knowing that they can't give consent or say no, then yes, it's rape.
To consent is to give permission, which could have been withheld. It implies a power relationship where the consent is granted by the party with more power. There is the political theory that says, governments can rule only with the consent of the governed. That is, the people consent to be governed and thus grant their power to the government. To assent is to agree with a statement made by an equal. On the Supreme Court, one justice writes the opinion of the majority, to which other justices assent. Those that disagree are said to dissent, that is to disagree. So, consent = permission while assent = agreement.