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Well, Angel -- I've seen the way some first year college students act -- I'm not sure even by that age some *know* what is an appropriate question or not. We can argue about "thrill factor" in asking such questions; and there's a point. But in some parts of the country, some seem to have had little training or discipline.

I think the "total honesty" movement (liberalism, 70s) has had a deleterious affect on many aspects of civil society.

Well, Angel -- I've seen the way some first year college students act -- I'm not sure even by that age some *know* what is an appropriate question or not.

I doubt that. They know, they just don't care.

And I'm hardly an angel. I remember once when I was a kid going to see some presentation by a World War II veteran. This was about 1990. While he was talking about one of the more serious parts of his experiences, for which he was trying to form his words carefully, I farted quite obnoxiously.

Boy, was I pleased with myself.... I knew it was an asshat stunt, and that's why I did it.

Kids may do dumb things, but it usually isn't because they're stupid and don't know any better. This kid here is old enough to know what's what, and that's probably why he asked the question in the first place. To be an asshat.