For what it's worth, I've never seen a stripper. I don't say that because I'm holier than thou. It just doesn't strike me as something I would want to do.
Although Ann doesn't say it, I had been thinking earlier about a remark someone made on another thread about the Duke business--that our justice system is broken and does this sort of thing often. So, how would you avoid having it happen to you? How do you avoid having a DA indict you?
The big mistake these boys made was to invite a black stripper to visit them. That's mixing porn with race, a dangerous mixture. No doubt they thought they were being very broadminded and nonjudgmental and all that. But the racial angle was the basic ingredient that turned this whole affair into political dynamite.
It could have happened with a white stripper, I suppose, but this outcome would have been less likely. Ann can't say that, because it might sound racist, and her enemies would certainly jump all over it. But I think it's undeniable.
If it had been a white stripper the DA wouldn't have seen the golden political opportunity of a lifetime and run with the case before he adequatgely investigated it. Having properly investigated the stripper's allegations, he'd have found there was no case and dropped it.
I think those boys were being broad minded, all right...
I've tried it. I didn't enjoy it and have never got the point. But we WERE smart enough to go to a club, not to invite some strange man into a private home.