[eddie willers]

My point was more in the realm of the court of public opinion.

So was I and here is where we differ in opinion and I may very well be wrong....but I believe that most people, over 40, think a 52 year old man hitting on an 18 year old is no different than a 16 year old.

And people over 40 vote!

The only think we can do is stress that IMs are different than Emails and that we did the right thing at the right time.

Anything else just keeps it in the news

[REDWOOD99]

I'm over 40. There's a HUGE difference.

[Sarah]

16 is not legal, 18 is. Hitting on subordinates is a different problem, but there is a real (legal) distinction here, and that is not negligible.