My sincere apologies, lady lawyer.
Anyone lawyer opposing ACLU is remarkable.
Look out for the crew from the Smithsonian, the ones carrying the huge bell jar. You are the last of your kind, you know.
As I sit down before my somewhat deserved meal of crow, with humble pie for dessert, might I inquire as to your justifications for imposing the draconian penalties now mandated for “sex offenders” upon such “offenders” as these school boys?
Something to contemplate as I pick the bird shot out of that crow, you know.
Actually, I’m not the last of my kind. I know lots of lawyers who are as motivated by conservative values as I am.
On this particular issue, I think the behavior of the boys went way beyond normal teasing to disturbing, sexually aggressive behavior. These were 13 year olds who thought they had a right to grope and dry hump unconsenting girls. But the media seemed to leave out the most disturbing facts, like the grabbing of the breasts and the dry-humping.
I agree that if all that was involved was a slap on the butt on a day when everyone was doing it, the reaction would have been draconian. But, considering the fact that much more was involved and the administration tried to stop these boys without involving the law, but the boys persisted, then they got what they deserved, in my opinion.
As for labeling them as sex offenders — well, under the law, that’s what they were. There are various levels of sex offenses, and this activity qualified.
Maybe they were otherwise decent boys who, for reasons that no one can explain, suffered a temporary, amazing lack of judgment. But I doubt it.
They may have escaped the sex offender label this time, but my guess is that, for them to have engaged in such behavior, they will earn it again sometime in the future.