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I have done nothing to deserve your sarcasm or rudeness. :)

If you feel compelled to make an example of me by making fun of my opinion, I would submit that continuing this discussion is pointless.

I will say, however, that at no point did I suggest that a kid of 13 or under has the life experience and decision-making capacity of a full-fledged adult. Nor did I say that I dreamed of boning my teachers.

I will say that based upon Vili Faulaau's testimony and the testimony of his mother and that of the case worker assigned to him that he was not harmed in any appreciable way by the 400+ times he had intercourse with his teacher.

I am a man and am familiar with how sexual urges can drive behavior. I know that statistically sexual abuse plagues men at a far higher rate than it does women. This isn't statistical skewing, or under-reporting by male victims, it's a fact.

I do not attempt to imply there's morality in Letourneau's actions...Quite the opposite if you took the time to read my posts carefully. I view her as horribly misguided, irresponsible, and unfit for reintegration for society. I still do not view her as a malicious rapist. She really thinks she loves the boy...And vice versa.

I will say, however, that at no point did I suggest that a kid of 13 or under has the life experience and decision-making capacity of a full-fledged adult. Nor did I say that I dreamed of boning my teachers.

Here's what you said:

Also, as a boy, I can say that speaking for myself, a teacher having sex with me in 6th or 7th grade would not have left me emotionally scarred...Quite the opposite, in fact.

None of us know ourselves that well at that age. I made the admittedly snide remarks about "maturity, schmaturity" because the common sense of the oft-stated truism "If I only knew then what I know now" and a statement like yours above cannot co-exist.

Statements such as yours presume that everything would have gone well with a teacher with obvious mental, emotional, and ethical deficiencies, and that nobody would find out except those who would keep their traps shut.

I will say that based upon Vili Faulaau's testimony and the testimony of his mother and that of the case worker assigned to him that he was not harmed in any appreciable way by the 400+ times he had intercourse with his teacher.

Why did Fualaau (unsuccessfully) sue the school district that hired Letourneau, arguing that it should have "protected" him from her advances?

BTW: 400+ times? Are you sure about that? I didn't know they had contact that regularly. You got a source for that number?