[muawiyah]

Still, we should not cover up for Barney if, in fact, he is engaged with a child simply because we don't look like we are doing so for reasons of political retaliation.

[spatso]

"Still, we should not cover up for Barney"

Stop, every time we try to rationalize or trivialize bad behavior by a moral relative it only demeans our own value of ourselves. The only position that is appropriate for today is to be disappointed in the behavior that sits directly before us.