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To: ellery

My gut reaction is that the prosecutor stepped over the line, but I am also aware that in the Internet age there has been numerous cases of family members using underage relatives for just what she was charged with.

It is really a hard call. And there is the cultural element. Things that were permissible and commonplace 40 years ago are no longer acceptable — and obviously vice-versa.

Here in Japan, where family baths are still common, it is not unusual for girls from toddlers up to prepubescent to accompany their fathers into the changing rooms at swimming pools. I can’t tell you what a shock it was for me the first time I was toweling off after a post-swim shower, looked down and saw a five-year-old girl staring up at me in frank curiosity. I practically crawled into the locker.

It still bothers me a bit and I tend to act very shy and dress hurriedly if after swimming I note that there are young girls in the locker room. But no Japanese thinks a thing about it.


19 posted on 05/04/2009 5:12:20 PM PDT by Ronin (Moderate Taliban? Oxymoron. Obama voters? Plain morons.)
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To: Ronin

All the while they are shoving gay this and gay that crap down our throats like it is normal and acceptable, or any other deviancy. They need to go to that DA’s house and check him out. They might just be the one with the real problem.


31 posted on 05/04/2009 5:24:40 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Negromancer !!! RUN for your lives !!!)
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