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To: TimF who wrote (133098)	2/19/2001 9:33:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570736

His statement was unfeeling and stupid, but I don't think it equated a 13 year old girl with a prostitute. It was basically a statement that if the sailors were so horny they should just have gotten a prostitute, that it would have been simpler and they wouldn't have hurt anyone or gotten in trouble. Not a statement that should have been made at the time but while it was insensitive I don't think it was made as a put down of the girl. Tim, There is an equation of sorts although the whole scenario is screwed [so to speak]. Apparently unlike the admiral, I see rape and having sex as two different acts. One is considered an act of violence, while the other either is the fulfillment of a biological urge, an act of procreation and/or an expression of love. However the ex admiral seemed to think that the girl was providing the same services as a prostitute...the satisfying of an biological urge, whereas in reality the girl was a victim of violence. It would appear in his mind he makes little distinction between a 13 year old girl and an adult providing services as a prostitute. Why do you think he is an ex-admiral? ted