On 7/15/06, Stephen Bain stephen.bain@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/15/06, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
I don't even see what's so undignified about this particular incident that anyone would argue it on that basis in the first place. Everyone does boneheaded things from time to time.
This particular incident may only be embarrassing; what is undignified is AP's reportage using a full name. What would likewise be undignified would be the immortalisation of this in a biography, forever linking this person's name with this event and this event alone (there is no other biographical information available), as if that was the sum total of their life.
I think that's in part due to the details of the incident, though. Otherwise, we should probably delete [[John Couey]] and a whole host of other articles on criminals.
Calling 911 to get a date is boneheaded. Trying to force yourself sexually onto a child is more than just boneheaded.
Anthony