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• Sunday, October 5, 2008 08:56 PM

  @ Ondelette re sex & torture

  If you are referring to me regarding my equivalence of torture and 18 year old girls in porn, then don't. 18 year old girls (and boys) are often stupid, unsophisticated, ignorant, and clueless and get taken advantage of. Do I think that's a shame? Yes, of course. Do I think it's worse than torture? Of course not.

  I realized we had lost America when there was no outcry over the very IDEA of the existence of Guantanamo. I couldn't believe there was no outcry. Incredulous. I wrote to everyone I knew, expecting cries of horror and outrage and got back...nothing. Ho hum. It was stunning to me. No one give two shits that our government was torturing. Stunning.

  So, yup, torture is one of the worst things I can imagine a government doing out in the open.

  I pretty much assumed everyone here (except Shooter, of course) agrees that torture is unforgivable. So I was discussing that theory being bruited by some, including Glenn, that 18-year-olds are mature enough to decide to go into business selling their bodies. Legally, yes. Emotionally and spiritually, absolutely not. Should government be involved? I don't think so, but I do think that selling your body should be frowned upon, especially with young people -- I don't think they understand what price they may be paying.

  That's all. Am I a Victorian spinster?

  —Svensker Read Svensker's other letters
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