RP>On 01-31-98, MIKE ANGWIN declared to ROBERT PLETT:
MA>RP>Adultery is a criminal act, a fact our society has chosen to igno
MA>     It could be classified as an immoral act depending upon one's
MA>individual morals, and it may still, in some states, even be an ille
MA>act, depending upon local statues,
RP>A misdemeaner in D.C., according to John Sampson.
MA>but to universally define adultry as
MA>a criminal act, of and by itself, may not be entirely accurate.
Mike:
In a few states, how many I don't really know, adultery is still a criminal 
act. In New York, it's still a ground for divorce since NY hasn't become 
THAT enlightened in having "no fault" divorce. 
In the District of Columbia, adultery is still classified as a misdemeanor. 
Don't know when it was last successfully prosecuted. Guess it's been a 
while since the "inhabitants" of D.C. were so enlightened as to re-elect 
Marion Barry AFTER he did time for crack possession. 
The point Robert was making Mike is that even if adultery WASN'T a crime in 
some jurisdictions, it's still immoral. What possible message can Clinton 
be sending to the youth of this country by his behavior? Do as I say and 
not as I do? Adultery is OK? PERJURY is OK if the ends justify the means?
How in God's name can a United States Attorney bring a criminal action 
against someone who perjured themselves in Federal Court when the President 
of the United States apparently has flaunted the law and has dared Starr to 
prosecute him?
What kind of role model can Clinton be? How can he go on television and 
preach abstinence or caution against teen age pregnancy, or women's issues? 
It's abundantly clear to me that he treats women as sex objects. He's 
defiled his marital vows, totally trashed them. Has out and out lied to the 
American public. And we, the land of the quick and the naive, not to 
mention greedy, are willing to overlook these "minor" transgressions 
because the economy is good, unemployment is down, interest rates are down, 
inflation is down, etc. ad nauseum. The public is worse than a $20 whore on 
any city street corner. We as a society have sold out our social conscience 
for the belief that we're "better off" with this guy. 
This is the same guy who sold the White House, the election of 96, and God 
knows what else. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a 
duck, guess what? It's a duck. 
John , jnsampson@ibm.net 
 "To find reasonable doubt, one must first be capable of reason."
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