It's All Porn and Games 'Til Someone Gets Hurt
An 11 year old kid in Britain recently
got caught selling adult DVDs on school grounds (at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4678869.stm).
When I first read this, three thoughts immediately went through
my mind, in quick succession. The first thought was, although
what the kid did was wrong, did they have to make a federal case
out of it? I did some big, regrettable things as an adolescent
in school. But I would have been mortified if those things had
made the neighborhood gossip ring, much less received national
media attention from the likes of the BBC.
My second, and gut-level response was a somewhat typical male,