[Homer1]

Hardly, but even if it were, it's one that he should never have allowed to exit his mouth.

how so? Are we so cowed in today's society, that the truth is not to be uttered in the public forum?

Somewhere, our forefathers are weeping.

[mutley]

how so? Are we so cowed in today's society, that the truth is not to be uttered in the public forum?

I don't think the statement is true...you do. In order to determine if the statement were true, I'd need to know the circumstances of the rape.

[McGavin999]

Somewhere, our forefathers are weeping.

No they're not. There have always been things that shouldn't be spoken in public. They are true, but none the less should not be said publically. Freedom of speech doesn't mean you ignore the rules of polite society.