It has occurred to me more than once, reading this thread, that the morality expressed by some of these people is precisely the morality we saw in the Clinton White House. The harm those people did to this country is still being measured. The harm the van Dams have done to their family will also be costly, perhaps even for years down the line. The harm the libertines posting here might have done or might do--only they will know the stories, but one suspects its not quite all as rosy as is being painted.
Post 549. Clinton was a product of his times. He was so popular and is still popular because many people identified with him. He is a good ol' boy who made it to the big time. Many, many people admire him for his sexual "victories." It doesn't matter if he raped a thousand women.
Women have fallen from their place of honor where men believed they should protect them. Our culture has done that. Women have become competitors and "equals" rather than cherished and loved women. Rather than being true equals with man and helpmates, they have become something to be conquered.
Women have largely become mere sexual objects anyway, so why would raping them bother these men? Women have low self-esteem that they think they have to prostitute themselves in order to get the attention of these low-life men. Both men and women in our culture have sunk to the sewer level. It is a no-win scenario.
Sexual deviates and just messed-up-in-the-mind people won't admit they need help. Sometimes, they don't even know it.