This speaks to my point. In many places in Africa as well as some in scores of other locations around the globe, public nudity is common and there is often much more than public groping as well. Are we prepared to say that their entire culture is disrespectful? I'm going to guess that we would not - it's not very PC at the very least. So is it only disrespectful because our society says it is?

I know this was said in jest, but I am a combat veteran who was paid to kill other people and was honored by my society for showing great skill at doing so. There are parades every year (Veterans Day) to show respect for people like myself who were better at it than whoever the government said were our enemies de jour. I agree that killing people isn't very respectful of them, but trying to show here that even something as obvious as murder can be held up and honored by a society.

Your last question is an interesting one. I've been all over the world and I've got to tell you, I've seen sixteen year olds in some countries that I thought were ready for parenthood and some countries in which I couldn't find a 26 year old who I thought was mature enough. Now granted, that is just one opinion, but different societies have different norms. I often think trauma is the result of a conflict with societal mores and norms moreso than the act itself.

I agree, but it is difficult for me to expect a teen to respect the taxpayer and the added burden we are being forced to shoulder when that burden is insignificant next to the money we give corporate america for a bailout. The government is a lousy role model for respecting the taxpayers.