if we could take this back to the original topic..... the Dateline series, i would appreciate it.

perhaps a new thread would work better for the "what ifs"? i'm tired of trying to defend the victim's rights to feel as we do feel. someone who violates someone else, such as a child, should be punished.

it makes perfect sense to me, maven, for you to start a new thread, concerning laws for sexual violators, and i'm sure you will get a lot of discussion concerning your questions.

i would also like to comment upon your statement about "airlines always seating small children by women" instead of men.....has it occurred to you that it could be because women are considered to naturally be more nurturing than men? or that it could be that there is some notion, by the airlines, that more men, than women, travel for business and thus they would be less inclined to pay attention to a small child seated beside them? that dog won't hunt.......in my book.

as i said before, i really wish another thread would be started concerning law reform and the male psyche involving law enforcement.