“In the report compiled by the
Lake Forest, Ill., police department, a copy of which was obtained by The New
York Times, the man said he was 15 when Mr. Levine held his hand in an
“incredibly sensual way.” (NYTimes, 12/2/17)
This is
newsworthy? Surely Americans are not just now discovering sex! I had a
professor, when a student many decades ago, who sat you down in a low chair
with arms, when you came into his office, sat down next to you and held your
hand. While I was fairly naive then (and probably still am), I made my
diagnosis and did nothing, told no
one—until now.
As I
have stated before, it is clearly a “Good Thing” (1066 and All That) that the sins of powerful men are subjected to
daylight. But rather than joining those who just cheer, I also want to warn of
the proximity of a pendulum swinging excessively in the other direction. We
don’t need another Puritan Age.
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