<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post116116917532861808..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>19</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116162136726186304</id><published>2006-10-23T12:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T12:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Jennifer B:This is of course the accepted and...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Jennifer B:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is of course the accepted and sanitized wisdom with respect to proper homosexual behavior.  But as any dot knows, sex is a much bigger and more complex matter than any arbitrary age benchmark.  &quot;Coming of age&quot; is truly a grey area, never the same for any two people, and never codifiable.  Civilization and its contracts and routines dictate the conveniences of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116162136726186304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116162136726186304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161621360000#c116162136726186304' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116154886279015134</id><published>2006-10-22T16:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-22T16:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think the general public is too stupid to unders...</title><summary type='text'>I think the general public is too stupid to understand the difference between gay and pedophilia. They are COMPLETELY different. The former is attracted to men, the latter to children. I think it is irresponsible for a man to come-on in any way to guys under the age of 18. It blurs the lines of what is appropriate and puts the dignity of the gay movement at risk. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Jennifer B</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116154886279015134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116154886279015134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161548820000#c116154886279015134' title=''/><author><name>Editors</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15931457867406555423</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-547270347"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 22, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116137649396491554</id><published>2006-10-20T16:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-20T16:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Good and thoughtful points, all--including Zeke an...</title><summary type='text'>Good and thoughtful points, all--including Zeke and Lilac&#39;s warnings reminding us of how &quot;sex scandals&quot; get used to cover up military and other moves. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Incidentally, some &quot;Focus on the Family&quot;-type organization recently put out an ad campaign against Walgreens, which had been a sponsor of Chicago&#39;s &quot;Gay Games&quot; a few months back (the Gay &lt;BR/&gt;Games had been the &quot;Gay Olympics&quot; until they </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116137649396491554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116137649396491554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161376440000#c116137649396491554' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116136273664215790</id><published>2006-10-20T12:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-20T12:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Republican Christian base is incensed and demo...</title><summary type='text'>The Republican Christian base is incensed and demoralized that Hastert didn’t do anything, and Hastert won’t quit, which means that fewer children will be killed in the Middle East in the next two years.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Every demographic needs talking points to get a tip of the iceberg of how corrupt the three branches of GOP leadership has become.  The homophobic fundamentalists don’t chat about secret</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116136273664215790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116136273664215790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161362700000#c116136273664215790' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116132720101327947</id><published>2006-10-20T02:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-20T02:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Whereas over 400 newspapers could care less about...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Whereas over 400 newspapers could care less about such a distinction&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m pretty sure you meant &quot;couldn&#39;t care less&quot;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But that&#39;s assuming that you care about language.... :)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No great offense. Even if your error be &quot;mega-gay&quot; in the parlance of teh gigamegaphobes.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;cfusvmd</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116132720101327947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116132720101327947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161327180000#c116132720101327947' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116132320301477860</id><published>2006-10-20T01:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-20T01:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yup, traitor, spy, fag. Boy, what can I say? Hey, ...</title><summary type='text'>Yup, traitor, spy, fag. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Boy, what can I say? Hey, even felons (&amp; that includes murderers) are better beloved under federal law.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116132320301477860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116132320301477860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161323160000#c116132320301477860' title=''/><author><name>Glenn Ingersoll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14661806559842869136</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1812046502"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116131548254762188</id><published>2006-10-19T23:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T23:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shanna,Sue me: despite everything, I&#39;m still an op...</title><summary type='text'>Shanna,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sue me: despite everything, I&#39;m still an optimist. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;:-)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;S.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116131548254762188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116131548254762188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161315480000#c116131548254762188' title=''/><author><name>Seth Abramson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08059849202129580100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-11614668"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116127442808622714</id><published>2006-10-19T12:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T12:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It is pretty clear to me that young men have less ...</title><summary type='text'>It is pretty clear to me that young men have less rights to declare foul and that would indicate something grave indeed for the American people.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A youth who is &quot;sexually energized&quot; by an adult male seems to be a &quot;norm&quot; not worth mentioning..the coerciveness of the &quot;employment&quot; of such youths is practically Byzantine.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d say, it&#39;s a wasp nest of nasty.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The next three </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116127442808622714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116127442808622714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161274380000#c116127442808622714' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116124307729727605</id><published>2006-10-19T03:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-19T03:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As a professional gay member of the legislature, m...</title><summary type='text'>As a professional gay member of the legislature, married,  I find this entire debate a not so subtle effort to back door the real issue of whether or not the public is getting fucked in the ass, via these petty distractions of sexuality, while our country (gay, bi,straight and other) is being dragged down the tubes by insane fanatics intent on destroying democracy as we know it, as it was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116124307729727605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116124307729727605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161243060000#c116124307729727605' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116121182244490721</id><published>2006-10-18T18:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-18T18:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Seth makes some good factual points.The whole thin...</title><summary type='text'>Seth makes some good factual points.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The whole thing about Foley, that I&#39;ve been saying for weeks now, is that he abused the power of his Congressional office, and then it was hypocritically covered-up. The scandal should not be about the sex, since as Seth points out there really may not be any legal issue there, even if anyone personally finds it repugnant, but that this scandal </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116121182244490721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116121182244490721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161211800000#c116121182244490721' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07399620147907002735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1119200278"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116120835586422784</id><published>2006-10-18T17:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-18T17:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>thanks for highlighting this ron. tho its depressi...</title><summary type='text'>thanks for highlighting this ron. tho its depressingly typical that such public uses of language seem to play out mostly (sensation aside) in obituaries. does anyone (in the west) die of &#39;aids&#39; anymore?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116120835586422784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116120835586422784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161208320000#c116120835586422784' title=''/><author><name>michaelf</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03896092358881060164</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-107943565"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116120567069814212</id><published>2006-10-18T17:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-18T17:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ack, these comments weren&#39;t appearing when I first...</title><summary type='text'>Ack, these comments weren&#39;t appearing when I first chimed in, or I might not have at all. (Shocking, I know.)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I see Seth&#39;s points about legal definition of pedophilia, as well as the way the word &quot;husband&quot; conveys legal status as &quot;partner&quot; does not. But I am in New York, where they go back and forth on whether to legally recognize Massachusetts same-sex marriages, and I think other </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116120567069814212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116120567069814212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161205620000#c116120567069814212' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116119947164228618</id><published>2006-10-18T15:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-18T15:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,I think you&#39;ve used &quot;pedophilia&quot; in the civili...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;I think you&#39;ve used &quot;pedophilia&quot; in the civilian rather than the legal sense, here, as nothing Foley is (yet) alleged to have done would qualify his behavior for the application of that term.  Depending upon the age of consent in D.C. (in most places it is 16), even sexual intercourse with a teenager above that age would not necessarily be a crime (and as statutes are based largely on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119947164228618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119947164228618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161199440000#c116119947164228618' title=''/><author><name>Seth Abramson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08059849202129580100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-11614668"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116119739316596914</id><published>2006-10-18T14:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-18T14:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>which is not to say you&#39;ve not made a point about ...</title><summary type='text'>which is not to say you&#39;ve not made a point about CNN (can&#39;t not numb)!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119739316596914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119739316596914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161197340000#c116119739316596914' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116119645565152525</id><published>2006-10-18T14:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-18T14:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>rats, i made a comment but accidentally closed the...</title><summary type='text'>rats, i made a comment but accidentally closed the window before posting it. (apologies if this comes through twice!)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;it disgraceful that our government has denied studds&#39; legal spouse his pension. go USA!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;on the word &quot;husband&quot; tho: i use it myself to refer to my husband, and know gay couples who do as well, but other married couples i know, both gay and straight, prefer the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119645565152525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119645565152525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161196440000#c116119645565152525' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116119277589005241</id><published>2006-10-18T13:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-18T13:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It wasn&#39;t pedophilia or hypocrisy, but sexual hara...</title><summary type='text'>It wasn&#39;t pedophilia or hypocrisy, but sexual harassment.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But he pulled his own plug, didn&#39;t he?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And he could yet make a resurgence.  His career is far from dead.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The pages were underage, but more importantly he was their direct superior.  Therefore, the emails (and in at least one case he actually slept with a page) constitute sexual harassment.  Many of the pages </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119277589005241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119277589005241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161192720000#c116119277589005241' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116119221408756255</id><published>2006-10-18T13:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-18T13:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The difference between Studds and Foley is not sim...</title><summary type='text'>The difference between Studds and Foley is not simply that the latter was a &quot;hypocrite.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There&#39;s also the fact that in the circa 25 years since 1983 societal concern about adult-child / adult-teen sex have changed considerably. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Studds-congressional page liason was said by both in 1983 to be nobody&#39;s business and entirely consensual.  There was lots of concern, but nothing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119221408756255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119221408756255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161192180000#c116119221408756255' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116119065247754748</id><published>2006-10-18T12:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-18T12:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maybe those noun phrases will pile high enough. It...</title><summary type='text'>Maybe those noun phrases will pile high enough. It does seem more likely that wide change will come that way--and that it&#39;s happening, or else there wouldn&#39;t be this rash of bizarrely paranoid &quot;defense of marriage&quot; legislation coming from the people who are afraid of it, or are just snide and power-hungry--than by an explicit recognition of the ways in which repression produces Foleys.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119065247754748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116119065247754748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161190620000#c116119065247754748' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116117954874037474</id><published>2006-10-18T09:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-18T09:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Then, of course, there is this.</title><summary type='text'>Then, of course, there is &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://tinyurl.com/ybbpxg&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/A&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116117954874037474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116116917532861808/comments/default/116117954874037474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html?showComment=1161179520000#c116117954874037474' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/former-congressman-gerry-studds-died.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116116917532861808' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116116917532861808' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2006"/></entry></feed>