Well! As indicated in my original post I saw little to like on either side of the issue, but there are at least a few of you for whom the issues are not murky at all, and I wish you the joy of your moral clarity. It is not to be wondered at that many of the "alumni" you've uncovered are pretty smarmy cases, and it will be interesting to see which pages still make the claim after my correspondent--or perhaps some new enrollees in the crusade from our own roster?--has delivered his velvety threats.

Ah, me, what if I've spawned a dozen Junior Javerts?

A useful lesson for me. Think implications through before posting. Karsten was right.

cordially,