I had intended to just ignore the whole U.S. Senator Larry Craig affair. I mean, really. The absurdity of the people of a nation spending time on the "horror" of a guy trying to effect a pickup for sex is just ludicrous. And I must say that this is a source of one of my deepest admirations for the French. This sort of crap just doesn't play over there -- at least not in the early 90s; but, you know: we've got globalization now, so who knows? It may have changed. Il ne fait pas mon affaire -- it's not my business -- but with the addition of the verb falloir -- "to make, or to be necessary" -- thus the fact that it's subjectively offensive, "illegal," or whatever, doesn't necessarily make it yours or anyone's business. The French are big on that, and I always appreciated it. (Now if ever they'd just apply that same standard to what other people produce, for whom, and under what conditions and compensation...) On the other hand, it's really sweet to observe a pathetic hypocrite like this guy get it right up the butt -- so to speak -- on the very same...