re: Webb quote flap -- Cultural context

[troublemaker]

Customs involving parental mouth to penis contact with young sons are common in several non-western cultures. I can think of Inuit, New Guinea and some Asian cultures. I have never heard of this custom in Vietnam but it didn't surprise me to read. I am certain this is something Webb really saw in Vietnam and if so it was surely known of as a custom to many other service people, a fact that will come out in due course.

[troublemaker]

1. Ha! Skinner stepped into the breach while I was typing this

No harm in the duplication I guess.

[Egalitariat]

2. Politics is too shallow for that kind of explanation. It's got to be simple to play

for voters.

[ACK]

3. Its been out there at least 10 days

Even the FreeRepublic crowd had folks saying that it was a big load of crap and the Huffington Post site had a debunk up days ago and guess what people?

It still has not gotten traction. Do not get whipped into a fury and give it traction.

Its not about incest but a bizarre social tradition and a characters reaction to it.