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Top reasons the Sam Adams lynch mob should disperse: One--The minimum age for enlisting in the United States Military is seventeen, and if a seventeen-year-old eagerly awaits his eighteenth birthday to have sex with a consenting adult, that sexual encounter doesn't qualify as child abuse and it's none of my business. Two--What is there to investigate? Is the department of Justice going to waterboard Sam Adams until he admits he didn't actually wait out those last few weeks? Three--Is Portland actually going to throw out a perfectly good mayor because the Willamette Week wanted to relive its Neil Goldschmidt glory days? Four--At a time of unprecedented economic crisis, are we going to erase an important leader because he lied about his sex life? Five--Ask yourself this question: If the Oregonian asked you for details about your sex life, is there anything you'd lie about? If so, does that mean you're unfit for the job you currently hold?

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