Jim West responses

I saw this video last year in Brett Atwood's class.

It was interesting to me to think about whether the story was about sexual orientation or about unlawful activity promising an internship for favors.

As I said in class, the story has to be, at least in part, about sexual orientation because of all the background presented that's required to understand the story completely.

The biggest problem I have with West's actions is the hypocrisy. In the past, he voted for "anti-gay" measures and his actions, on the other hand, portrayed him to be either gay or bisexual. Like we discussed in class, he didn't actually do anything wrong since he didn't persue the "teen" online until he had his 18th birthday. Though he did offer the possibility of an internship, that never came through to fruition so I don't know that we can infer too much about that offer and how it reflects his character.