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From: Thomas Seifrid <seifrid@mizar.usc.edu>
A reply to Joseph Williams's comments on *Lolita*, which he surely saw coming
from somebody on Nabokov-L:
Granted, in "most of America it is illegal to have sexual relations with
someone under the age of 18" (thank God for our laws!)--but much of America
that is just under the age of 18 is thereby criminal, at least if one
believes the sociologists (I do). Mr Williams perhaps overlooked the
illuminating foreword by John Ray, Jr.
Tom Seifrid, USC
A reply to Joseph Williams's comments on *Lolita*, which he surely saw coming
from somebody on Nabokov-L:
Granted, in "most of America it is illegal to have sexual relations with
someone under the age of 18" (thank God for our laws!)--but much of America
that is just under the age of 18 is thereby criminal, at least if one
believes the sociologists (I do). Mr Williams perhaps overlooked the
illuminating foreword by John Ray, Jr.
Tom Seifrid, USC