First, Wldhoney, I am calm!
Secondly, I understand that we may not discuss sexual content of anyone under the age of 18 (due, as you state, to US law), but there was nothing sexual in the original post; it merely asked if the 17 year old was interested in him. To make the olympic leap into the "sexual zone" is unfair.
Thirdly, you make another olympic leap: cruising is child rape... I do not believe that this is true... harrassment, touching, etc., may lead to rape, but 'cruising'. I doubt that even the over-zealous American system of jurisprudence would consider 'cruising' to be RAPE!! However, I stand to be corrected.
Finally, you state: Don't assume to know what my personal opinion is unless I state it, please.
I would never attempt to state your 'personal opinion' for you, and for the record, I did no such thing. In fact, you stated no opinion in your response to Spike07. I merely pointed out that you are the one who went overboard with your reaction. MY opinion is that this type of pseudo-warning is very much the "American way", for the reasons I stated. Btw...how is your opinion anything but 'personal'? Quite intriguing!!
Thanks for the discourse; it's one of the great things about this site...