A reader in Florida, apparently bruised by some personal experience, writes in to complain “if I steal a nickel's worth of merchandise, I am a thief and punished; but if I steal the love of another's wife, I am free.” 佛罗里达州的一位读者显然是在个人生活中受过创伤,他写信来悲叹道:“如果我偷走了五分钱的商品,我是个贼,就要受到惩罚,但要是我偷走了别人妻子的爱情,我却没事。”